My Favorite Greek Salad
I’ve become a bit of a salad-a-holic lately, especially where My Favorite Greek Salad is concerned. As in, if I had friends I actually saw on a regular basis and they knew how many leafy greens I was ingesting, I’m sure someone would stage an intervention. Fortunately, I don’t have a social life and with only like, two friends who I see maybe once or twice a year, my vices are allowed to run amuck unchecked.
This explains why my skin may be turning green shortly.
Today, I am showing you the salad I eat two or three (or four or five) times a week. Sometimes it is lunch, sometimes it is supper, sometimes it is a snack, and I’m not gonna lie, sometimes it is breakfast.
I don’t hold myself to mealtime boundaries when it comes to food choices. This drives one of those two friends crazy. She has a firmly held belief that breakfast food should be ingested at breakfast time so I take great delight in calling her at 5:00 am while I am eating things like greek salad or a bowl of sweet and sassy pickles. It’s how I get my kicks and hey, we gotta get ’em however we can somedays!
So here we go, my salad. Most folks would think of it as a Greek salad, I just think of it as mine – Because I generally don’t have to share 🙂
Rather than do a full tutorial, I just did a few pics because me throwing things in a bowl together is about as exciting as it sounds.Â
Of course, you can use whatever ingredients you like but I keep mine simple. I prefer dark greens and most of the time I just use spinach for the salad base. I add cucumbers, sliced red onions, feta cheese, and fresh basil. On the cheese, I find that it is usually cheaper to buy a block of it and crumble it myself. It crumbles easy so I just hold it over my salad and break it up with my hands.
For you, just for you, because I love you sooooo much, I am using a tomato in today’s salad. I don’t normally add tomato because I love them every way in the world except for raw. But I know most of y’all like them raw (no judgement here, we’re all weird in different ways, right?) and I wanted you to be able to fully visualize this salad as you would eat it. Plus, I’m slicing them in big enough wedges that I can fish out later so it’s a win for both of us.
To make this salad quick and easy during the week, on the weekend I chop everything up and put all of the ingredients in  separate containers in my fridge so I can throw this together in a flash. To store my lettuce for the week, I put it in a large zipper seal plastic bag along with a paper towel. This absorbs excess moisture and keeps your lettuce fresh at least two or three times longer than normal.
To make the salad, I tear up the basil leaves and mix them with my greens, then I toss it together with all of my vegetables. I have experimented with all sorts of dressings and I find the best for my taste is simply Balsamic Vinaigrette.
I buy the cheapest brand the store has but then on the way home I make sure I mention how expensive it was while the dressing is still in the car. That way it doesn’t know it was generic and behaves the same as an expensive dressing. 🙂
Isn’t that a gorgeous salad?
Yeah. Now I’ve got to go eat this. I highly suggest you make your own and join me 🙂Â
What is your go to salad?
I’d love to hear about it in the comments – You might inspire me to try something new!
Enjoy!
Ingredients
- Greek Salad
- Dark greens of your choice
- Chopped Red Onion
- Sliced Cucumber
- Fresh Sliced Tomato
- Crumbled Feta Cheese
- Fresh Basil Leaves
- Balsamic Vinaigrette
Instructions
- Tear basil leaves and add to greens along with all other veggies. Toss to combine. Sprinkle Feta cheese over top and drizzle with vinaigrette.
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You should try a Greek vinaigrette dressing just once. Delicious !!
I do like the grape tomatos in salad 🙂
Since my husband is diabetic (controls it with diet and exercise!), we have a salad most every night. Green salads, coleslaw and three (or more) bean salads are my go to salads. I really like the fact that coleslaw and been salads get better as they sit in the frig and I can get up to four nights worth of salads in one making!!! He hates tomatoes raw (or cooked if he can “see” the tomato), so I rarely have tomatoes and when I grow them, I make tomato sauce with them.
LOL. I love raw tomatoes and ate them as a snack as a child. I love your salad. I like to add dry cherries or cranberries, pecans, black olives, and love blue cheese dressing. I’m making some tonight! Thank you for posting it. Love your photos!
I love Greek salad, but my go-to salad is this: mixed greens or romaine with cherry tomatoes and (thawed) frozen peas. Top that off with a creamy dressing of any kind and I’m happy!
So glad I’m not the only person who doesn’t like raw tomatoes, but loves them in any form or fashion when cooked! I do tolerate them in salads 🙂
Mmmmmm…..this salad looks wonderful! Can’t wait to try it!
Here’s what goes in my salad: lettuce, spinach, onion, green, red, yellow orange peppers, cucumber, black olives, (pitted), tomatoes, and radishes. Seasonings are: garlic powder, garlic salt, some kosher salt, coarse black pepper, and lemon pepper. Dressing is: olive oil and red wine vinegar. With your clean hands, toss real good! Once the olive and oil you want to serve it with your meal. If you want to make up ahead of time do everything above except putting on the dressing. Cover bowl with Saran Wrap and keep in refrigerator until time to serve your dinner. Don’t forget your dressing! Lol