Feta and Tomato Salad

Fragrant, light, pretty, and mayonnaise-free! Feta and tomato salad is a simple but very tasty dish made from everyday ingredients with a fragrant dressing. It's a throw-together dish - quick and filling enough to feed the family, yet good enough for a holiday table!

Natalia TsybulskayaAuthor avatar
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Composition / ingredients

Servings:
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Nutrients and energy value of the composition of the recipe
By weight of the composition:
Proteins 24 % 4 g
Fats 59 % 10 g
Carbohydrates 18 % 3 g
122 kcal
GI: 100 / 0 / 0

Cooking method

Cooking time: 15 min
  1. Step 1:

    Step 1

    How do you make feta and tomato salad? Prepare the ingredients. The tastiest salad comes from seasonal vegetables; in winter, cherry tomatoes are the better choice, since they're tastier. You can use any vegetable oil, as long as it tastes good. You'll need the juice of half a lemon, so wash it with hot water first - or use ready-made lemon juice.

  2. Step 2:

    Step 2

    Make the salad dressing. How? Mix the olive oil with the lemon juice and add a little salt.

  3. Step 3:

    Step 3

    Add the minced garlic. I grate it on the finest grater, but you can chop it with a knife or put it through a press. You can also use garlic powder instead of fresh garlic. Mix all the ingredients. The dressing is ready.

  4. Step 4:

    Step 4

    Wash the tomatoes, dry them, and cut them into wedges. You can cut them however you like - wedges or cubes.

  5. Step 5:

    Step 5

    Wash and dry the cucumbers and cut them however you prefer. Be sure to taste them - a bitter cucumber will ruin the whole dish.

  6. Step 6:

    Step 6

    Cut the feta into cubes. When buying feta, check the label - it should be real cheese made from milk, not a brined product with a milk-fat substitute.

  7. Step 7:

    Step 7

    Mix the cut vegetables with the feta.

  8. Step 8:

    Step 8

    Salt the salad to taste. Don't over-salt - the feta is already quite salty.

  9. Step 9:

    Step 9

    Drizzle the fragrant dressing over the salad, toss, and serve right away. A fresh-vegetable salad doesn't keep long - the vegetables release their juices and lose their look and flavor.

  10. Step 10:

    Step 10

    Enjoy!

  • This salad is light and fragrant. It can be served as a dish on its own, as an appetizer, or as a side - say, with a juicy steak or tender baked fish. It complements them beautifully! For extra freshness, add chopped fresh herbs: basil is ideal, but cilantro and dill work well too. Or try mint or thyme for a very interesting, original flavor!
  • Choose tomatoes that are juicy but firm. Soft ones don't hold their shape well; while you cut and prep them, they collapse into a shapeless mush and spoil the look of the dish.
  • The salad looks neat and pretty if you cut all the ingredients into pieces of the same size and shape (cubes, for example).
  • If the cucumber skin isn't tough, damaged, or bitter, there's no need to peel it.

Caloric content of the products possible in the composition of the dish

  • Tomatoes - 23  kcal/100g
  • Fresh cucumbers - 15  kcal/100g
  • Lemon - 16  kcal/100g
  • Lemon zest - 47  kcal/100g
  • Garlic - 143  kcal/100g
  • Feta cheese - 290  kcal/100g
  • Salt - 0  kcal/100g
  • Olive oil - 913  kcal/100g

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