This easy Greek Salad is fresh, crunchy, and full of flavor. Made with crisp romaine, juicy tomatoes, cucumber, bell pepper, red onion, briny olives, and creamy feta. I like to toss in some chickpeas (protein bonus!) and finish it all with a simple homemade Greek dressing that’s bright, tangy, and ready in minutes.
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I really enjoy a fresh, flavorful salad — they’re healthy, light, and easy to toss together, especially when all the produce is in season. Traditional Greek salad is usually made without lettuce, but I love adding crisp romaine as the base. It adds extra volume and that fresh crunch, making the salad feel more satisfying while still keeping it light, bright, and delicious.
This is one of those recipes you’ll come back to all summer long. Heck, I make it year-round — sure, it’s perfect for BBQs, picnics, cookouts, but its also the perfect quick salad to pair with an easy weeknight dinner. Because we all need a few back-pocket salads we can lean on when life gets busy!
🥗 Salad lovers unite! If you love a bright, fresh salad that’s as easy to make as this Greek salad, I’ve got a couple more must-make recipes for you! This crazy simple kale salad is on repeat in our house and is such an easy way to get in your greens. And my healthy Caesar salad is another reader favorite. I used crispy roasted chickpeas in place of croutons to add a bit more nutrient density and an extra pop of protein.
Let’s take a peek at the ingredient line-up, shall we?
Greek salad is a classic for a reason — fresh, simple, and always delicious. There’s really no need to reinvent the wheel, but I did toss in some crisp romaine for extra crunch and volume. So maybe we gave it a tiny Clean & Delicious twist. 😉
A quick note about the feta cheese! I know it’s tempting to grab the pre-crumbled kind, but I really encourage you to buy a block and crumble it yourself. Pre-crumbled feta often contains stabilizers to keep the pieces from sticking together — which is why it can sometimes taste a little chalky or powdery. When you buy it in block form, the flavor and texture are so much better — trust me. It’s little swaps like this that can take healthy eating from ho-hum to hey-ho, this is delicious!
Meal prep tip: I often this homemade Greek salad make it when I’m doing meal prep for the week. It literally takes 5-minutes and is so much better than any store bought salad dresing I have ever tried. I use it for salads, drizzle it over roasted veggies, or will add some to a simle turkey sandiwch for an extar boost of flavor.
What I learned when I made this easy Greek salad
Yes, this is a simple recipe. All of my recipes are simple. But there is an art to making simple, healthy food taste delicious – and yes, my friend – it’s in the details! When I first tested this recipe, I chopped the ingredients really small. Kind of like I was making a chopped Greek salad. But, I didn’t love it – everything was lost in the romaine. The second time around, I kept my veggies on the chunkier side and this made all the difference. Not only did the flavors hit, but the texture wasjust right.
Maybe I should have titeld this recipe, “chunky Greek salad”… lol, who knows! 🤷🏼♀️
If you want the perfect pernter for this salad, I high recommend serving it along side my Greek-style turkey burgers – such a god combo. It’s also a great partner for my cast iron salmon, which makes for a super quick and doable weeknight dinner.
If you make this easy Greek salad recipe, be sure to leave a comment and ★ rating below letting me know how it turned out. Your feedback is so helpful for me and our Clean & Delicious community (thank you!).
Easy Greek Salad with Lettuce
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Ingredients
Greek Salad
- 2 hearts of romaine chopped
- 1 bell pepper chopped (1 cup)
- 1/4 cup red onion thinly sliced
- 1 cup cherry tomatoes sliced in half
- 1 cup cucumber chopped
- 1 cup garbanzo beans (chickpeas) drained and rinsed
- 1/2 cup kalamata olives sliced in half
- 1/2 cup feta cheese crumbled
Greek Salad Dressing
- 1 clove garlic, crushed
- 1 teaspoon dried oregano
- 1/4 cup lemon juice
- 1/4 cup red wine vinegar
- 1/3 cup extra virgin olive oil
- 1/2 teaspoon dijon mustard
- 1/4 teaspoon sea salt
- 1/4 teaspoon black pepper
Instructions
Salad
- Place romaine in a large bowl and layer the veggies, chickepeas, olives and feta cheese over the top.
Salad Dressing
- Combine your garlic, oregano, lemon juice and red wine vinegar in a small jar. Slowly whisk in the extra virgin olive oil and season with salt and pepper.
- When ready to eat, drizzle the dressing over the top* and enjoy.
Comments
Rasha says
Looks yammy..
But i have 1 question: can i leave the garlic out?
My stomach can’t tolerate it 🙁
Thank you
Dani Spies says
For sure! Just skip it 🙂
Sue says
What a simple, absolutely delicious salad!! I didn’t have romaine lettuce so I used kale and I served it with a baked chicken breast. Very yummy!! Can hardly wait for tomorrow so I can have the leftovers. Thanks, Dani.
Dani Spies says
I’m so glad you enjoyed this one, Sue! And I love how you swapped in the kale – so good!
Natalie says
We loved the salad! Delicious and full of flavor. Do your calories include the dressing or is it just counting the salad ingredients? I used a similar dressing recipe from another website.
Thank you!
Mary says
Hi Dani
I LOVE YOUR RECIPES. I Love that your kind enough to put all the nutritional information. Could you please tell me the serving size. On the bottom of the page it says serving for 1. It that the serving? And on top of the page where it says prep time the serving size and calories are blank Could you please tell me the serving size and calories.
Beth R says
At the top it says 6 servings. Its really light because you can adjust the serving size. Put your curser next to the serving size and it should show a bar to adjust.
Carol-Anne says
This looks delicious! I’m curious to know how long the salad will keep in the fridge?
Bronwyn Parry says
A traditional Greek salad has no lettuce in it!!!!! Absolutely none!!! So please please stop saying this is a Greek salad. It creates a real problem for people who don’t like lettuce. This used to be one dish you could order where you were guaranteed to get no lettuce but not since this nonsense stated. Just call it a summer salad. It’s NOT A GREEK SALAD.
Dani Spies says
I understand that perhaps a traditional Greek salad has no lettuce but this simply my take on the classic. I love my yGreek salad with lots of lettuce.
Dianne says
Oh my goodness reviewer, try to be a bit kinder with the comments. It’s easy enough to do a search for the exact salad recipe you’re looking for.
BRYAN J TANNER says
It says to put a clove of crushed garlic in it… Do I just crush it and put it in the mix and it adds flavor? Am I supposed to avoid it leaving the jar? Or am I supposed to do something else with it so the garlic can make it to the salad? I’m sorry it’s probably way simple and I’m over complicating it but I just want to do it right
Dani Spies says
The crushed garlic goes right into the salad dressing! Simply mix it right in.
Good Barb says
It was a beautiful salad and so delicious. I put feta and avocado on the side. Everybody loved it Thank you!
Dani Spies says
It’s my pleasure! So glad you enjoyed it.
Arkamitra Roy says
I was apprehensive about how tasty this salad could be, and I was very pleasantly surprised. Added toasted pine nuts for crunch… Super tasty lunch.
Dani Spies says
I’m so happy it exceeded your expectations!
Paulette says
I already know I will like this recipe because my Mom and I both love greek salads and tonight I wanted to make something light tonight, and this is perfect. Thanks for sharing!