Greek Country Salad

Name: Greek Country Salad
Prep time: 15 min
Total time: 15 min
Yield: 4 serving(s)
Ingredients: 2 heads romaine lettuce; 1 cucumber; 1 bell pepper (optional); 4 ounces feta cheese, cubed; 4 ounces black olives; 1/2 cup olive oil; 1/4 cup lemon juice; 1 garlic clove, crushed; 1/4 teaspoon salt; 1/4 teaspoon ground black pepper

Submitted by Eat Your Vegetables

"The lemon juice makes this a refreshing summertime salad. I usually don't bother crushing the garlic with the salt, I just use minced garlic and whisk it with the salt and other dressing ingredients."

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Ready In:: 15mins
Ingredients:: 10
Serves:: 4

ingredients

2 heads romaine lettuce
1 cucumber
1 bell pepper (optional)
4 ounces feta cheese, cubed
4 ounces black olives
¹⁄₂ cup olive oil
¹⁄₄ cup lemon juice
1 garlic clove, crushed
¹⁄₄ teaspoon salt
¹⁄₄ teaspoon ground black pepper

directions

Wash the lettuce thoroughly and blot dry. Cut the cucumber into quarters lengthways, then into bite-size pieces. Halve the pepper, if using, remove core and seeds and cut into thick slices.
Tear the lettuce into bite-sized pieces and place in serving bowl with cucumber, pepper, feta cheese and olives.
Combine the oil, lemon juice, crushed/minced garlic, and black pepper, whisking until thick. Pour over salad, toss gently, serve immediately.

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Reviews

Wonderful recipe! Refreshing and full of good strong interesting flavours. We also just minced the garlic in a garlic press, and added it to the rest of the dressing ingredients. Please see my rating system: 4 excellent stars for an easy to make, tasty and interesting salad that's quick and easy to put together and one that we will be making regularly. Thanks!

kiwidutch
This is a lovely, light salad. This was today's lunch at work. I used a sweet yellow bell pepper, an English cucumber and added toasted croutons. The dressing had a fresh tart taste that I really enjoyed. Thank you very much for posting this delicious salad combination and tasty dressing.

Karen From Colorado

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