Greek Salad Recipes

Bright, olive oil-dressed plates built around whatever's ripest — tomatoes, cucumbers, potatoes, and Crete's beloved barley rusk. No lettuce, no mayonnaise, just good produce and a heavy hand with the olive oil.

Two thick slices of feta cheese sprinkled with oregano resting on a bed of Greek salad vegetables.
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Traditional Greek Salad (Horiatiki)

Tomatoes, cucumber, olives, and a whole block of feta — no lettuce, just how it's made in Greece.

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A barley rusk topped with grated tomato, crumbled feta, oregano, and an olive, on a wooden table.
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Dakos (Cretan Barley Rusk Salad)

A crunchy Cretan barley rusk soaked in ripe grated tomato, olive oil, and salty cheese — the Mediterranean diet on a plate.

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Baby potatoes tossed with herbs and spices on a blue-patterned ceramic plate.
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Greek Potato Salad (Patatosalata)

Warm potatoes tossed in olive oil, lemon, red onion, olives, and feta — bright, briny, and nothing like the mayo-heavy version.

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