Reviewed: Mar. 22, 2013

This recipe was ok. Not the usual Greek salad that I'm used to. I will probably be make it again.

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Cooking Level: Expert

Reviewed: Mar. 15, 2013

Made this for houseguest who liked it a lot. Kalamata olives are the best in a Greek salad. Used this site's Absolutely Fabulous Greek House Dressing..........which I keep prepared at all times!!

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Patti'sPantry

Cooking Level: Expert

Home Town: Crestview, Florida, USA

Living In: Shalimar, Florida, USA

Reviewed: Feb. 11, 2013

Not bad! While nothing compares to a fresh salad at one of Chicago's well-known Greek restaurants, this was a pretty darn good! Other than the dressing being a *tad* bitter for my liking, I really enjoyed this. I didn't detect the bright, citrus note that I am accustomed to, but I think that may gave been my fault.... I used the juice of a Meyer lemon and think that may be the reason my dressing didn't turn out as I had hoped it would (FYI, Meyer lemons have a sweeter, less acidic flavor than the common supermarket variety). To make this salad a bit more "authentic," I did a little doctoring (I know, I know...). I sliced my cucumber and onion, cut my tomatoes into wedges, added a few peperoncini peppers and tossed everything with crisp Iceberg lettuce - voila! I can now enjoy a big fat Greek salad just the way I like it. :) Thanks for sharing your recipe, Jen. This lovely salad paired perfectly with my Mediterranean-inspired main dish! :-)

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Chef Mickey (aka Mickey)

Cooking Level: Intermediate

Home Town: De Soto, Missouri, USA

Living In: Elgin, Illinois, USA

Reviewed: Jan. 24, 2013

My husband said it was the best salad he has ever had. I thought it was a bit lemony, and I love lemon. I will just take away a tbsn next time. I did add some garlic and a tiny bit of stevia. Home grown tomatoes and just plain black olives. Thank you for the recipe.

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kclight

Cooking Level: Expert

Home Town: Orange, California, USA

Living In: Highland Village, Texas, USA

Reviewed: Jan. 21, 2013

I made this pretty much as written except I used grape tomatoes and I forgot to add the salt and pepper to the dressing. Didn't even miss it though! The salad got a lot of flavor from the cheese and olives. It was delish!

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kellybeth

Cooking Level: Intermediate

Home Town: Houston, Texas, USA

Living In: Spring, Texas, USA

Reviewed: Jan. 16, 2013

Easy as pie and yummy too boot!

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PHILLYJH

Cooking Level: Expert

Home Town: Red Oak, Iowa, USA

Living In: Milwaukee, Wisconsin, USA

Reviewed: Jan. 16, 2013

What a great, light salad! Since I needed a "substantial" main dish for dinner tonight, I took the following liberties with the recipe, which turned out be amazing! First, I whisked up the dressing: olive oil, lemon juice to taste (a LOT more due to personal preference), a couple tablespoons of rice wine vinegar, some garlic/onion powders, freshly ground sea salt and black pepper, dried minced onion, and Italian seasoning to taste. I let it "marry" for a bit to soften the dried onion. I used an entire bag of butter lettuce mixed with organic baby spinach and mixed in the cucs, tomatoes, thinly diced red onions, feta cheese, and used kalamata olives just in my portion since my DH doesn't care for them. I also diced up some turkey, along with an avocado, as a topping to the salad. Much to my great surprise, the 4 year-old DD LOVED this and even liked sampling the kalamata olives. Awesome salad; one that will be repeated in this house.

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Shannon

Cooking Level: Intermediate

Home Town: Omaha, Nebraska, USA

Living In: Aurora, Colorado, USA

Reviewed: Jan. 16, 2013

Excellent. Just a hint, you can omit the oil and lemon and use a jar of feta cheese in oil and use that as the dressing. I've tried it and it tastes amazing.

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BETTYCOOK

Cooking Level: Expert

Home Town: Toronto, Ontario, Canada

Living In: Milton, Ontario, Canada

Reviewed: Jan. 15, 2013

I love this recipe! I make it often on Sundays and have it to munch on before dinner with some hummus and pita bread. Makes a great snack! The only substitution I made is garlic salt instead of salt and pepper and I like to slice grape or cherry tomatoes and put some in for some added texture.

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