Horiatiki (Greek Village Salad)

I love Greek salad. Especially when it's got lots of stuff in and isn't completely overwhelmed by the lettuce. Horiatiki is like a chunky, lettuce-less version of the typical North American take on Greek salad. And it's amazing!

I see prepared horiatiki for sale at the grocery store every once in a while, but it always looks a bit sad. Now that I've had a chance to try making my own, I'll just do that in the future. It's very easy to put together and it keeps extremely well. And I could eat it all day! Seriously, this salad is delicious.

Horiatiki

Slightly adapted from A Spicy Perspective

Ingredients

Salad

• 1 English cucumber, cubed
• 1 500mL basket cherry tomatoes, halved or quartered
• 1 bell pepper, chopped
• 1/2 small red onion, chopped fine
• 1 c. pitted kalamata olives
• 1/2 c. fresh flat-leaf parsley, chopped
• 200g feta cheese, cubed

Dressing

• 1/4 c. red wine vinegar
• 1/4 c. olive oil
• 1-2 cloves garlic, minced
• 1 tsp. dried oregano
• salt and pepper to taste

Directions

1. Combine all salad ingredients in a large bowl.
2. In a separate bowl, whisk the oil into the vinegar.
3. Whisk in remaining dressing ingredients.
4. Pour dressing over salad and mix well.