Summer Salad with Feta

Name: Summer Salad with Feta
Total time: 2 min
Yield: 4 to 6 servings
Cuisine: mediterranean
Ingredients: 5 medium or large ripe tomatoes, cut into wedges, and if large, the wedges cut in half crosswise, or 1 pint cherry tomatoes, cut in half; 1/2 European cucumber, or 1 Persian or Japanese cucumber, cut in half lengthwise, seeded if desired, then sliced into half circles about 1/3 inch thick.; Sea salt or fleur de sel and freshly ground pepper; 2 tablespoons red wine vinegar or sherry vinegar; 1/4 cup extra virgin olive oil; 1/2 cup crumbled feta; 1 to 2 tablespoons chopped fresh mint, or 3/4 teaspoon dried oregano

By Martha Rose Shulman

Total Time: 2 minutes
Rating: 5(107)
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This is a modified Greek salad, one I tend to make pretty much nightly during the summer, when I always have these ingredients on hand.

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Ingredients

Yield:4 to 6 servings

5medium or large ripe tomatoes, cut into wedges, and if large, the wedges cut in half crosswise, or 1 pint cherry tomatoes, cut in half
½European cucumber, or 1 Persian or Japanese cucumber, cut in half lengthwise, seeded if desired, then sliced into half circles about ⅓ inch thick.
Sea salt or fleur de sel and freshly ground pepper
2tablespoons red wine vinegar or sherry vinegar
¼cup extra virgin olive oil
½cup crumbled feta
1 to 2tablespoons chopped fresh mint, or ¾ teaspoon dried oregano

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Preparation

Step 1
Toss together the tomatoes, cucumber, salt, pepper, vinegar, and olive oil. Add the feta and herbs, and toss again. Taste, adjust the seasonings, and serve.

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tdalec6 years ago

Three large farmers market were quite enough. I used a good old farmers market cucumber, peeled and seeded, a tablespoon each of chopped mint and oregano from the garden, and sherry vinegar. Delicious.

mutoka3 weeks ago

Needs red onion then perfect

Ritva3 years ago

Cooking time 2 minutes! No way, unless everything was already prepped.

xx3 years ago

Te x

JoyceT6 years ago

We made this in Italy with all the above ingredients except fresh mozzarella rather than feta (hard to get here) and castelveltrano olives (again nowhere nears as easy to get fresh here). We didn't add either mint or oregano.

tdalec6 years ago

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