• Skip to primary navigation
  • Skip to main content
  • Skip to primary sidebar
  • Home
  • Start Here
  • About
  • Contact
  • Podcasts
    • Facebook
    • Instagram
    • LinkedIn
    • Pinterest
    • Twitter
    • YouTube
Everyday Gluten Free Gourmet
  • Recipes
  • Cooking Classes
    • Gift Certificates
    • Testimonials
  • Videos
  • Articles
menu icon
go to homepage
subscribe
search icon
Homepage link
  • Home
  • Start Here
  • Recipes
  • Articles
  • Cooking Classes
    • Gift Certificates
  • Subscribe
  • About
  • Contact
  • Podcasts
  • Videos
  • Subscribe
    • Facebook
    • Instagram
    • Pinterest
    • Twitter
    • YouTube
  • ×
    • A Gluten Free Angel Food Cake filled with whipped cream and fresh berries, garnished with yellow and purple pansies sitting on a glass pedestal tray.
      Gluten Free Angel Food Cake
    • A bowl of Gluten Free Grilled Perogies with Sausage and onions, all grilled and tossed with a mustard dressing.
      Gluten Free Grilled Perogies with Sausage
    • Grilled Salmon with White Barbecue Sauce on top of cooked asparagus with a purple pansy garnish.
      Salmon with White Barbecue Sauce
    • A pedestal tray with gluten free Mocha Cheesecake Brownies decorated with pansies.
      Gluten Free Mocha Cheesecake Brownies
    • A platter with skewers of Lemongrass Chicken surrounded by lemongrass, carrots, cucumber and lemon wedges.
      Vietnamese Lemongrass Chicken Skewers
    • A plate divided in four showing whole almonds, almond flour, quinoa seeds and quinoa flour.
      How To Use Almond Flour and Quinoa Flour
    • A hand holding one perogy above a counter covered in circles of dough ready to make more perogies.
      Gluten Free Perogy Dough Recipe
    • Three piles of flour in shades of yellow; cornmeal, corn flour and masa harina.
      How To Use Corn Flour, Cornmeal and Masa Harina
    • A dish of gluten free Lobster Macaroni and Cheese decorated with the head and tail of the lobster.
      Gluten Free Lobster Mac and Cheese
    • An egg just dropped into a pile of millet flour.
      How To Use Millet Flour and Sorghum Flour
    • Gluten free Strawberry Shortcake on a plate filled with strawberry sauce and whipped cream; with a bowl of strawberry filling beside it.
      Gluten Free Strawberry Shortcake
    • The word 'starch' drawn in a pile of tapioca starch.
      How To Use Starch in Gluten Free Baking
    Home » Recipes » Salads

    Greek Summer Salad

    Published: Jun 13, 2024 by Cinde LittleThis post may contain affiliate links1 Comment

    Jump to Recipe Print Recipe

    Like many salads, this authentic Greek Summer Salad is naturally gluten free, healthy and delicious. With a simple homemade dressing this is the kind of recipe you can memorize and make anywhere you travel. Gluten free eaters love recipes like this, and whole menus, that don't require reading labels.

    A plate of the classic Greek Summer Salad with tomato, cucumber, peppers, onion, feta cheese and olives.

    You can enjoy this salad as part of an entire Greek dinner menu but most often I serve it with some version of souvlaki in the summer. In the winter I serve it with moussaka or pastitsio, and I also take it for lunch on the regular.

    Jump to:
    • Ingredients
    • Instructions
    • Variations
    • Top Tip
    • A Travel Tale from Mykonos
    • Greek Summer Salad

    Ingredients

    The classic combination in these four veggies; tomato, bell pepper, cucumber and onion, with feta cheese and Kalamata olives. It's on my list of Top 10 homemade salads.

    • olive oil
    • white wine vinegar
    • tomatoes
    • cucumber
    • white or red onion
    • red or green bell peppers
    • Kalamata olives - come on, just try them!
    • feta cheese
    • dried oregano

    See recipe card for exact amounts.

    Instructions

    Making homemade dressing is a cinch if you have a good quality olive oil and a few vinegars in your pantry at all times. According to my decades old book of Greek Cookery the basic dressing is just olive oil, wine vinegar, salt and pepper. Simple!

    Variations

    Here are some of the ways I vary this recipe.

    Composed Salad - For a crowd I arrange the individual ingredients on a platter and serve the dressing on the side.

