The traditional Greek salad gets a unique twist with the addition of ripe avocado and a lemony citrus vinaigrette! Green lentils will add bulk to your fresh cucumber and tomato along with garbanzo beans and crumbled feta cheese!
How to make this recipe:
Start by topping your bed of lettuce with lentils, cucumber, avocado, tomato, chickpeas, feta and red onion.
In a small mason jar combine olive oil, lemon juice, Dijon, oregano and a pinch of salt and pepper. Shake until emulsified.
Drizzle dressing over salad just before eating and enjoy!
Tips for making this salad:
- Use fresh, local ingredients whenever possible! Fresh = flavor!! And trust me, I know it's hard to find locally grown product all year round (I live in Wisconsin!) but take advantage of fresh produce when it's in season and enjoy all your favorite tasty salads!
- Use this salad as a blueprint and clean out your fridge! This recipe is a great blue print to use up ingredients you’ve already got! Any fresh veggies or even canned white beans would taste great in this salad.
- This recipe can easily be doubled or tripled and transformed into a side dish! This recipe is written for one, but you can use the scale button on the recipe card to easily create the perfect side dish for your next backyard barbecue!
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Easy Greek Salad
A traditional Greek salad gets a unique twist in this recipe with the addition of ripe avocado and a lemony citrus vinaigrette!
- Prep Time: 5 minutes
- Cook Time: 10 minutes
- Total Time: 15 minutes
- Yield: 1 salad 1x
- Category: Salad
- Method: Stove Top
- Cuisine: American
Ingredients
- 2 cups spring greens
- ¼ cup cooked green lentils
- ½ cup sliced cucumber
- ½ avocado, sliced
- ¼ cup halved grape tomatoes
- ¼ cup garbanzo beans
- ¼ cup crumbled feta cheese
- ⅛ cup sliced red onion
Dressing:
- 1 tablespoon olive oil
- 1 tablespoon fresh lemon juice
- ¼ teaspoon Dijon mustard
- ¼ teaspoon dried oregano
- Kosher salt
- fresh cracked pepper
Instructions
- Top bed of lettuce with lentils, cucumber, avocado, tomato, garbanzo beans, feta and red onion.
- Combine olive oil, lemon juice, Dijon and oregano along with salt and pepper in a mason jar. Shake until emulsified.
- Drizzle over salad just before eating and enjoy!
Notes
Use fresh, local ingredients whenever possible. Fresh = flavor!! And trust me, I know it's hard to find locally grown product all year round (I live in Wisconsin!) but take advantage of fresh produce when it's in season and enjoy all your favorite tasty salads!
Use this salad as a blueprint and clean out your fridge! This recipe is a great blue print to use up ingredients you’ve already got! Any fresh veggies or even canned white beans would taste great in this salad.
This recipe can easily be doubled or tripled and transformed into a side dish! This recipe is written for one, but you can use the scale button on the recipe card to easily create the perfect side dish for your next backyard barbecue!
Nutrition
- Serving Size:
- Calories: 510
- Sugar: 9.2 g
- Sodium: 538.7 mg
- Fat: 35.4 g
- Saturated Fat: 10.1 g
- Trans Fat: 0 g
- Carbohydrates: 37.9 g
- Fiber: 15.4 g
- Protein: 17.5 g
- Cholesterol: 33.4 mg
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This salad will have you looking forward to lunch time!