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Greek Style Salad with Marinaded Feta

This Greek Style Salad with Marinaded Feta is one to pin down for any season. While it’s not a traditional Greek Salad, it brings all the flavours of the more traditional one. Made with tomatoes, cucumber, black olives and a marinaded feta. A great side or even a lunch idea.

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Greek Style Salad with Marinaded Feta

We’re nearing the end of January and I’m itching for all the summer foods…ha! I’ve been making comfort food after comfort food lately. As much as we all love Mashed Potatoes and Roasted Chicken, I need some freshness in my life. Who’s with me? And what better, than this Greek Style Salad with Marinaded Feta.

This salad comes together pretty quickly, but you do need to marinade the feta for at least an hour for the best results. Marinaded Feta Cheese really is the best and so versatile for many dishes.

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Greek Style Salad with Marinaded Feta

Here’s What We Need To Make The Salad

Marinade:
  • 5 tablespoons olive oil
  • 1/2 teaspoon rosemary
  • 1 teaspoon thyme
  • 1 teaspoon oregano
  • 1/2 teaspoon chili flakes
  • Fresh crushed black pepper and coarse sea salt
  • 1 cup feta cheese cut into cubes
Salad
  • 1 cucumber peeled and diced
  • 3 small tomatoes diced
  • 1/2 cup black olives sliced
  • 2 tablespoons white wine vinegar
  • Small bunch fresh chopped parsley
  • Salt to taste

REMEMBER, The full recipe and instructions is always found at the end of the post in the recipe card.

Ingredients to make the Greke Style Salad with Marinaded Feta
Greek Style Salad with Marinaded Feta

Marinade The Feta

  • Combine marinade ingredients – in a medium sized bowl, combine the olive oil, rosemary, thyme, chili flakes, salt and pepper. Stir to combine
  • Add feta – add the cubed feta to the marinade. Cover and chill for about one hour for best results.

Marinaded Feta will keep in the fridge for up to 4 weeks in a sealed jar.


Make the Salad

  • Chop cucumber – peel and de seed the cucumber. Then dice into about 1 inch pieces.
  • Dice Tomatoes – cut open the tomatoes and remove all the seeds. The best way to do this is with a tablespoon, just scoop them out. Then dice into 1 inch pieces.
  • Slice black olives – cut the olives into slices.
  • Combine ingredients – in a large salad bowl, combine the cucumber, tomatoes, olives and feta. Toss well to coat.

Serve Your Greek Style Salad

Serve this delicious fresh salad and enjoy every single bite. For best results, don’t add the arugula until just before serving. The dressing will make it soggy.

Greek Style Salad in a blue bowl
Greek Style Salad

Are There Any substitutions I can Make To this Salad REcipe

  • Tomatoes – I used heirloom tomatoes, but you can use regular salad tomatoes or grape/cherry tomatoes.
  • Kalamata olives – personally I feel these have the best flavour for this salad, but green olives will also work.
  • Herbs – you can add freshly chopped parsley or mint, Depending on what flavours you prefer.
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Greek Style Salad with Marinaded Feta

What’s Great To Serve with This Salad

table setting of the greek style salad
Greek Style Salad with Marinaded Feta

Notes About The Salad

  • I do prefer to marinade the cheese in advance and serve later though.  I would usually do this the day before.
  • Make sure to use real Feta for this recipe. There are many imitations out there that say “Greek Style Cheese”. Try to avoid those as they don’t have the full flavour of real Feta cheese.
  • This recipe uses black Kalamata Olives. If you aren’t a fan, use green olives.
  • I added some fresh arugula to this recipe. Only do this just before you serve it otherwise it will go soggy.
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Greek Style Salad with Marinaded Feta

Looking for more salad ideas? Well, I’ve got you covered! Just search the Salads Section on the blog and you will be sure to find something to suit everyone.

I really hope you like the recipe and I’ll see you all soon.

Happy cooking friends!

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Greek Style Salad with Marinaded Feta


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Greek Salad with Marinaded Feta

This Greek Style Salad with Marinaded Feta is one to pin down for any season. While it's not a traditional Greek Salad, it brings all the flavours of the more traditional one. Made with tomatoes, cucumber, black olives and a marinaded feta. A great side or even a lunch idea.
Prep Time10 minutes
Marinade Time1 hour
Total Time1 hour 10 minutes
Course: Salad
Cuisine: Mediterranean
Keyword: Feta, Lunch, Salad
Servings: 4 servings
Calories: 303kcal
Author: Julia Pinney

Ingredients

Marinade:

  • 5 tablespoons olive oil
  • 1/2 teaspoon rosemary
  • 1 teaspoon thyme
  • 1 teaspoon oregano
  • 1/2 teaspoon chili flakes
  • Fresh crushed black pepper and coarse sea salt
  • 1 cup feta cheese cut into cubes

Salad

  • 1 cucumber peeled and diced
  • 3 small tomatoes diced
  • 1/2 cup black olives sliced
  • 2 tablespoons white wine vinegar
  • Small bunch fresh chopped parsley
  • Salt to taste

Instructions

  • First make the marinade by combining all the marinade ingredients, except the feta, in a large bowl and stir to combine. Add the feta and gently toss to coat all the cheese. That easy! If I am making this in advance, I will store it in a jar in the fridge and take it out when I want to use it. If using in a salad that day, I still recommend refrigerating it for a few hours before serving. This will give the marinade a chance to soak into the cheese.
  • To make the salad, add the cucumber, tomatoes, Kalamata olives, lemon juice, white wine vinegar, salt a pepper to a large bowl and toss to combine. Pour the marinated feta over the salad and top with fresh chopped parsley. Stir to combine all ingredients. Now this can be served straight away for left in the fridge and served later in the day.

*A note on times provided: appliances vary, any prep and/or cook times provided are estimates only.

Nutrition Facts
Greek Salad with Marinaded Feta
Amount Per Serving (1 serving)
Calories 303 Calories from Fat 252
% Daily Value*
Fat 28g43%
Saturated Fat 8g50%
Polyunsaturated Fat 2g
Monounsaturated Fat 16g
Cholesterol 33mg11%
Sodium 691mg30%
Potassium 312mg9%
Carbohydrates 7g2%
Fiber 2g8%
Sugar 4g4%
Protein 7g14%
Vitamin A 954IU19%
Vitamin C 13mg16%
Calcium 223mg22%
Iron 1mg6%
* Percent Daily Values are based on a 2000 calorie diet.

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By on January 22nd, 2022
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