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    Home » Low Carb Side Dishes » Low Carb Salads » Authentic Greek Salad

    Authentic Greek Salad

    April 22, 2016 by Ashley 6 Comments

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    The Best keto salad recipe you'll ever make is definitely this Greek salad recipe. Made with a homemade Greek salad dressing, it's the perfect meal prep recipe. It can be made with chicken or any other kind of protein for a delicious lunch or dinner.
    This healthy greek salad recipe comes with a homemade greek salad dressing recipe. It's easy to make and is served over lettuce. It's the best low carb and keto salad you'll want to make for lunch or dinner! #ketodiet #greeksalad #mypcoskitchen
    This delicious and easy traditional Greek salad recipe has a homemade Greek salad dressing recipe and is made with the traditional tomatoes, cucumber and feta cheese. You'll be eating so well with this Healthy Greek Salad recipe that you'll want to make it for lunch meal prep every day.
    This easy Greek salad recipe is super simple to make and follows the traditional method of making it. Made with a homemade salad dressing, this healthy Greek salad can be use for meal prep, lunch and dinners. Add any protein like chicken for a full meal. #greeksalad #mypcoskitchen #ketosalad
    This Authentic Greek salad is one easy recipe to make that's super healthy! The homemade Greek dressing is made with red wine vinegar and healthy spices! You'll want to make this traditional Greek salad for lunch and dinner every day.

    This delicious Authentic Greek Salad is served with a traditional Greek salad dressing and perfect for a low carb or ketogenic diet! *This recipe was originally published in April 2016, but has been update with better pictures and a better recipe!*

    Authentic Greek Salad - My PCOS Kitchen - A traditional Greek salad dressing topped over the best greek salad recipe!

    MyLow Carb Greek Salad Recipe

     You might think that making a low carb Greek salad requires omitting certain ingredients, but really it doesn't.  I love making this low carb Greek salad because you can serve it as a side dish or it can a meal on its own.

    The traditional Greek salad dressing that I use, along with the feta cheese, ensures that you stay full quite a long time even though the salad mostly contains vegetables.

    When I feel like a light lunch, or if I feel like I overate during the day, I like to stick to this low carb Greek salad because it fills you up right away, tastes delicious and you just feel refreshed after eating it!

    I recommend eating this authentic Greek salad with either some sliced pieces of chicken from this dutch oven roasted chicken or served with these delicious spinach and feta stuffed chicken breasts.

    I find that this low-carb Greek salad is best served with chicken dishes as the flavors and spices go so well with that kind of protein.

    Authentic Greek Salad - My PCOS Kitchen - Carbs in Greek salad mostly come from vegetables.

    Carbs in Greek Salad

    The carbs in Greek salad come solely from the vegetables used.  Primarily the red onions and tomatoes.  But every single ingredient in this authentic Greek salad recipe has carbs.  From the feta cheese, olives, lettuce to cucumber, carbs are just inevitable.

    However, since the carbs are coming from healthy vegetables, I don't mind eating them in small or big amounts.  If you do mind the carbs, however, feel free to limit the red onions and tomatoes.

    I think three servings for this recipe is quite generous and each serving has about 10g of net carbs.

    Authentic Greek Salad - My PCOS Kitchen - A traditional Greek salad recipe made with healthy ingredients!

    Traditional Greek Salad Dressing

    Traditional Greek salad dressing is incredibly easy to make.  There are many variations you can make, but this here is a simple recipe that I like to stick to.

    I like to use a combination of red wine vinegar and olive oil for this dressing along with some spices. I have made it with different kinds of vinegar, but red wine vinegar is so far my favorite.  If you don't have any on hand, feel free to use white vinegar or white wine vinegar.

    In a pinch, I have used rice vinegar before, it's a little different, but it'll do the job.  I think either white or red wine vinegar are used for authentic Greek salad recipes.

    This traditional Greek salad dressing doesn't use any hard-to-find spices.  Just a bit of salt, pepper, oregano and garlic and you are good to go.  You can use this dressing to marinade chicken thighs or breasts, top it over any kind of salad, and even grill veggies or fish with it.

    Authentic Greek Salad - My PCOS Kitchen - A healthy Greek salad dressing topped over this easy Greek salad recipe.

