Greek Cucumber and Arugula Salad is a fresh and light summer salad. Perfect for parties and pot lucks!
Switch up your standard ho-hum salad in favor of this flavor and texture packed Greek Cucumber and Arugula Salad.
This is no boring side-salad!
Fresh cucumber, tomato, parsley, red onion, feta, and baby arugula are tossed with a luscious Oregano Lemon Vinaigrette then served as a light and healthy meatless main, or party or potluck side.
I cannot tell you how refreshing and feel good this salad is. Spiked with the bold, bright flavors of the Mediterranean, it’s absolutely totally memorable.
There’s pretty much two steps to this recipe: throw stuff in a bowl then toss it with dressing. Love that!
As I mentioned, you’ll need fresh tomatoes, red onion, and parsley, plus crumbled feta cheese and sliced kalamata olives.
Add everything to a bowl then top with a couple cucumbers that have either been thinly sliced, or spiralized. My Paderno Spiralizer and I are still going strong and I thought spiralizing the cucumbers would be a fun way to add their flavor to the salad in a fun and interesting way.
You could use either the thin or medium-sized blade then give the ribbons a rough chop before adding to the bowl.
Last up is baby arugula. If you’ve never tried arugula — it is a leaf with LOTS of flavor. It absolutely brings something special to this otherwise ordinary Greek Salad.
Last step is to whisk together an Oregano Lemon Vinaigrette which is just extra virgin olive oil, lemon juice, dried oregano, honey, salt and pepper, then drizzle it on top.
Toss everything to combine, then serve and enjoy!
Equipment
Ingredients
- 2 medium-sized cucumbers, thinly sliced OR spiralized then roughly chopped
- 2 cups chopped tomatoes
- 2 cups baby arugula
- 1/2 red onion, cut in half then into thin slices
- 1/2 cup pitted kalamata olives, haved
- 1/3 cup crumbled feta cheese
- 1/3 cup chopped fresh parsley
For the Oregano Lemon Vinaigrette:
- 1/4 cup extra virgin olive oil
- 3 Tablespoons fresh lemon juice
- 1/2 teaspoon dried oregano
- 1/2 teaspoon honey
- 1 garlic clove, pressed or minced
- salt and pepper
Directions
- Combine all salad ingredients in a large bowl.
- Add Oregano Lemon Vinaigrette ingredients to a bowl or mason jar then whisk or shake to combine. Pour over salad then toss to combine and serve.
Nutrition
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I need a spiralizer! This salad is looks delish! perfect for a warm afternoon.
I”ll be going to NYC in a couple weeks and the #1 thing on my list is to eat, run and walk everywhere, while my bf is working! NYC has the best food, can’t wait.
Gateway Market has gluten free pad thai. It’s pretty good!
I love the idea of spiralizing the cukes for this dish! I haven’t used my Spiralizer much lately, must get it back out! I would have thought that most Pad Thai was gluten free, I’m glad you found some great gf meals on your trip!
With all the talk about “fake” olive oil, do you have a reliable brand to recommend?
I guess it’s true that if you want to find the best version of any food – even gluten free- food mecca NYC will have it?!? Awesome
Ha ha I bet you get invited to ALL the parties! ;)
this salad brings me so many mediterranian vibes!!! yumm
This looks delicious – especially the dressing.
Thank you so much for sharing the Find me Gluten Free app, I can not wait to try it out!I’m so glad you enjoyed your trip.
Next time you are in Minneapolis, there is a new gf restaurant called Sassy Spoon and I had a delicious pad Thai there last week that was made with zucchini noodles! Maybe you could recreate it for the blog ;)
I love arugula, but it gets a bit spicy/peppery for me. Like this salad and how some of the other flavors defect that intense taste. NYC is fun, just not with kids!! Gotta leave them at home I guess. Too much whining.
I LOVE my new spiralizer! They make creating anything so much fun and I’m so glad that it is super easy to use!
Arugula is the BEST. It makes any salad better. Sounds like you had a great time in NYC!