Layered Greek Salad With Creamy Mint Dressing Recipes

LAYERED GREEK SALAD

Steps:

• Layer salad in a glass trifle dish starting with the lettuce on the bottom, then tomatoes, cucumbers, olives, red onions, and ending with the feta cheese layer. Cover.
• To prepare dressing, add all dressing ingredients to a mason jar, add lid and shake well to combine.
• Place salad and dressing in the refrigerator to sit for a couple hours or until ready to serve. The dressing is best if it sits for a couple hours.

GREEK SALAD WITH MINT DRESSING

Steps:

• Place lettuce, tomatoes, onion, feta cheese (anchovies if using) and olives in a large salad bowl. Whisk the oil, vinegar, salt and pepper in a small bowl, stir in the oregano, garlic and mint-pour over the salad ingredients. Toss gently but thoroughly and serve at once.

GREEK SALAD LAYERED DIP

Steps:

• Grate the cucumber on the large holes of a box grater into a bowl. Toss with 1/4 teaspoon salt and pour into a fine-mesh sieve set over a bowl. Let stand for 10 minutes. Using your hands and working with a bit of the cucumber at a time, squeeze the excess liquid out of the cucumber and place the cucumber in a large bowl. Add the yogurt, feta, garlic, 1/4 cup of the chopped mint, 1/4 teaspoon salt and 1/4 teaspoon pepper to the bowl with the cucumber. Stir to combine and add more salt and pepper to taste. Transfer to a shallow serving bowl.
• Toss the tomatoes, red onion, olives and remaining 2 tablespoons mint together in a medium bowl. Sprinkle the mixture over the cucumber mixture. Serve the dip with warm pita or vegetable chips.

MINTY GREEK SALAD

Steps:

• In a large bowl, combine the feta cheese, tomatoes, olives and cucumbers. In a small bowl, mix the olive oil and lemon juice and season with salt and pepper. Pour the dressing mixture over the vegetables. Garnish with the mint.

GREEK SALAD DRESSING

Steps:

• In a jar with a tight-fitting lid, combine all ingredients; shake well.

LAYERED GREEK SALAD FOR A CROWD

Steps:

• Combine lettuce and spinach; place half in 6-qt. serving bowl.
• Cover with layers of pasta, tomatoes, remaining lettuce, cucumbers and onions.
• Mix mayo and dressing; spread over salad. Top with cheese and olives. Refrigerate 1 hour. Toss just before serving.

FRENCH GREEK SALAD DRESSING

Steps:

• Stir Greek seasoning and water together in a small bowl; let stand until seasoning is moistened, about 5 minutes.
• Crush the garlic clove with the side of a knife; sprinkle kosher salt over garlic and mash garlic and salt together into a paste with the edge of the knife.
• Whisk garlic mixture, olive oil, wine vinegar, lemon juice, lemon zest, Dijon mustard, pepper, and sugar into Greek seasoning mixture until combined.

GREEK SALAD WITH MINT

Steps:

• In a large bowl, whisk together olives, olive oil, vinegar, garlic and ground pepper. Let stand for 10 minutes.
• Add the remaining ingredients, and toss well.

LAYERED GREEK SALAD WITH CREAMY MINT DRESSING

Steps:

• Place all dressing ingredients in a blender or food processor and mix until smooth. Chill.
• On a large platter, or individual salad plates, layer tomato slices, onion slices, cucumber slices and olive slices.
• Sprinkle with the coarse ground black pepper.
• Drizzle with the chilled dressing.
• Garnish with extra crumbled feta and mint leaves and serve.