Summertime Tomato, Cucumber & Feta Salad with Red Wine Vinaigrette

 Summertime Tomato, Cucumber and Feta Salad with Red Wine Vinaigrette

  Servings: 8

 

I love summer's bounty of "home grown" tomatoes and cucumbers!  I love Greek feta cheese!  I love vinaigrette dressing!  Add a little tuna to this and you've got a nice Mediterranean style lunch!  Just pretend you're sitting on a Greek isle with a glass of cool white wine. 

2 cucumbers, peeled and thinly sliced

4 medium tomatoes, cut into thin wedges or chunks

1 small Vidalia onion, thinly sliced and diced

½ cup Feta cheese crumbles

Dash of sea salt to taste

Fresh ground pepper to taste

About ¼ to ½ cup red wine vinaigrette dressing

Combine cucumbers, tomatoes, onion, cheese, sea salt and pepper and give a stir to combine.  Prepare the vinaigrette and pour about ¼ cup dressing over the veggies and stir again.  Add more vinaigrette if required; I generally start out light and add more if needed.  Refrigerate until ready to serve. 

Red Wine Vinaigrette

1 pouch(envelope)  Good Seasons Italian Salad Dressing Mix

¼ cup red wine vinegar

3 Tablespoons water

½ cup extra virgin olive oil

1 teaspoon Dijon mustard

Pour vinegar and water into container with tight fitting lid.  Add Good Seasons dressing mix contents and shake vigorously.. .and I mean really vigorously.  Add the olive oil and mustard and shake again until well blended.  Store in refrigerator; to use let stand at room temperature for 30 minutes to an hour and shake to blend.