This 15-minute Greek salad features traditional ingredients: tomatoes, cucumber, red onions, and feta cheese. I also added creamy avocado and briny capers. The dressing is made with lemon juice, olive oil, and fresh herbs. This vibrant Summer salad pairs well with anything, especially grilled meats, chicken, seafood, and pasta.
Greek salad is a Summer staple!
If you’re looking for a fresh salad to add to your collection of healthy Summer recipes, you’ll love this colorful Greek salad made with tomatoes, cucumber, avocado, red onions, feta cheese, and capers. It features basic ingredients, yet it’s so delicious and looks sophisticated on a dinner table. This salad can be served as a side dish, appetizer, or a light meatless and gluten-free meal. It’s perfect for sharing with the crowd during summer events, such as picnics, potlucks, block parties, and BBQs.
Classic Greek salad dressing
The salad dressing is made from scratch with just a few simple ingredients: extra virgin olive oil, freshly squeezed lemon juice, and fresh herbs (chopped fresh basil and snipped fresh thyme). If you don’t have fresh herbs, you can use dried oregano, dried dill, dried thyme, dried Italian seasoning, or Herbs from Provance instead. Combine all dressing ingredients in a small mason jar, close it with the lid, and shake vigorously to emulsify.
Ingredients
Salad dressing
- ¼ cup extra virgin olive oil
- 3 tablespoons freshly squeezed lemon juice
- 2 tablespoons fresh basil chopped
- 1 tablespoon fresh thyme snipped
- salt and freshly ground black pepper
Greek salad
- 6 oz yellow cherry tomatoes sliced in half
- 6 oz red cherry tomatoes sliced in half
- 1 large cucumber quartered
- ⅓ cup red onion sliced
- 1 avocado peeled, cored, and diced into small pieces
- 3 tablespoons capers
- 4 oz Feta cheese
Instructions
Make dressing
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Combine the olive oil, freshly squeezed lemon juice, chopped fresh basil, and fresh thyme (snipped) in a small mason jar. Close with the lid. Shake vigorously. Season with salt and freshly ground black pepper.
Assemble the salad
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In a large bowl, combine sliced cherry tomatoes, quartered cucumber slices, sliced red onion, diced avocado, and capers. Add feta cheese – some of it cubed, some of it crumbled. Toss with dressing, until well-combined.