Best Ever Greek Salad

Best Ever Greek Salad

35 min
12 servings

This is absolutely the Best Ever Greek Salad recipe. It has a delicious homemade salad dressing that's mouthwatering. This salad is terrific for company, birthdays or holidays like Easter, Mother's Day or Father's Day. Seriously, this Greek Salad will knock your socks off! Gluten free.

Ingredients

  • 1 head romaine (or red or green leaf lettuce or a couple of bags of pre-washed)
  • 6-8 roma tomatoes (sliced)
  • 1 large cucumber (sliced)
  • 1 green pepper (diced, any color will do)
  • 1/4 red onion (thinly sliced and separated into rings)
  • 1/2 to 2/3 cup ripe Kalamata olives (drained)
  • 1/2 to 1 cup pepperocinis (drained (I usually use the sliced salad pepper rings))
  • 1/2-1 lb. feta cheese (we like a lot and use more than the original recipe calls for)
  • 1/2 cup olive oil
  • 1/3 cup red wine vinegar
  • 1/4 cup granulated sugar (or honey (if you want less sugar you can reduce to two tablespoons))
  • 1/4 cup dried parsley
  • 1 tsp. dried oregano
  • 1 tsp. dried basil
  • 1 tsp. sea salt
  • 1/2 tsp. ground black pepper

Directions

  1. 1

    Layer ingredients in above order.

  2. 2

    Place ingredients in a small bowl.