Greek Salad

My cutting board with the ingredients: cucumber, tomatoes, onion, olives, deill, olive oil, eta cheese and oregano.
Start with basic ingredients. The dried oregano came from my garden and I dried it last summer — it still had lots of flavor. Photo by PattyCooks.

Ingredients

1 sliced cucumber (45c, 10.93k, 1.96p, 1.5f)
2 chopped heirloom tomatoes (44c, 9.64k, 2.16p, 3f)
1/4C chopped dill (1c, 0k, 0p, 0f)
2T dried oregano (18c, 3.84k, .66p, 2.4f)
2T chopped parsley
1/3 tub of Feta chopped into 1/2″ squares (132c, 2.05k, 7.11p, 0f)
1/2 sliced red onion (3c, .61k, .6p, .1f)
1/2C halved Kalamata olives (130c, 4k, 0p, 0f)1T capers
4T olive oil (476c, 0k, 0p, 0f)
4T Greek Sauce (see step 4 below) (238c, 0k, 0p, 0f)
Salt and lemon pepper

Nutrition

Dish total: 1087c, 31.07k, 12.49p, 7f
4 Servings
Per Serving: 271.75c, 7.77k, 3.12p, 1.75f

A closeup plat of the salad.
The salad I plated for myself. It was colorful and flavorful, and as I ate it outdoors on a sunny day I felt I was away on vacation. All I needed was a glass of wine and the sounds of Greek music to create the illusion. Photo by PattyCooks.

Directions

First wash hands, veggies (nothing will be peeled), and fresh herbs.

2) Chop the dill, slice the onion, halve the olives, and sliced the cucumber; place all into a big bowl. Add the oregano (crush it in between your fingers to release any flavor. Chop the tomatoes and add those. Then chop a third of the tub of Feta into small squares and add.

3) Mix the veggies and herbs in the bowl. Add some salt and lemon pepper for seasoning. Then add good extra virgin olive oil and the Greek Sauce.

4) Greek Sauce: This is my concoction to use up left over brine from the
Kalamata olives, and the oil from sun dried tomatoes in oil. Combined it with 1T red wine vinegar and it makes a very flavorful sauce that I use on many Greek and salad dishes.

5) Often this is served with a slice of rustic bread.

Diets

[x] Flexitarian + Omnivore
[x] Gluten free
[x] Weight Maintenance: limit to 1 portion
[O] Keto
[x] Mediterranean
[O] Lectin Avoidance: tomato
[O] Oxalate Avoidance: tomato (?)
[x] Purine Avoidance
[x] Food Allergies TOMATO
— with changes —
[x] Vegetarian + Pescatarian + Vegan: (remove Feta or use vegan salty cheese)
[x] Weight Maint: (make your own dressing with only 2T oil = 212c)

Comments

Horiatiki is the name for this Greek Salad