Cowboy Caviar

Cowboy caviar is a guaranteed crowd-pleaser! This zesty dip is made with black-eyed peas, beans, sweet corn, and other veggies. It’s fresh, tangy, and perfect for scooping up with tortilla chips. This cowboy caviar recipe is super easy to make, a…


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Potato Salad with Crispy Shallots.

This potato salad with crispy shallots is a favorite summertime side dish! Tender, buttery potatoes in a creamy dressing with celery and dijon. Add in lots of herbs and crispy shallots and you have the perfect potato salad! Side dish summer!!  This creamy potato salad with crispy shallots is my new fave. The potatoes are […]

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This potato salad with crispy shallots is a favorite summertime side dish! Tender, buttery potatoes in a creamy dressing with celery and dijon. Add in lots of herbs and crispy shallots and you have the perfect potato salad!

Side dish summer!! 

potato salad with crispy shallots

This creamy potato salad with crispy shallots is my new fave. The potatoes are buttery, the dressing is tangy and briney and the bowl is filled with fresh herbs and crispy onions!

Sure sounds like a dream potato salad to me. 

potatoes

If you’ve been around here long enough, you probably remember when I shared my mayo-less potato salad. A non-creamy potato salad with tons of flavor but none of the creaminess.

I still LOVE that potato salad. You guys do too. It’s consistently a top recipe every summer. 

But! As I got older (or just, well… old), I decided that maybe I do like a creamy potato salad. 

Hear me out.

potato salad with crispy shallots

I don’t like it SUPER creamy. I don’t want the potatoes swimming in dressing. When I think about that, nightmare deli cases with soaking wet soggy potatoes in cream come to mind. Nothing appetizing or appealing at all. 

But the idea of a simple potato salad with a light creamy dressing – not light on flavor and not even light in general – just a lighter dressed version – sounded wonderful to me!

That’s it. I’m definitely old, right?

potato salad with crispy shallots

We all know that I need some texture. It’s practically my middle name. 

Food shouldn’t even exist without texture, in my opinion. 

Those of you that are able to eat egg salad or pimento cheese on soft white bread? I might secretly think you’re a monster. 

Now add some potato chips and I can totally get behind it. 

So, yes. I had to add SOMETHING.

potato salad with crispy shallots

Crispy shallots were my top choice. 

And the best part? You really don’t need to make crispy shallots anymore. Trust me, I have plenty of recipes on this blog where I’ve made my own crispy shallots. It’s not that difficult and it doesn’t even require that much oil. 

But doing so still adds in some extra work, and these days you can get really great crispy shallots at the grocery store.

I use those! Sue me. 

potato salad with crispy shallots

You also won’t believe it, but I add celery to this potato salad.

WHAT. 

??????

I know.

Celery is on my hit list. But there are very few instances where I can manage celery and find that it improves the dish. This is one of them. Again, it adds that incredible crunch that you can’t really get anywhere else. 

potato salad with crispy shallots

That leaves us here, with this crispy shallot potato salad. If you’re looking for other delish versions of potato salad, I also make a mean smashed potato salad, this potato salad with piccata vinaigrette and even my bacon blue potato salad.

Yay summer! (more…)

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Easy Pasta Salad Recipe

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Fritos Corn Salad

Fritos Corn Salad
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Fritos Corn Salad in a large bowl with corn chips on top.

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The Best Pasta Salad Recipes

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Greek Salad

I’ve always loved a traditional Greek Salad. It always taste fresh and I just love the large chunks of juicy tomatoes, crisp cucumbers, briny olives, and so much more! Although Greek salad recipes traditionally don’t include greens, we threw some chopped romaine into the mix to maintain the crunchy bite, but to bulk it up. Our easy Greek salad is effortless, making it a great weeknight meal. It can also be served as a side…

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Greek salad recipe in a wooden bowl.

I’ve always loved a traditional Greek Salad. It always taste fresh and I just love the large chunks of juicy tomatoes, crisp cucumbers, briny olives, and so much more! Although Greek salad recipes traditionally don’t include greens, we threw some chopped romaine into the mix to maintain the crunchy bite, but to bulk it up. Our easy Greek salad is effortless, making it a great weeknight meal. It can also be served as a side dish or entrée, especially with a side of crusty bread.

We use our red wine vinaigrette, made with red wine vinegar, garlic, shallots, fresh oregano (but dried oregano works too), dijon mustard, honey, and extra-virgin olive oil, which really hits the spot. We use it as both a marinade for our chicken as well as the vinaigrette for the salad itself for a flavor packed dish we know you will love!

How to Make Our Easy Greek Salad Recipe

Ingredients

Greek salad ingredients on a kitchen table.

Process

Marinated Chicken

  1. Place chicken pieces into a shallow baking dish and season with salt and pepper.
  2. Pour 1/2 vinaigrette over chicken, moving chicken pieces around to evenly coat. Marinate chicken in the refrigerator for at least 4 hour and up to 2 days.
Chicken in a baking dish with salt and pepper.
Chicken marinating in red wine vinaigrette.
  1. Remove chicken from marinade. Place a large pan over medium heat and add oil. Sear chicken on each side for 4 to 5 minutes or until chicken breasts have just cooked through.
  2. Transfer chicken to a cutting board and allow them to rest, about 5 minutes.Once chicken has rested, slice into thin strips
Chicken cooking in a skillet.
Slicing chicken on a cutting board for a greek salad.

