Feta Cheese Salad with Balsamic Dressing

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Feta Cheese Salad with Balsamic Dressing- a simple feta cheese salad, quick and easy to make for lunch or a starter, with a home-made balsamic dressing.

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With the warmer weather over the last few weeks (and the heatwave that I really wasn't a fan of), all I have wanted to eat is salad. That has encouraged me into looking for a bit more variety in my ingredients. Lettuce, tomato and cucumber on their own gets old fast, and there's really no excuse for a boring salad!

 This weekend, I was in the mood for something Greek-style and I had a block of feta cheese in the fridge. I added a few delicious salady bits to contrast with the soft saltiness of the feta, whipped up a garlicky balsamic dressing and hey presto- a simple feta salad. The feta really is the star of the dish. If you can't be bothered to roast the peppers you can either put them in raw, or buy roasted peppers in a jar. It's absolutely delicious served as a starter, or with some crackers for lunch, or as a side dish at a BBQ. 

 Strictly speaking, a Greek salad doesn't include any lettuce, but I'm a big fan of the baby leaf kind, so I put it in everything. I'm a big fan of olives generally, but for this, I only used them as a garnish.You can always throw in more if you're a big olive fan.

The home-made balsamic dressing is easy to make in whatever quantity you need and will keep in the fridge until it's finished. It really tops off the dish and is so much nicer than shop-bought.

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Make Feta Cheese Salad with Balsamic Dressing


Feta Cheese Salad in a bowl

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salad, feta, balsamic, salad dressing, avocado
lunch, starter, side dish
British
Yield: 4Pin it

Feta Cheese Salad with Balsamic Dressing

prep time: 15 minscook time: total time: 15 mins
Feta Cheese Salad with Balsamic Dressing- a simple feta cheese salad, quick and easy to make for lunch or a starter, with a home-made balsamic dressing.

ingredients:

For the salad
  • 100g feta cheese
  • 30 cherry tomatoes
  • 1/2 a cucumber
  • 4 spring onions
  • 150g baby leaf salad
  • 2 roasted red peppers
  • 2 avocados
  • 8 olives
For the dressing
  • 4 tbsp virgin olive oil
  • 8 tbsp balsamic vinegar
  • 3 cloves of garlic, crushed
  • 2 tsp oregano
  • pinch of salt

instructions:

  1. Lay the baby leaf salad in the bottom of the bowl you are using.
  2. Slice the tomatoes into halves, slice the cucumber and then cut the slices into chunks, chop the spring onion and cut up the avocado into small chunks.
  3. Lay the chopped salad veg on top of the baby leaves.
  4. Slice the feta and then chop into smaller pieces. It will crumble naturally when you move it to the salad bowl.
  5. Slice the olives and use as garnish.
  6. Put all the dressing ingredients into a small jug and mix together well.
  7. Pour the dressing on the salad to personal taste after serving.

NOTES:

Serves 4 as a starter or lunch dish and 6 as a side dish.
Calories
460
Fat (grams)
39
Sat. Fat (grams)
8
Carbs (grams)
41
Fiber (grams)
9
Sugar (grams)
53
Protein (grams)
9
Sodium (milligrams)
1125
Cholesterol (grams)
0
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