Vegetable Greek Salad

Learn how to make this easy recipe for traditional Greek salad! Made with nutritious ingredients & homemade dressing. You can add chicken, too! Don’t forget to try my delicious Greek pasta salad.

I love salads, but sometimes they feel boring.

Don’t get me wrong. I absolutely love my kale Caesar salad, cranberry apple spinach salad, and southwest chicken salad… but every now and then, I want my salad to be so flavorful, it’s like a party in my mouth.

And that’s EXACTLY what this vegetable Greek salad is!

Healthy Vegetable Greek Salad

Aside from the fact that this salad is SO GOOD, I love making this healthy vegetable salad because:

• It’s quick and easy. The total time is 10 minutes.
• No cooking! Perfect for summer.
• Allergy-friendly. It’s naturally gluten-free and dairy-free.
• Great as leftovers! Pour off excess liquid before serving and it’s delicious the next day too!
• Packed with vegetables. If you’re trying to eat more veggies, this is your ticket!

Greek Salad Ingredients

This recipe only calls for a few ingredients, but most importantly, there’s NO lettuce.

My husband and I visited a traditional Mediterranean restaurant and when our salads were delivered, there wasn’t any Romaine lettuce…

It put us for a loop at first, because I automatically associate “salad” with “lettuce” (although my black bean and corn salad doesn’t have any lettuce either!).

But I’ll tell you this – this salad recipe is SO GOOD on its own, you won’t even miss the lettuce!

Here are the SIX ingredients you need:

• Cucumbers. I prefer using English cucumbers because the seeds are minimal, but you can use any kind here.
• Tomatoes. The restaurant served Roma tomatoes, and I’ve used both Roma and cherry tomatoes. Any tomato will work here!
• Red Onion. A white onion will work in a pinch, but the red onion is best!
• Dry Greek Dressing Mix. This is my recipe for homemade Greek salad dressing, and you need just the dry seasonings for this Greek salad recipe.
• Red Wine Vinegar. A must!
• Olive Oil.
• Feta Cheese. (optional)

How to Make Mediterranean Salad

This Mediterranean recipe couldn’t be simpler to make!

Step 1. Slice the cucumbers, tomatoes, and red onions.

Step 2. Add the seasonings to the vegetables and toss them in a large bowl.

Step 3. Mix well, and serve!

Note: Store in an airtight container in the fridge for up to 4 days.

More Salad Toppings

I think this salad is SO GOOD as-is, but you can change up the taste and add toppings such as:

• crumbled feta
• big triangle of feta (that’s what they did at the restaurant)
• bacon
• large chunks of chicken
• green bell pepper
• kalamata olives or black olives

FAQs for Easy Greek Salad

Serving Suggestions

Here are some side dish ideas to serve with this marinated vegetable salad:

• Mediterranean Grilled Cheese
• Homemade Pita Bread
• Oven Roasted Chicken
• Almond Crusted Chicken
• Greek Couscous

More Easy Greek Recipes

• Greek Quinoa Salad
• Simple Greek Couscous
• Greek Pasta Salad
• How to Make Greek Yogurt
• Mediterranean Grilled Cheese