Switch up your standard ho-hum salad in favor of this flavor and texture packed Greek Cucumber and Arugula Salad. This is no boring side-salad!
Fresh cucumber, tomato, parsley, red onion, feta, and baby arugula are tossed with a luscious Oregano Lemon Vinaigrette then served as a light and healthy meatless main, or party or potluck side. I cannot tell you how refreshing and feel good this salad is. Spiked with the bold, bright flavors of the Mediterranean, it’s absolutely totally memorable.
There’s pretty much two steps to this recipe: throw stuff in a bowl then toss it with dressing. Love that! As I mentioned, you’ll need fresh tomatoes, red onion, and parsley, plus crumbled feta cheese and sliced kalamata olives.
Add everything to a bowl then top with a couple cucumbers that have either been thinly sliced, or spiralized. My Paderno Spiralizer and I are still going strong and I thought spiralizing the cucumbers would be a fun way to add their flavor to the salad in a fun and interesting way. You could use either the thin or medium-sized blade then give the ribbons a rough chop before adding to the bowl.
Last up is baby arugula. If you’ve never tried arugula — it is a leaf with LOTS of flavor. It absolutely brings something special to this otherwise ordinary Greek Salad.
Last step is to whisk together an Oregano Lemon Vinaigrette which is just extra virgin olive oil, lemon juice, dried oregano, honey, salt and pepper, then drizzle it on top.
Toss everything to combine, then serve and enjoy!
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