Tomato, Cucumber, and Red Onion Salad

Today Lemon & Olives partakes in the one year anniversary of the It’s All Greek To Me book tour.  If you remember we did this last year (see: Greek Biscotti recipe), and one thing we really love about this is that we get to give 1 copy of the book away to our readers! Well, technically the publisher will be sending you the book, but you get what I mean.

It’s All Greek to Me: Transform Your Health the Mediterranean Way with My Family’s Century-Old Recipes is a really well done cookbook. Jane and I have used it many times (full discloser: we were sent a free copy last year) and it’s gotten great reviews over on amazon which you can see/read by clicking the link.

I really like the photos of Mrs. Mantenopoulos walking around Greece and here tidbits where she’ll explain things she learned from her yia yia (grandmother).

There are some really great recipes in the book, and one we’re going to share with you today.

This is a simple Greek style salad. Much like a horiatiki salad, there is no lettuce, as customary with traditional salads you’ll find in Greece. It’s just some veggies and olive oil dressing. Simple yet so delicious.

Here is  Mrs. Mantenopoulos:

Tomato, Cucumber, and Red Onion Salad

Mrs. Mantenopoulos

This fantastic summer salad is so easy to prepare. It pairs well with lamb, fish, chicken, and vegetarian main dishes alike.

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Prep Time 10 minutes mins

Total Time 10 minutes mins

Course Blog

Cuisine Greek

Servings 4

Ingredients

  

• 1 seedless English cucumber unpeeled, sliced into 1-inch chunks
• 4 to 5 large ripe tomatoes sliced into wedges
• 1 large red onion thinly sliced into half-moons
• 1 to 2 tablespoons finely chopped fresh Italian flat-leaf parsley or fresh dill
• Sea salt to taste
• Freshly ground black pepper to taste
• -Dressing Latholemono -
• 4 to 6 tablespoons freshly squeezed lemon juice
• 1/2 teaspoon salt
• 1/4 teaspoon black pepper
• 1 garlic clove minced
• 1/2 cup Greek olive oil

Instructions

 

• Combine all ingredients under dressing in a bowl, and mix well. Everything is to taste here, so adjust accordingly.
• Add the cucumber, tomatoes, onion, and parsley or dill together in a large salad bowl.
• Add in the Latholemono dressing, toss everything.
• Season with salt and pepper to taste and set aside to marinate at room temperature for up to 1 hour.

Notes

VARIATION: For a more soothing and cooling salad, leave out the red onion. For a crunchier salad, leave out the tomato. If you’d like a more acidic salad to pair with a rich main course, omit the cucumber. In other words, make it your own!

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