Greek Cucumber Salad – Simple, natural, and guilt free. This is the perfect summer side dish to any meal. Sure to be a favorite in your recipe files!
This is prime cucumber salad season for us and there is just nothing like a refreshing cold salad as the perfect side dish to any summer meal. I combined some of my favorite flavors to make this Greek version of a classic. Simple, natural, and guilt free, you’ll want to make this soon – and often!
You’ll need: 3 cucumbers, about two cups (give or take) of cherry or grape tomatoes, 1/2 of a red onion, crumbled feta, olive oil, lemon juice (fresh or bottled), oregano, salt, and pepper.
Chop up your cucumber, slice onion, and cut tomatoes in half. Place all of this in a large bowl.
Add olive oil, lemon juice, and seasonings.
Stir well to combine. Cover this and refrigerate until chilled.
Top with crumbled feta cheese before serving.
This Greek Cucumber Salad will be delicious in the fridge for up to three days.
Enjoy!
Ingredients
- 2 cups cherry or grape tomatoes sliced in half
- 3 cucumbers peeled and chopped
- 1/2 red onion sliced
- 1/4 cup olive oil
- 1 Tablespoon lemon juice fresh or bottled
- 1 teaspoon dried oregano
- salt and pepper to taste (I use about 1/4 teaspoon to start)
- 1 cup crumbled feta for topping
Instructions
- In large bowl, combine tomatoes, cucumber, and onion. Add with oil, lemon juice, oregano, and salt and pepper to taste. Stir well to combine.
- Cover and place in fridge for several hours for flavors to intermingle (we don't want to say married because they hardly know one another). Before serving, top with feta. Enjoy!
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This recipe featured in Meal Plan Monday and Weekend Potluck!
I make a variation of this – no feta. Chop onions, cukes, and tomatoes and cover with Italian dressing. Sometimes even add green pepper. Quick, refreshing side. But will try your lemon juice, olive oil and oregano next time.
Christy, as always, your recipe looks fabulous. When I make this, I think I’ll add some sliced Kalamata olives (or even black olives or green olives) and maybe some sliced peperoncini peppers as well! Either way, I’m sure this recipe will taste fabulous!
Love cucumbers and this sounds so good. Think this may be my lunch one day soon.
Oh my, perfection in a salad. Just in time for our family reunion in July. I’ll be taking this for sure. TY.
This looks so good. It’s something my husband would have tried minus the oregano. He was not a fan of oregano so I quit putting it in my spaghetti sauce. He passed away earlier this month two days shy of his 56th birthday. I will have to make it and think of him.
Aileen,
I think this salad looks good too!!! I am sorry about your husband. I am sure you miss him. I don’t know something about your story touched me.
God Bless you, sister.
Thank you, Judy. Bless you too. 🙂
Making this today, love looking at the recipes posted every Sunday!