Name: Greek salad
Prep time: 30 min
Ingredients: ½ small red onion, thinly sliced; 2 large ripe tomatoes, roughly chopped; ½ cucumber, deseeded and roughly chopped; 100g/3½oz reduced fat feta cheese, drained and cut into cubes; 50g/1¾oz black olives, pitted and drained (in brine not oil and preferably Kalamata olives); small handful fresh mint leaves; ½ tsp dried oregano; 2 tsp extra virgin olive oil; 2 tsp fresh lemon juice; sea salt and freshly ground black pepper; 2 wholemeal pitta breads, warmed

This chunky Greek salad recipe is quick to make and packed with protein. The wholemeal pitta makes a high-fibre accompaniement.

With a GI of 45, this meal is <a href="https://www.bbc.co.uk/food/diets/high_protein_low_GI_diet">high protein, low GI</a>.

Greek salad

red onion, thinly sliced

tomatoes,

½ cucumber, deseeded and roughly chopped

grams/3½oz reduced fat feta cheese,

grams/1¾oz black olives, oil

mint leaves

oregano

tsp extra virgin olive oil

lemon juice

sea salt and black pepper

wholemeal pitta breads, warmed

Greek salad

Prep Time: 30 minutes

Servings: 2

Cost: $14.57 /serving

Author : Justine Pattison

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