It’s officially bikini season and in my effort to cut back, our fridge is stocked with tons of healthy salad ingredients. To be honest, I get really tired of plain, leafy greens so I try to mix it up to keep things interesting and stay on track. For me, sometimes that means cutting the lettuce all together and substituting cucumbers. I know, I know, spinach and spring mix are better for you, but I promise the crisp freshness of this delicious Greek Cucumber Salad will not disappoint.
2 large cucumbers (peeled and chopped)
2 cups sweet cherry tomatoes (halved)
1/2 large red onion (thinly sliced)
1 ripe avocado
2/3 cup Kalamata olives (pitted and quartered)
*I use Mezzetta brand Pitted Kalamata Olives Marinated with Herbs and Napa Valley Cabernet
2 tbsp. Greek dressing
*I use Girard’s Greek Feta
Sprinkle of feta cheese
Freshly ground salt and pepper to taste
Serves 4 as an appetizer, 2 as an entrée.
I love greek salad, and usually add some balsamic vinegar and occasionally some olive oil instead of the prepared dressing.
I also make what I call a “chop chop” salad – because it involves a lot of chopping. I throw together cucumbers, carrots, radishes, corn, peppers – whatever raw veggies look good with some black beans and a granny smith apple. I use the Trader Joe’s goddess dressing, but balsamic is also good!
Yummy!!
Looks delicious! I might have to steal this recipe 🙂
Yum! This looks delicious! And found this in perfect timing..I need a change to my normal daily green salad! Thanks xx
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This sounds awesome after making some very poor meal decisions these past few days. Time to get healthy in the kitchen!! Going to try this – sounds fab.
this looks amazing! I cannot wait to try!
x. jill
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