Classic Greek Salad with Cheese and Tomatoes
Bright, crunchy, delicious, and healthy, made with fresh vegetables! Greek Salad with Cheese and Tomatoes can be prepared any time of year - the ingredients are always available. You can use another soft cheese instead of one; feta or brynza works well.
Updated : 13 October, 2025
Easy
About 20 min.
Ingredients
150 grams
Feta
5
Tomato
2
Cucumber
0.5
Onion
2 tablespoon
Olive oil
to taste
Ground black pepper
to taste
Salt
Table
Table of volume measurements:
- teaspoon - 5 ml
- dessert spoon - 10 ml
- tablespoon - 20 ml
- glass - 200 ml
Preparation
Step 1
You can use any tomatoes. I have small fragrant farm tomatoes. You can adjust or replace the vegetable portion to your taste.
Step 2
Wash cucumbers, pat dry, and cut into half-moons. If the skin is not tough, damaged, or bitter, no need to peel.
Step 3
Wash tomatoes, pat dry, and cut into quarters, removing seeds and core. If desired, you can leave seeds. For cherry tomatoes - cut in halves. Tomatoes should be juicy but firm; soft ones lose shape and spoil the salad appearance.
Step 4
Cut cheese into small cubes. You can replace Sirtaki with classic Greek feta or another soft cheese such as brynza, mozzarella, Adyghe cheese, cottage cheese, or processed creamy cheese; however, this would make it inspired by Greek salad.
Step 5
Peel red onion and cut into thin rings or half-rings. Optionally, marinate onion in vinegar and sugar mixture for 20 minutes.
Step 6
In a salad bowl, combine tomatoes, cucumbers, and red onion. Drizzle with olive oil, season with salt and pepper, and gently mix, avoiding crushing tomatoes.
Step 7
Add cheese pieces. I add Sirtaki after mixing vegetables with oil and spices to preserve cheese pieces whole.
Step 8
For garnish, you can use any herbs, olives, or black olives. I chose bush basil leaves and pitted olives.
Step 9
Serve the salad decorated with olives and fresh herbs. Enjoy your meal!