This Cucumber Greek Salad is light and refreshing, and full of healthy ingredients. With minimal prep, it makes an easy side dish for any meal!
Hey there, y’all! I originally shared this recipe right before the 4th of July over at Kenarry: Ideas for the Home.
Carrie and I did a recipe swap of easy barbecue side dishes, and she was here sharing her recipe for Classic Taco Salad. Be sure to check it out if you haven’t had a chance to yet!
This Cucumber Greek Salad makes a great side dish to serve at almost any meal, and especially at summer barbecues. When there’s lots of yummy desserts and other heavy dishes to chow down on, sometimes I like to prepare a healthier alternative.
It’s nice to have a fresh side to balance everything out, and this Cucumber Greek Salad definitely fits the bill!
This salad is so easy to throw together. The hardest part is chopping the veggies, and that really only takes about five minutes. Add in some spices, lemon juice, olive oil, and feta, and you are ready to go.
You can definitely make this in a quick pinch for any barbecue or get-together this summer, but if you let it marinate for a couple of hours, the flavors will develop even more.
I made ours with black olives because my hubby and son love them, but if it were just for me, I’d leave them out! I’m kinda anti-olives.
If you prefer a different kind of olive, you can definitely use those instead, too.
Cucumber Greek Salad
Ingredients
- 2 cucumbers,, peeled and chopped into 1/4 slices
- 4-6 Roma tomatoes,, chopped
- 1/2 of a red onion,, sliced
- 1/4 cup olive oil
- 1 1/2 Tablespoons lemon juice
- 2 teaspoons dried oregano
- 1/2 cup crumbled feta cheese
- Salt and Pepper,, to taste
- Black olives,, pitted and sliced (to taste)
Instructions
- In a large bowl, combine cucumbers, tomatoes, and onions.
- In a smaller bowl, mix the olive oil, lemon juice, and dried oregano. Pour over the vegetables and mix well. Season salad with salt and pepper.
- Sprinkle feta cheese and olives over the top of salad and mix. Taste and adjust spices if need be. Refrigerate until ready to eat. Enjoy!
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Jill says
WOW! This recipe was SO good. I doubled the cheese because I love feta. Will be weekly for sure!
Larry says
LOVE this salad. I used my OXO Salad Chopper (Got it on Amazon) threw everything into the bowl, chopped away and in 60 seconds I had chopped Greek Salad for 4. Tossed it with the dressing ingredients and I had a main dish for 4 in about 3 minutes total time
Amy | The Cook Report says
I love the crunch of the cucumber in a Greek salad so this sounds perfect to me!
Neli Howard says
Cucumber salad is one of my favorites! I can have Greek salad every single day, It is so good.
Patty says
Love how easy to make this salad is, thanks for sharing!
Tilly says
So refreshing and perfect for spring!
Jere Cassidy says
Who needs lettuce in a salad when you can have all these flavors. This just looks so dang good.
Amy says
This was seriously missing some flavor, so I added a little apple cider vinegar and it’s perfect!
Annie @ Annie's Noms says
I love any Greek salad as I love the tang Feta gives!! This looks delicious and since it’s so hot here right now, I’m not exactly feeling hot meals, so this is just perfect!
Natalie says
I love Greek salad! Looks absolutely delicious and perfect for the summer!
Marie says
I love Greek salads! So much flavour and so easy to make too. I need to add this recipe to my summer salad rotation.
Jillian says
This salad is one of the reasons I love Summertime! Fresh salads, like this one, have my heart!
Jenni LeBaron says
This makes a fabulous side dish and I love cold fresh and cold it is. It’s sweltering here right now so this sounds lovely!
Pia says
Hi, I’m planning to make this dish for an outdoor birthday party. Can I make this the evening before to marinate flavors or do you suggest preparing same day for freshness?
Ashlyn says
Hi there! I’ve done it both ways and it’s good either way! However, I do think everything is slightly more crisp and fresh the day of.
Shanna says
Can you tell me a substiute of lemon juiceM I am making this for dinner and just realised Im out of lemon juice and lemons, ????.
Ashlyn says
Hi Shanna, I’ve never tried it without the lemon juice so not sure of good substitute. Sorry about that.
Tamikka says
My family loved, loved, loved this easy to make salad!
Ashlyn says
So happy to hear that! This is one of my favorites for sure!
Rene says
Great recipe, I use it a lot during the summer, quick to make and great tasting.
Ashlyn says
Yes perfect in the summer time!