Greek Cucumber Salad

Looking for a refreshing and delightful summer salad that can be ready in just 15 minutes? Dive into the goodness of Greek Cucumber Salad, a delightful blend of crisp cucumbers, juicy tomatoes, tangy red onions, creamy feta, aromatic dill, and briny kalamata olives that will transport your taste buds straight to the sunny shores of the Mediterranean.

This Greek cucumber salad is one of my favorite salads. I make this salad at least once a week. Sometimes not as glamorous with the kalamata olives and the feta. Sometimes its cucumber and tomato with the Greek all-purpose seasoning, olive oil, and a little fresh dill from the garden. I first blogged about my cucumber feta salad almost a decade ago. This was before I liked feta. Over the past decade, I’ve played with this recipe and its completely transformed into what I can now honestly call mine. I no longer use a processed salad dressing.

I have a Grilled Greek Pork Tenderloin that compliments this salad very well.

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• Ingredients
• How to Seed a Cucumber
• How to Make Greek Cucumber Salad
• FAQs
• Recipe Tips & Tricks
• Greek Recipes
• Greek Cucumber Salad

Ingredients

• Tomatoes – For this recipe I like to use grape tomatoes that I’ve sliced in half. But you can also use plum tomatoes that are chopped into bite-size pieces.
• Cucumbers – One European style cucumber is all you need. You will want to make sure to remove most of the seeds so that the seeds don’t overwhelm the seeds.
• Olives – I like to use Kalamata olives that come pitted already from the store.
• Onion – I like to use red onion as it’s not as pungent as white onion.
• Dill – Fresh dill works best for this recipe.
• Feta Cheese – Any type of feta works for this recipe.
• Seasoning – I like to use Cavendar’s Greek Seasoning. It hits all the right flavor notes in one small container.
• Oil – I use a nutty olive oil to give an additional layer of flavor to the salad dressing.

How to Seed a Cucumber

First, you want to scrape out the seeds from the cucumbers. To do this, you will want to slice the cucumbers in half (length-wise) then run a spoon down the middle removing most of the seeds and membranes.

How to Make Greek Cucumber Salad

1. Grab a nice big bowl and toss in those colorful grape tomatoes, the sliced cucumber, the thinly sliced red onion, and don’t forget to sprinkle in the fresh dill – it adds such a fantastic flavor!
2. Next, sprinkle the Greek seasoning on top of the mixed veggies and drizzle on the olive oil.
3. Add the kalamata olives to the bowl. Mix well and let the flavors mingle and hang out in the fridge for about 30 minutes. It’s like a little flavor party in there! The longer it rests, the tastier it gets.
4. Mix in the feta right before your about to serve the cucumber tomato feta salad.

FAQs

Recipe Tips & Tricks

• Marinating – I like to let the Greek seasoning marinate on the salad for a good 30 minutes. The salt from the seasoning helps break down the cucumbers and the flavor absorbs into it beautifully.
• Colored Tomatoes – To make the salad even more visually appealing, use a mix of different colored tomatoes, like red, yellow, and orange.
• Pickled Onions – For an extra burst of flavor, try marinating the sliced red onions in a mixture of red wine vinegar, sugar, and water for about 10 minutes before adding them to the salad.
• Creamy Dressing – If you prefer a creamier dressing, whisk together some Greek yogurt with lemon juice and garlic, then drizzle it over the salad instead of the traditional olive oil and vinegar dressing.

Greek Recipes

If you are looking for more delicious Greek Recipes here are a few more of my favorites.

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