Horiatiki (Greek Villagers Salad)

Little Italy's Note:

THIS IS AWESOME! And vegetarian safe, if you omit the cheese.

• Total Time: 20 mins
• Prep Time: 15 mins
• Cook Time: 5 mins

Ingredients:

Serves: 4

Yield: 1.0 big dish

• 3 large firm tomatoes
• 1 large red onion , peeled, halved, and thinly sliced
• 1 medium cucumber , peeled, seeded and cut into 1/8-inch rounds
• 2 green bell peppers , seeded and cut into rings
• 1 teaspoon oregano
• 5 tablespoons kalamata olives
• 4 tablespoons olive oil
• salt
• 1⁄3; lb feta cheese , crumbled

Directions:

1. Wash and dry all ingredients. Cut the tomatoes in half, core them and cut each piece into 3rds.
2. Toss the tomatoes with the sliced onions, cucumber, olives, and peppers.
3. Sprinkle in the oregano, salt and olive oil, and lastly stir in the feta cheese. Serve at room temperature.

Reviews

[Southern Polar Bear]

This was a really yummy salad! The only change I made was not to add the green bell peppers (just because I don't like raw peppers) and it still turned out great! I didn't even tell my husband that the recipe called for green bell peppers and he still gave it rave reviews!

[Andrea in NH]

This is a wonderful salad. I used 1 green pepper and 1 red pepper. I increased the olive oil and olives and added lemon juice and black pepper. I had a small amount leftover so ate it the next day. It's even better the second day. Thanks for sharing.

[Kittencalskitchen]

Being Greek-born I appreciate recipes with tons of flavor, especially recipes with feta cheese, and this happens to be one of them. I had cucumbers from my garden still in the fridge wrapped tightly with plastic wrap to preserve them, and I wanted to use some up. I was impressed with this salad. I increased the olive oil and kalamata olives and added black pepper, lots of black pepper! We enjoyed this salad tonight and will make it again soon! thanks for sharing, Kittencal:)