What is a traditional Greek salad?
A traditional Greek salad is a simple dish made from a variety of vegetables, including cucumbers, tomatoes, bell peppers, onions, and olives. The vegetables are usually crisp-tender and served cold on top of a bed of lettuce. Traditional Greek salads also include feta cheese, which adds a salty tang that pairs well with the fresh vegetables and dressed typically with olive oil seasoned with salt and oregano.
This recipe is an American-style Greek salad, i.e. a lettuce salad with Greek-inspired ingredients. Most of the ingredients used in this recipe are standard elements of this American-style salad, the only exception is there is no olive in it.
Calories in Greek salad
A traditional Greek salad has between 230 and 460 calories depending on the ingredients you choose to include in it. It also has between 8 and 25 grams of fat and between 2 and 7 grams of saturated fat per serving.
The calories in a serving of this healthy Greek salad recipe will be relatively low: The average serving has around 115 Calories.
This recipe yields 4 servings.

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Greek Salad Ingredients:
- 6 oz (170 g) romaine lettuce (torn into bite-sized pieces)
- 1 tomato (seeded & chopped)
- 1/2 medium red onion (sliced)
- 1 cucumber (peeled, seeded & chopped)
- 3 oz (85 g) crumbled low-fat feta cheese
Easy greek salad dressing recipe:
- 2 1/2 tbsps extra virgin olive oil
- 1/2 lemon (juiced)
- 1 tsp dried oregano
- 3/4 tsp salt
- 1 sachet sweetener

How to make greek salad:
- Whisk together ingredients for salad dressing in a large salad bowl.
- Add in lettuce, tomato, onion, cucumber, and crumbled feta, and toss until well mixed.
- Serve.



Healthy Greek Salad Recipe
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Ingredients
- 6 oz 170 g romaine lettuce (torn into bite-sized pieces)
- 1 tomato seeded & chopped
- ยฝ medium red onion sliced
- 1 cucumber peeled, seeded & chopped
- 3 oz 85 g crumbled low-fat feta cheese
Easy Greek Salad Dressing Recipe:
- 2 ยฝ tbsps extra virgin olive oil
- ยฝ lemon juiced
- 1 tsp dried oregano
- ยพ tsp salt
- 1 sachet sweetener
Instructions
- Whisk together ingredients for salad dressing in a large salad bowl.
- Add in lettuce, tomato, onion, cucumber, and crumbled feta, and toss until well mixed.
- Serve.
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