• Home
  • About
  • News
  • EVOO Library
    • MDR® EVOO World
  • Med Live
  • Events
    • Mediterranean Culinary Concept – March 21-22, 2023
    • Culture of Food, Food Culture | November 15-16, 2022 • Philadelphia, PA
    • Diet, Global Health and Climate – September 15, 2022
    • Positive Nutrition – September 15, 2022
    • MDR Summer Connect 2022
    • Percorsi nel gusto, May 3-7 2022, Salerno (Italy)
    • Ambassador’s Breakfast 2022
  • Recipes
  • Sponsors
  • Contact
    • Home
    • About
    • News
    • EVOO Library
      • MDR® EVOO World
    • Med Live
    • Events
      • Mediterranean Culinary Concept – March 21-22, 2023
      • Culture of Food, Food Culture | November 15-16, 2022 • Philadelphia, PA
      • Diet, Global Health and Climate – September 15, 2022
      • Positive Nutrition – September 15, 2022
      • MDR Summer Connect 2022
      • Percorsi nel gusto, May 3-7 2022, Salerno (Italy)
      • Ambassador’s Breakfast 2022
    • Recipes
    • Sponsors
    • Contact
      • Home
      • About
      • News
      • EVOO Library
        • MDR® EVOO World
      • Med Live
      • Events
        • Mediterranean Culinary Concept – March 21-22, 2023
        • Culture of Food, Food Culture | November 15-16, 2022 • Philadelphia, PA
        • Diet, Global Health and Climate – September 15, 2022
        • Positive Nutrition – September 15, 2022
        • MDR Summer Connect 2022
        • Percorsi nel gusto, May 3-7 2022, Salerno (Italy)
        • Ambassador’s Breakfast 2022
      • Recipes
      • Sponsors
      • Contact
        Black Eyed Peas with Fresh Dill, Olive Oil and Orange Slices
        Pumpkin and Zucchini Pie (Kolokithopita)
        Pumpkin and Zucchini Pie (Kolokithopita)

        Authentic Greek Salad (Horiátiki Salata)

        In 2014, I visited Greece for the first time. I had waited my entire life to eat real Greek food seeing that I’m half Greek. I was also hoping to collect some authentic Mediterranean Diet recipes.

        I arrived in Athens and was set to go on a study tour throughout the country. I got to my hotel and the study group was waiting for me to go to dinner together. I put my luggage in my room and we walked through the busy streets to a traditional Greek taverna. The waiter brought us bread with extra virgin olive oil to dip. The oil was so good. Then he brought the greek salad. This was a moment I will never forget. I took one bite of a red, juicy tomato slice and I thought to myself “What have I been eating my whole life?!” This was the sweetest, most flavorful, deep red, and beefy tomato I had ever sunk my teeth into.

        Then I tasted the feta…. I literally asked the other students if we ordered the salad with goat cheese instead of feta. They laughed at me and said no, this is what the feta is like in Greece. I was in heaven already one hour into my trip. I began to question again what feta had I been eating all these years that I thought was so good? There’s something that happens with a real Greek salad. The tomatoes have so much juice, that by the time the salad is mostly eaten, the oil, tomato juice, feta, onion, and oregano have made this amazing dipping mixture.

        Anyone who has eaten a real Horiatiki Salata knows that this is the absolute best and healthiest juice to dip your bread in. I could eat this salad twice a day everyday, and we did on this study tour. The salads got even tastier the farther out of the city and into the countryside we got. To me this is the best salad in the world. A summer meal without this salad just isn’t happening.

        Ingredients

        • 3 medium tomatoes, quartered
        • 1 large cucumber, peeled and sliced
        • 1/4 red onion, cut into thin strips
        • 1/4 red bell pepper, cut into thin strips
        • 10 kalamata olives
        • 6 oz feta cheese
        • 1/4 cup extra virgin olive oil buy now
        • Splash of red wine vinegar or lemon juice
        • 1/2 teaspoon oregano
        • salt and pepper, to taste

        Instructions

        1. Add all veggies and olives to a bowl.
        2. Top with feta cheese, olive oil, lemon juice (or vinegar), and oregano. Salt and pepper, to taste.
        • Servings : 2
        • Ready in : 10 Minutes
        • Course : Salads, Sides
        • Recipe Type : 30 Minute Meals, Gluten Free, Vegetarian, Weight Loss
        • Ingredient : Cucumber, Feta, Lemon Juice, Olive Oil, Olives, Peppers, Tomatoes
        Share

        Related posts

        I hope this Greek recipe for cauliflower stew will convince you that there’s more to this cruciferous vegetable than meets the eye.
        October 18, 2022

        Cinnamon-scented Cauliflower Stew with Sun-Dried Tomatoes and Olives


        Read more
        Lentil Salad with Olives, Roasted Red Florina Peppers, and Herbs. You can use green or black olives with equal ease.
        October 18, 2022

        Lentil Salad with Olives, Roasted Red Florina Peppers, and Herbs


        Read more
        Potato-Artichoke Torte
        April 27, 2021

        Potato-Artichoke Torte


        Read more

        Mediterranean Diet Roundtable

        36 Kilsyth Road, Brookline, MA 02445

        TELEPHONE: +1 908 212 7846
        EMAIL: info@mdrproject.com

        Privacy Policy
        Cookie Policy

        Sponsorship Opportunities

        DOWNLOAD OUR 2023 SPONSORSHIP DECK HERE

        © 2022 Mediterranean Diet Roundtable. All Rights Reserved. Website by Grafica Manent
        Manage Cookie Consent
        To provide the best experiences, we use technologies like cookies to store and/or access device information. Consenting to these technologies will allow us to process data such as browsing behavior or unique IDs on this site. Not consenting or withdrawing consent, may adversely affect certain features and functions.
        Functional Always active
        The technical storage or access is strictly necessary for the legitimate purpose of enabling the use of a specific service explicitly requested by the subscriber or user, or for the sole purpose of carrying out the transmission of a communication over an electronic communications network.
        Preferences
        The technical storage or access is necessary for the legitimate purpose of storing preferences that are not requested by the subscriber or user.
        Statistics
        The technical storage or access that is used exclusively for statistical purposes. The technical storage or access that is used exclusively for anonymous statistical purposes. Without a subpoena, voluntary compliance on the part of your Internet Service Provider, or additional records from a third party, information stored or retrieved for this purpose alone cannot usually be used to identify you.
        Marketing
        The technical storage or access is required to create user profiles to send advertising, or to track the user on a website or across several websites for similar marketing purposes.
        Manage options Manage services Manage vendors Read more about these purposes
        View preferences
        {title} {title} {title}