Salad Assembly

  1. Combine romaine in a large bowl and toss together with 1/2 remaining vinaigrette.
  2. Top salad with tomatoes, cucumbers, olives, pickled red onions, and feta. Gently toss together.
Lettuce tossed in a red wine vinaigrette for a greek salad.
A greek salad being tossed together in a wood bowl.
  1. Top salad with sliced chicken and drizzle with remaining vinaigrette. Serve.
A greek salad in a wooden bowl.

Why This is the BEST Greek Salad Recipe

  • Although it’s not traditional, we add some romaine lettuce into the mix to maximize the crunch and to help hold some of the vinaigrette.
  • We add our homemade pickled red onions into the salad, instead of raw sliced red onion. We love the salty, briny flavor it adds to the salad in addition to the olives and feta!
  • We add some protein (chicken) to the salad, making it extra hearty and perfect to be enjoyed as an entrée!
  • We use our red wine vinaigrette for our Greek salad dressing because it pairs so well with the vegetables in the salad and it makes a killer marinade for chicken.
Greek salad in a bowl for dinner.

Prep Ahead Instructions

Vinaigrette

The vinaigrette can be made up to 10 days in advance. Store it in an airtight container or jar, in the refrigerator until ready to use. When ready to use, set vinaigrette out at room temperature before using.

Chicken

The chicken can be marinated for up to 2 days in advance. I don’t recommend marinating the chicken any longer, as the acids in the vinaigrette can start breaking the chicken down, giving it an unpleasant texture.

The chicken can also be cooked up to 2 days in advance. Once chicken is cooked cool completely before transferring to an airtight container and refrigerating. I recommend not slicing the chicken until you’re ready to use. This will help prevent the chicken from drying out.

Salad Assembly

The remaining salad ingredients can be chopped, sliced, crumbled, then stored separately in airtight containers in the refrigerator, up to 3 days in advance.

The entire salad can be assembled up to a day in advance, undressed. Once salad is assembled, tightly wrap in plastic wrap. When ready to serve, drizzle dressing over salad, toss together and serve.

Greek salad recipe in a bowl.

Greek Salad Serving Suggestions

Although our Greek salad is delicious and hearty enough on its own, it can also be served in smaller portions as a side salad. Some of our favorite things to serve along with our Greek salad recipe are:

Greek salad recipe in a bowl with red wine vinaigrette being poured over it.

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Greek Salad

We have a fresh and delicious Greek Salad recipe that always seems to hit the spot. There's so much delicious freshness, plenty of crunch and tons on flavor! Not only is our salad so easy to whip up, but it can be made all year long and makes both a fantastic side dish AND main course!
Course Main Course, Salad, Side Dish
Cuisine greek
Diet Gluten Free
Prep Time 10 minutes
Cook Time 10 minutes
Marinating Time 4 hours
Total Time 4 hours 20 minutes
Servings 2
Calories 504kcal

Ingredients

marinated chicken

  • 1 recipe red wine vinaigrette divided
  • 1 boneless skinless chicken breast split in half lengthwise
  • 1 tablespoon olive oil
  • salt and pepper to taste

salad

  • 2 cups chopped romaine
  • 3 chopped campari tomatoes (or 2 Roma tomatoes)
  • 2 Persian cucumbers sliced on a bias
  • 1/3 cup pitted kalamata olives or black olives
  • 1/4 cup pickled red onions
  • 2 ounces crumbled feta cheese

Instructions

grilled chicken

  • Place chicken pieces into a shallow baking dish and season with salt and pepper.
  • Pour 1/2 vinaigrette over chicken, moving chicken pieces around to evenly coat. Marinate chicken in the refrigerator for at least 4 hour and up to 2 days.
  • Remove chicken from marinade.
  • Place a large pan over medium heat and add oil. Sear chicken on each side for 4 to 5 minutes or until chicken breasts have just cooked through.
  • Transfer chicken to a cutting board and allow them to rest, about 5 minutes.
  • Once chicken has rested, slice into thin strips

salad assembly

  • Combine romaine in a large salad bowl and toss together with 1/2 remaining vinaigrette.
  • Top salad with tomatoes, cucumbers, olives, pickled red onions, and feta. Gently toss together.
  • Top salad with sliced chicken and drizzle with remaining vinaigrette. Serve.

Notes

Prep Ahead Instructions
Vinaigrette
The vinaigrette can be made up to 10 days in advance. Store it in an airtight container or jar, in the refrigerator until ready to use. When ready to use, set vinaigrette out at room temperature before using.
Chicken
The chicken can be marinated for up to 2 days in advance. I don’t recommend marinating the chicken any longer, as the acids in the vinaigrette can start breaking the chicken down, giving it an unpleasant texture.
The chicken can also be cooked up to 2 days in advance. Once chicken is cooked cool completely before transferring to an airtight container and refrigerating. I recommend not slicing the chicken until you’re ready to use. This will help prevent the chicken from drying out.

Nutrition

Calories: 504kcal | Carbohydrates: 13g | Protein: 19g | Fat: 42g | Saturated Fat: 9g | Polyunsaturated Fat: 5g | Monounsaturated Fat: 27g | Trans Fat: 0.01g | Cholesterol: 61mg | Sodium: 868mg | Potassium: 612mg | Fiber: 4g | Sugar: 8g | Vitamin A: 4906IU | Vitamin C: 14mg | Calcium: 198mg | Iron: 2mg

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Pesto Pasta Salad in a large mixing bowl.

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