Cucumber Red Onion Feta Cheese Salad is crunchy, easy, delicious and comes together quickly! It’s also super versatile!
The inspiration behind this recipe:
Although it’s Labor Day weekend, there’s still plenty of summer left! I’ve got one more great summer salad to share with you. This Cucumber Red Onion Feta Cheese Salad is a salad we’ve been making for years–probably 20 years.
One of my all-time favorite cookbook authors is Deborah Madison. I love her fresh and simple approach to making vegetables shine and “speak” for themselves. This recipe is adapted from one in her first cookbook, The Greens Cookbook (Affiliate link) which was published when she was the chef at the iconic Greens Restaurant in San Francisco.
My husband and I had just started gardening and were enjoying some cucumber success. My cookbook collection at the time actually fit on one bookcase in our kitchen. I was still a vegetarian at the time so my collection was largely vegetarian.
We made this Cucumber Red Onion Feta Cheese Salad one night and we’ve been hooked on it ever since.
How to make Cucumber, Red Onion and Feta Cheese Salad:
- This is one of those salads you can cut or chop however you please. (In a chopped salad recipe, you want to be a little more uniform.) Cut the veggies into chunks or thinly slice them.
- I recommend peeling the cucumbers at least somewhat. It’s a pretty crunchy salad, so cucumber skins make it even crunchier. I like to use a vegetable peeler and peel the cucumber in strips, creating a pale green/dark green contrast. I think it makes a prettier salad and that peel is pretty nutritious, so don’t get rid of all of it.
- The dressing is simply mild rice vinegar and olive oil. Let the dressing sit on the cucumber and onion for a little bit so it takes some of the edge off the onions.
- Some fresh mint, feta cheese and that’s it!
Here are more great summery salads you’ll love!
- Greek Vegetable Salad with Marinated Feta Cheese
- Cucumber Tomato and Red Onion Salad with Yogurt Mint Dressing and Feta Cheese
- Mediterranean Farro Salad
- Creamy Cucumber Salad with Yogurt
- Greek Orzo Pasta Salad
- Middle Eastern Vegetable Salad
- Green Bean and Radish Salad with Mustard – Caper Vinaigrette
Cucumber Red Onion Salad with Feta Cheese
Ingredients
- 4 large cucumbers - about 2 pounds
- ½ medium red onion - coarsely chopped
- 6 tablespoons rice vinegar - or as needed
- ¼ cup olive oil
- Salt and freshly ground black pepper - to taste
- 8 ounces feta cheese - cut into ½-inch cubes
- 1 buch fresh mint - coarsely chopped
Instructions
- Using a vegetable peeler, peel the cucumbers, leaving some of the peel intact for color and texture. Quarter the cucumbers lengthwise and remove the seeds. Slice or cut the cucumber into bite-size pieces.
- Place in a bowl, add the onion, rice vinegar, olive oil and salt and black pepper. Let stand at room temperature for 30 minutes.
- Add the feta cheese and mint and toss. Adjust acidity as desired and seasoning to taste.
Nutrition
These are estimated values generated from a nutritional database using unbranded products. Please do your own research with the products you’re using if you have a serious health issue or are following a specific diet.
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