    Authentic Greek Salad - My PCOS Kitchen - A healthy Greek salad dressing topped over this easy Greek salad recipe.
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    Authentic Greek Salad

    This healthy greek salad recipe comes with a homemade greek salad dressing recipe. It's easy to make and is served over lettuce. It's the best low carb and keto salad you'll want to make for lunch or dinner!
    Course Appetizer, Lunch
    Cuisine Greek
    Keyword greek salad
    Prep Time 10 minutes
    Total Time 10 minutes
    Servings 3 servings
    NET Carbs 9.6g
    calories 291kcal
    Protein 7.68g
    Fat 24.06g
    Cook Ashley

    Ingredients

    • ½ red onion
    • ½ small cucumber
    • 24 kamalata olives
    • 2 small tomatoes
    • ½ cup (90 g) feta cheese
    • ½ head romaine lettuce

    Traditional Greek Salad Dressing

    • 3 tbsp olive oil
    • 2 tbsp red wine vinegar
    • 2 tsp oregano
    • 3 cloves garlic
    • ¼ tsp salt
    • ¼ tsp black pepper

    Instructions

    For the dressing

    • Mince the garlic clove.
    • In a small bowl, mix in the olive oil, vinegar, oregano, garlic, and salt and pepper.

    For the salad

    • Peel the red onion and slice in rings. Cube the cucumber and slice the tomatoes. Cover your salad bowl with shredded lettuce.
    • Place the onions, cucumber, tomatoes, olives over the lettuce.
    • Crumble the feta cheese over everything.
    • Spoon the dressing over the salad.
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    Nutrition Facts
    Authentic Greek Salad
    Amount Per Serving (1 serving)
    Calories 291 Calories from Fat 217
    % Daily Value*
    Fat 24.06g37%
    Saturated Fat 7.06g44%
    Polyunsaturated Fat 1.7g
    Monounsaturated Fat 11.26g
    Cholesterol 27mg9%
    Sodium 740mg32%
    Potassium 199mg6%
    Carbohydrates 11.8g4%
    Fiber 2.2g9%
    Sugar 4.43g5%
    Protein 7.68g15%
    NET CARBS 9.6g19%
    * Percent Daily Values are based on a 2000 calorie diet.

    Nutritional information is provided through calculations made on fatsecret.com. They are approximate only. We cannot guarantee the accuracy of the nutritional information given for any recipe on mypcoskitchen.com. Sugar alcohols are included in the fiber count. Net carbs are the total carbs minus fiber (which include sugar alcohols).

     

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    1. Ann

      September 19, 2021 at 12:23 pm

      5 stars
      Excellent!

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    2. Lucille Gans

      February 13, 2021 at 7:01 pm

      5 stars
      Hi Mira: I had skinless, boneless chicken breasts in the fridge and thought why not try marinating the chicken in the salad dressing. I pounded the 4 breasts to a even thickness and put the dressing and chicken in a freezer bag into the fridge early in the morning. I was surprised to see the breasts had absorbed the liquid in the bag, not that there was much in it to begin with. I now know I should have doubled or tripled the dressing ingredients. This is funny to me as the breasts went into the baggie thin and came out plump. I couldn't help but laugh at myself. Oh well, live & learn right. My next issue was how to cook these babies without coming out dry. I did a test by cutting off a little bit of breast and pan frying it. I didn't want to add any butter, oil or anything like that as I didn't want to take away the flavor of the marinated chicken. The test chicken had some flavor but came out a little dry. I thought about it some more and then it hit me. I made more of the salad dressing and cooked the breasts in that. Boy oh boy, what a difference, tasty, flavorful and delicious. I don't consider myself a great cook, but I always try my best. I look forward to trying this dressing on the salad. Thank you.

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    3. Linda

      January 11, 2020 at 2:37 pm

      5 stars
      Awesome Sald! Easy to follow and prepare and so tasty, 🥗 This Greek Salad is the one!!

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    4. Carol

      May 23, 2019 at 2:33 pm

      Picture clearly has purple onions, not mentioned in the recipe

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      • Mira

        May 24, 2019 at 8:46 am

        Hi Carol, if you look at the first ingredient of the recipe it says 1/2 cup red onions.

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    5. Lisa

      March 04, 2018 at 3:55 am

      5 stars
      I loved the dressing on this! Reminds me of my mom's. Going to make similar versions with the dressing. thanks

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