    Greek Salad Skewers - For a potluck thread all the ingredients onto skewers and arrange on a platter. I recommend buying the pitted black Kalamata olives for this. Drizzle with dressing at the last minute.

    Olives - I know some of you don't like olives. I never grew up eating them and it took a European vacation for me to learn to love olives and Kalamata are still my favourite. I suggest you just try them once in awhile. Buy the pitted ones if the pits are part of what you don't like.

    Tomato - For a twist when tomatoes are in season I arrange thin slices of tomato on a round platter then put olives, cucumber or nothing in the centre. Make the salad dressing with feta cheese pureed in it and drizzle on top. Serve the rest on the side.

    Cucumber - When you've got lots of cucumbers do the same thing as above with thinly sliced cucumbers. Slice on the diagonal to make them larger. Put cherry tomatoes in the centre and drizzle with oil and vinegar dressing with or without the feta cheese.

    Wine Vinegar - Use red or white, whichever you have.

    Lettuce - For a quasi Greek salad I start with lettuce and add any or all of the ingredients. Toss and enjoy.

    Top Tip

    Keep Kalamata olives and feta cheese in your fridge at all times. They both keep for ages and are the two ingredients that transform ordinary veggies into a classic Greek salad. Don't forget the sprinkling of dried oregano!

    A Travel Tale from Mykonos

    From time to time I write a guest post for my friend Sue over at Travel Tales of Life. In this post, Greek Souvlaki - An Authentic Greek Food Recipe, I wrote about our trip to Mykonos in 1982 (don't miss the nude beach story).

    A plate of the classic Greek Summer Salad with tomato, cucumber, peppers, onion, feta cheese and olives.

    Greek Summer Salad

    Gluten free eaters love recipes like this, and whole menus, that don't require reading labels.
    5 from 1 vote
    Print Pin Rate
    Course: Salad
    Cuisine: Greek
    Keyword: greek salad, Greek Summer Salad
    Prep Time: 15 minutes minutes
    Total Time: 15 minutes minutes
    Servings: 8 people
    Calories: 187kcal
    Author: Cinde Little

    Ingredients

    SALAD DRESSING

    • 6 tablespoon olive oil
    • 2 tablespoon white wine vinegar
    • salt and pepper

    GREEK SALAD

    • 3 tomatoes, cut in wedges, slices or chunks
    • 1 cucumber, cut in chunks or sliced
    • 1 white or red onion, cut in rings, chunks or slices
    • 2 bell peppers (green or red), sliced in rings or cut in chunks
    • 24 Kalamata olives
    • 1 cup feta cheese sliced, cubed or crumbled
    • 1 teaspoon dried oregano
    Prevent your screen from going dark

    Instructions

    MAKE DRESSING

    • Combine oil, vinegar, salt and pepper in a jar and shake. Set aside. (Can be prepared in advance.)

    SALAD

    • Combine tomatoes, cucumber, onion, peppers and olive in a large bowl.
    • Pour dressing over salad and gently toss.
    • Divide salad onto plates then top with feta cheese and sprinkle with oregano.

    Notes

    COMPOSED SALAD - This makes a beautiful composed salad for a buffet. Artfully arrange all the ingredients on a platter. Sprinkle with dried oregano and drizzle with some of the dressing. Serve the remaining  salad dressing in the center of the platter or on the side.

    Nutrition

    Nutrition Facts
    Greek Summer Salad
    Amount Per Serving (1 cup)
    Calories 187 Calories from Fat 153
    % Daily Value*
    Fat 17g26%
    Saturated Fat 4g25%
    Polyunsaturated Fat 1g
    Monounsaturated Fat 10g
    Cholesterol 17mg6%
    Sodium 406mg18%
    Potassium 265mg8%
    Carbohydrates 7g2%
    Fiber 2g8%
    Sugar 4g4%
    Protein 4g8%
    Vitamin A 1474IU29%
    Vitamin C 47mg57%
    Calcium 118mg12%
    Iron 1mg6%
    * Percent Daily Values are based on a 2000 calorie diet.

    __________________________________________________________________________

    New here? I've got help to get you from overwhelmed and frustrated to confidently cooking gluten free food the whole family wants to eat. Subscribe and get your free resource, 29 Tips for GF flour.

    Send me those 29 Tips!

