Greece is a beautiful country and is one of my dream destination. I haven’t really cooked much from this country and when Valli announced Greek Cuisine as theme for BM 76, I decided to pick it. For Day 1 I made Greek Coffee, which is a big hit in the house. For Day 2 it is a Greek Salad.
Salads are a must in our daily meals , but I avoid heavy dressings .While on my search I found that Greek Cuisine uses lot of olives, feta, peppers. I came across this salad on a vegan site and found it perfect for myself, as it did not have any dairy products. Being off some dairy products is difficult, but I am trying , and hoping I can manage.This Greek Salad which has simple dressing ,is light and pairs well even with our Indian Daal Sabzi . If you wish you could add feta cheese to the salad. Let’s check out.
Horiatiko
Ingredients
2 bell peppers ( red, yellow and green ) cubed
1 onion
1 cucumber
2 tomatoes
Olives
Chop into bite sized pieces and combine with the dressing.
Dressing
1/2 cup olive oil
1/3 cup orange juice
1 tsp lemon juice
2 tsp oregano and chilly flakes
1 tsp garlic powder
1 tsp minced onion
1 tsp mustard powder
Pinch sugar
Salt
Pepper
Add all dressing ingredients to a jar and shake well.
This makes nearly a cup, use the quantity needed and store the rest.
Finishing the Salad
Add the dressing to the chopped salad ingredients , mix well.
Chill the salad and enjoy.
Horiatiko - Greek Salad
Ingredients
- 2 bell peppers red, yellow, green, cubed
- 1 onion cubed
- 1 cucumber cubed
- 2 tomatoes cubed
- olives
Dressing
- 1/2 cup olive oil
- 1/3 cup orange juice
- 1 tsp lemon juice
- 2 tsp oregano
- 1 tsp garlic powder
- salt to taste
- pepper to taste
- sugar pinch
Instructions
- Add all dressing ingredients to a jar and shake well.
- This makes nearly a cup, use the quantity needed and store the rest.
Finishing the Salad
- Add the dressing to the chopped salad ingredients , mix well.
- Chill and enjoy the salad.
Love this kind of chunky salad, this greek salad rocks.
Wow!!The salad looks so colorful and healthy.Feel like grabbing it.
Pinning this to my salads board
It is so tough being vegan when most of our dishes are based on dairy. This salad looks so colourful and must have tasted so yum..
The salad looks so colorful Vaishali. One day I am going to come and loot your props 🙂
The salad is very colorful and refreshing. Hope one day you get to visit your dream destination.
Full of healthy stuff. Best option for a healthy meal
This is my kind of salad Vaishali. Looks great
Very interesting flavors there!
Wonderful Salad.. full of healthy colours!!
that orange flavored dressing sounds amazing
Salad looks so colourful Vaishali..though I don’t prefer the capsicum raw..I must try this sometime..the dressing is surely wonderful!
This is such a colorful and delicious salad Vaishali. It works as a meal replacement too.