Greek Salad With Lemon Viniagrette
From Cosmicmother 8 years ago
- 20 minutes to make
- Serves 6
A basic Greek Salad with a quick and easy lemon vinaigrette. Pictured here as a lunch salad with Farro served in lettuce cups. The Farro holds up to sitting in the fridge and won't get soggy if packed for outings and lunch on the go! Read more Any hardy grain would do well. This is my published recipe on AR: http://allrecipes.com/recipe/244326/greek-farro-salad/ See less
Ingredients
- *****Vinaigrette***** shopping list
- 1/4 cup extra virgin olive oil shopping list
- 3 Tablespoons freshly squeezed lemon juice shopping list
- 1 Tablespoon Greek Seasoning blend->(make sure to use a herb based seasoning, not a spice based with dehydrated veg.) or make one like this: Greek Seasoning shopping list
- 1 garlic clove, minced shopping list
- 1 tsp freshly grated lemon zest (optional) shopping list
- Sea salt-to taste (some seasoning blends have salt added already) shopping list
- A few turns of the pepper grinder. shopping list
- *******Salad******* shopping list
- 1 cup diced and seeded tomato or whole grape tomatoes shopping list
- 1 cup diced seeded cucumber shopping list
- 1 cup chopped red pepper shopping list
- 3/4 cup thinly sliced red onion shopping list
- 1 cup diced or crumbled feta cheese shopping list
- *Optional: -1/2 cup of chopped, pitted, kalmata olives shopping list
- -2 cups of chopped Romaine Lettuce shopping list
- **For a Hearty salad add 1-1/2 cups of cooked Farro grain (wheat berries) quinoa, barley or rice. etc.. instead of the Lettuce. shopping list
How to make it
- Whisk together olive oil, lemon juice, Greek seasoning and garlic in a small bowl. I like to make the dressing in advance and let the flavours meld for at least an hour.
- In a large bowl add in diced tomatoes, cucumber, red pepper, red onion and Feta. (and olives if using)
- Toss enough dressing to just coat the veggies.
- (There is enough dressing to coat the addition of Romaine lettuce or pasta if you choose.)
- Adjust seasonings to suite your tastes, and enjoy!
- * Fresh herbs are a nice addition, such as mint, coriander, oregano or basil etc...add that when serving if desired.
- *If using Farro or other grains, it can last in the fridge for 3 days once mixed together. The Farro can soak up a lot of dressing, so I like to keep some extra on hand.
The Rating
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This was a great salad! I served it as a light lunch over the chopped romaine, but I think the farro would go perfect with this as well. Thanks Shona!! More in the IMI -------------> more
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