Heirloom Tomato Greek Salad is a delicious, refreshing, and easy to make salad. It’s packed with lots of veggies and a delicious vinaigrette. The Heirloom Tomato Greek Salad contains fresh tomatoes, green bell peppers, cucumbers, onions, feta cheese, Kalamata olives, and capers. The creamy feta offers just the right amount of creaminess to this refreshing Heirloom Tomato Greek Salad and the Kalamata olives offers the smooth and meaty texture. It’s a great balance of flavors. The vinaigrette is the secret to this delicious Heirloom Tomato Greek Salad, it’s packed with delicious flavors.
There is a nostalgic feeling when I eat this Heirloom Tomato Greek salad. It takes me back to my childhood when I would go with my mom to the grocery store and we would go to the prepared food section and order a Greek salad to go. I always loved veggies so this was definitely a favorite of mine. It’s funny how food can bring you back to a certain point in time. I love how food does that.
The veggies are crunchy and refreshing. The feta cheese is delightful and it brings just the right amount of creaminess and saltiness to the salad. The Kalamata olives with its smooth meaty texture are a perfect combination with the veggies.
Here is the key to this delicious Heirloom Tomato Greek salad, you need good quality produce. I mentioned before I get all my produce from the farmers market, not only because I prefer organic foods, but also because they are super fresh. If you can’t get to the farmers market just make sure the produce at the grocery stores look fresh. Believe me the taste is completely different.
This is how to make the delicious Heirloom Tomato Greek Salad.
For this salad I use heirloom tomatoes, you could use regular tomatoes, but heirloom tomatoes are much more flavorful. There are so many varieties of heirloom tomatoes. What I love most about heirloom tomatoes is their flavor. Each variety is so different and delicious. My favorite is the Cherokee purple variety. If you are interested on seeing the different types of heirloom tomatoes here is a link (heirloom tomatoes). Now, back to the Heirloom Tomato Greek Salad recipe. For the tomatoes if they are too juicy and have lots of seeds make sure you remove the juice and seeds. I use Persian cucumbers, you could use other cucumbers as well, but other cucumbers have lots of seeds. So if you are using other cucumbers make sure you take out the seeds. Cut the bell peppers, tomatoes, and cucumbers into bite size pieces and thinly slice the onions.
For the dressing pour all the dressing ingredients in a container and shake them until well mixed or whisk all the ingredients in a bowl.
Once you have the dressing ready, toss it with the rest of the ingredient in a bowl. Its best if you let it marinade for 30 minutes before eating it, but you can also eat it right away.
Guys this Heirloom Tomato Greek Salad is extremely easy to make. It works great for the times that you want to eat something yummy, but don’t have a lot of time.
You can pair this delicious Heirloom Tomato Greek Salad with this Lemon Herb Roasted Chicken.
Heirloom Tomato Greek Salad
Ingredients
- 1 green bell pepper bite size pieces
- 1/3 onion thinly sliced
- 3 cucumbers Persian - bite size pieces
- 4 heirloom tomatoes bite size pieces
- 12 oz. Kalamata olives halved
- 3 tablespoons capers
- 8 oz. feta cheese cubed
Dressing
- 3 tablespoons olive juice Kalamata
- 1 tablespoons lemon
- ¼ cup avocado oil
- 1 tablespoons caper juice
- 2 tablespoons Mazzetti Rosato Sweet Vinaigrette or red wine vinegar
Instructions
- Cut the bell peppers, cucumbers, and tomatoes into bite size pieces. Thinly slice the onions. Cut the Kalamata olives in half. Then cut the feta cheese in cubes.
- Pour all the dressing ingredients in a container and shake them until well mixed or whisk all the ingredients in a bowl.
- Once you have the dressing ready, toss it with the rest of the ingredient in a bowl. Its best if you let it marinade for 30 minutes before eating it, but you can also eat it right away.
