Description
This healthy and delicious salad features classic Greek salad flavors and will feed a crowd!
Ingredients
Scale
Quinoa
- 1 1/2 cups dry white quinoa
- 3 cups water
- 1/2 teaspoon Kosher salt
Ingredients
- 1 can of garbanzo beans, rinsed
- 1 1/2 cups diced tomatoes, about 3 Roma tomatoes
- 1 1/2 cups diced English cucumber (the wrapped, seedless kind), or the small Persian cucumbers. If you can’t find an English cucumber, use a regular one, but make sure to peel it before you dice it as the skin can be bitter.
- 1 cup of diced red onion, about ½ of a medium sized onion
- ½ cup kalamata (Greek) olives, quartered (optional)
- 1 cup feta cheese, large diced chunks
- Fresh mint and/or basil to taste. I used 3 tablespoons of basil and 1 tablespoon of mint.
Dressing
- 1/3 cup red wine vinegar
- 2/3 cup extra virgin olive oil
- 1 teaspoon salt
- 1/2 teaspoon ground black pepper
- 1 teaspoon Dijon mustard
- 1 tablespoon of honey
Instructions
- For the quinoa, add the water, salt and quinoa to a saucepan. Bring to a boil, then cover and reduce the heat to low. Cook for 20 minutes, or until all the liquid is absorbed and the quinoa grains are cooked through. They will keep an “al dente” feel and you will see a little ring around the edge of the cooked grains. Cool to room temperature, or make the day before and store in the fridge.
- Add your cold quinoa to a large mixing bowl, then add all of the salad ingredients except for the feta cheese. Stir to combine the ingredients well.
- Mix the dressing ingredients in a jar or dressing shaker, and shake well to combine. Pour the dressing over the salad and also add the chunks of Feta. Stir gently to combine. Taste for seasoning and add salt, pepper and/or more basil to taste. Serve immediately, or store in the refrigerator for up to 5 days.
Notes
* Optional ingredients that are really tasty: 1/2 cup of chopped marinated artichokes, 1 jar of diced pimento peppers.
* If you don’t have any quinoa, or feel like a green salad, just substitute chopped romaine as the base for this salad. Use all of the other ingredients and the dressing and you will have a delicious Mediterranean salad.