    🎉 I made it into the Top 100 Gluten Free Blogs for 2025 and the Top 40 Gourmet Food Blogs. To learn all the ways I can help you click here, Everyday Gluten Free Gourmet.

    _________________________________________________________________________

    More Salads

    • A plate of Cranberry Orange Lettuce Salad.
      Cranberry Orange Lettuce Salad
    • A bowl of thinly sliced cucumber and grated carrot with a Thai dressing.
      Thai Cucumber Carrot Salad
    • Individual dishes of Apple Quinoa Salad on a blue napkin surrounded by Granny Smith apples and slivered almonds.
      Apple Quinoa Salad with Feta
    • A composed Salad Nicoise: hard boiled egg, potatoes, green beans, tomatoes and canned tuna.
      Classic Salad Nicoise
    • Facebook
    • Twitter
    • Email

    Reader Interactions

    Comments

      5 from 1 vote

      Leave a Reply Cancel reply

      Your email address will not be published. Required fields are marked *

      Recipe Rating




    1. Cinde Little

      April 26, 2025 at 7:39 pm

      5 stars
      I take some version of this salad in my lunch throughout the year but today it was a big Greek salad alongside the first grilled souvlaki of the season. Fresh foods, no labels to read, homemade salad dressing, simple and delicious!

      Reply

    Primary Sidebar

    Cinde Little, the Everyday Gluten Free Gourmet, in her kitchen holding a bowl of soup.

    Hi, I'm Cinde!

    As a foodie and health educator I'm here to help you learn to cook gluten free. Every gluten free journey is unique but we all need to eat. I share recipes that work, resources to learn about GF flours and tips for success in the kitchen. Subscribe NOW to get the help you need.

    More about me...
    Badge showing Top Gluten Free Food Blogs.

    Healthy Recipes

    • A green smoothie in a bowl, half covered with a garnish of cut up apple and kiwi, sprinkled with granola.
      Gluten Free Fruit Smoothie Bowls
    • Cinde in her kitchen surrounded by an array of 30+ fruits, vegetables, legumes, nuts, seeds and more.
      30 Plants a Week: A Gluten Free Food Challenge
    • A bowl with rice, falafel balls, hummus, chopped cucumber, roasted peppers, radish, olives and spinach. There is a bowl of pomegranate dressing on the side.
      Gluten Free Falafel Bowls
    • A bowl filled with brown rice, cucumber, spinach, cabbage slaw, mango and roasted peanuts; with peanut dressing on the side.
      Gluten Free Buddha Bowl

    HELP FOR GLUTEN FREE COOKS

    Someone holding a strainer with gluten free flour coming out onto a pile of flour.

    How To Use Gluten Free Flour

    Read more →

    Cinde in her kitchen set up for a virtual cooking class with lights, camera, laptop and pizza that just came out of the oven.

    Cooking Classes

    Class Calendar →

    A small tin of Chipotle Chiles in Adobo Sauce with a dish of them beside it and a mound of chipotle chile powder beside it.

    GF Ingredients

    Pantry essentials →

    How To Start a Gluten Free Gourmet Dinner Club

    Dinner Club

    7 complete menus →

    GLUTEN FREE BAKING HELP

    • A sifter with rice flour coming out of it onto a pile of flour below.
      How to Use Rice Flour in Gluten Free Baking
    • A stack of gluten free Molasses Ginger Cookies on a clear plate.
      Gluten Free Molasses Ginger Cookies
    • Gluten Free Flour Conversion Chart showing cup measurements and the weight for each in grams.
      Gluten Free Flour Conversion Chart
    • A baking rack of gluten free Chocolate Chip Cookies and a glass of milk.
      Gluten Free Chocolate Chip Cookies

    Footer

    ↑ back to top

    About

    • About Cinde
    • New to Gluten Free?
    • Contact

    Newsletter

    • Sign up here for updates and free resources

    Cooking Classes

    • Class Calendar
    • Gift Certificates

    As an Amazon Associate I earn from qualifying purchases.

    Disclaimer · Privacy Policy · Disclosure Policy

    Copyright © 2025 Everyday Gluten Free Gourmet

    A plate with tomatoes, peppers, cucumber, onions, olives and feta; plus someone cutting these ingredients on a board.

    Rate This Recipe

    Your vote:




    A rating is required
    A name is required
    An email is required

    Recipe Ratings without Comment

    Something went wrong. Please try again.