My mother makes the. best. greek. salad. period. Perhaps this is because she lived in Athens for a semester, perhaps because she's worked as a chef, perhaps because she always uses high quality ingredients. Her version, which contains only tomatoes, cucumbers, green peppers, purple onion, fresh feta, kalamata olives, and extra virgin olive oil, has turned me into a total Greek salad snot (iceberg lettuce, greek dressing, and feta crumbles need not apply), and once you try it, you'll be one too. ????????!

• 3 cucumbers, seeded
• 4 green peppers
• 4-5 medium tomatoes, or 2 bags of cherry tomatoes
• purple onion, minced very fine (1/4 onion)
• 3/4lbs of fresh sheep's milk Feta
• 1 scant pint Kalamata olives, WITH pits  -- they lose their taste when pitted
• olive oil
• oregano