Quick and Light Greek Salad

Ingredients:

3 cucumbers, halved, seeds removed, and sliced (remove peel if desired)

3/4 cup crumbled, reduced-fat feta cheese (or substitute blue cheese)

1/2 cup sliced, canned black olives, drained

3 cups diced Roma tomatoes (or another type of vine-ripened tomato, or cherry tomato halves)

1/3 cup julienne sun-dried tomatoes, oil only lightly drained off (you want some oil because this is the dressing)

2/3 cup chopped red onion

Directions:

Add all the ingredients to a salad bowl and gently toss.
Cover bowl and chill in refrigerator until ready to serve.

Yield:
8 servings

Nutritional
Per serving: 80 calories, 4 g protein, 9 g carbohydrate, 4 g fat (2 g saturated fat, 1 g monounsaturated fat, 0.3 g polyunsaturated fat), 9 mg cholesterol, 2.1 g fiber, 205 mg sodium. Calories from fat: 41%

Low Calorie Greek Salad Dressing

Ingredients

For 1 cup dressing

¾ cup Greek extra virgin olive oil

¼ cup of good quality red wine vinegar

1 ½ teaspoons of crushed Greek oregano

1 teaspoon of salt

A pinch of pepper

Add all the ingredients to a salad bowl and gently whisk.

Drizzle evenly over salad and serve.