Spiralized Village Greek Salad Recipe

If you order a "Greek salad" At a typical u. S. Restaurant, you'll likely get a big bowl of lettuce with tomatoes, onions, feta, and olives on top with a side of thick, creamy greek dressing. This greek salad, aside from being spiralized, is quite different. In greece, horiatiki salata or "Village salad, " Is a humble, simple dish, but full of fresh flavors and texture. The traditional horiatiki greek salad includes sliced fresh tomatoes, cucumbers, red onion, and feta cheese. It is seasoned with a drizzle of olive oil, salt and pepper, and dried oregano. Green bell pepper, capers, and pepperoncini hot pepper are popular additions to this delicious country salad. A naturally gluten-free salad, this version embraces traditional horiatiki flavors and textures, but with a spiralized twist. The seedless cucumbers are sliced into thick ribbon-like noodles with a handy, affordable kitchen tool called a spiralizer. You can twirl the cucumbers around your fork like noodles, picking up halved grape tomatoes, kalamata olives, a bit of red onion, and crumbled feta along the way. This salad serves two very hungry people as a main dish, or four people as a side dish. It is best eaten immediately, as the high water content of the cucumbers will leave leftovers wet and not as fresh (but, still delicious).