This past weekend, I had the opportunity to travel to Greece. When it comes to food, the first thing that comes to my mind is of course the famous Greek Salad

 heres a picture of a traditional Greek salad

At home, I am always ordering Greek salads weather it’s for lunch, dinner, or sometimes I even make it into a wrap. Greek salads are a super easy and healthy meal to make at home, not just for when eating out.

here is an easy recipe to make an authentic Greek salad at home!

A Greek salad consists of a combination of tomatoes, onions, cucumbers, green peppers, olives and feta cheese, dressed in olive oil and sprinkled with oregano. However, I hate olives so I always either eat around them or ask for the salad without it. After I had experienced eating an actual Greek salad, I noticed a few differences from the salads I had been getting in America. First off, the salad I got in Greece had little to no lettuce. Even some of the restaurants I ate at didn’t even put lettuce in the salad. When I order a Greek salad in America it always has romaine as the lettuce base, even when eating at Greek cuisine restaurants. It was strange to me that in Greece they did not incorporate lettuce, because to my understanding that is the main part of a salad. I realized that when I was in Athens, the Greek salad I got had a small amount of lettuce, compared to when I visited Santorini, those Greek salads had no lettuce at all. Looking at the history of the infamous Greek salad, which is referred to as ‘Horiatiki’, which means village or peasant salad in Greek. A Greek salad is primarily a summer dish, and since lettuce only grows in Greece during the winter months a traditional ‘Horiatiki’ salad does not include lettuce. One thing that I love eating with a Greek salad is pita. Surprisingly, in Greece pita never was served with a Greek salad, but it almost always is when I order it in America. Some of my favorite places what I ate at while in Greece with bomb Greek salads where Mani Mani in Athens, and Vannilia in Santorini. I don’t think I will ever experience a Greek salad like I did in Greece itself. The main ingredient that really made the salad stand out was for sure the feta cheese. I hope I will someday be able to go back to Greece and be able to eat an authentic Greek salad again.