Greek Village Salad (Traditional Recipe)

Ingredients

• 4 medium tomatoes ((4 - 5 depending on size) The redder & juicier the better, randomly sliced into chunks.)
• 1/2 cucumber ((1/2 - 2/3 depending on size) thickly sliced)
• 1 green pepper (Some sliced into thin rounds from the bottom up, the rest sliced any which way.)
• 1/8 red onion (Sliced thinly in rounds (you can add more to taste, 1/8 - 1/4 of an onion). )
• 1 cup Kalamata olives (Stone in or pitted (any large black olives are fine).)
• 2 teaspoons dried oregano
• 1/4 cup extra virgin olive oil ((Good quality))
• 5 ounces feta cheese ((A really thick slice - usually 5 to 7 ounces) )

Instructions

1. 1

   Put tomatoes and cucumber in a large dish.: Add the tomatoes and cucumber to a large salad dish. Squeeze some of the tomatoes a little as you add them to release some juice.

2. 2

   Add peppers, onion and olives, reserving a little of each.: Add most of the green pepper (reserve 3 or 4 whole slices for decorating the top), most of the onion (reserve a few 'rings') and most of the olives.

3. 3

   Add the oregano and olive oil and toss.: Now add most of the oregano and most of the olive oil and toss the salad well.

4. 4

   Arrange the rest of the peppers, onion and olives on top.: Arrange the reserved slices of pepper and onion and the rest of the olives on the top of the salad.

5. 5

   Add feta on top and sprinkle with oregano and olive oil.: Finally, place the feta on the very top (in one big slice). Sprinkle the feta and salad with the rest of the oregano, then drizzle with the remainder of the olive oil.

6. 6

   Serve as a side or lunch with bread.: Serve as a side dish or for lunch with fresh crusty bread to mop up the juices!