Greek Salad Sandwich with Black Olive Hummus
Greek salad sandwich – all the best parts of a Greek salad, in a sandwich! With fresh veggies, feta, olives, and homemade black olive hummus.
I do love a humble sandwich. I don’t get to enjoy them very often – I’m usually too busy experimenting with new ideas for the blog (though to be honest, not much experimenting happens – I usually just put the word ‘pizza‘ in front of something and call it a day… just kidding. Kinda). Or, if I’m not cooking anything new, there’s usually a fridge full of leftovers to get through instead.
But somehow this week the stars aligned, and I was able to enjoy this Greek salad sandwich for lunch. It was so unbelievably good! I very rarely enjoy recipes with the word ‘salad’ in the title, but Greek salad is different. When something involves feta cheese, it’s very hard not to enjoy it.
This sandwich is built from all the best parts of a Greek salad, plus a couple of sneaky extras to take it to the next level. Tomatoes, cucumber, black olives, feta… and, since this Greek salad sandwich is all about that fresh crunchiness, I added some crisp lettuce too. I used a bag of Florette ‘Sweet Crispy’ salad – it’s so, so much more convenient than buying a whole lettuce. This particular variety is the perfect happy medium between something like iceberg lettuce (which is nice and crunchy, but a bit watery) and something like rocket (which has lots of flavour, but no crunch). Crunch and flavour = one amazing sandwich.
Of course, if you prefer a different kind of lettuce, Florette have lots of other options instead. Something for everyone.
I also whipped up a small batch of black olive hummus for this sandwich. When I say ‘whipped up’ it sounds as if I’m being modest about making something really complicated (the same way people say ‘oh it’s just something I threw on’ when they’re wearing a ball gown or something), but really – it’s so easy. A few ingredients in a food processor, and bam. Homemade hummus. It’s great for adding some protein to this Greek salad sandwich, and gives a nice creamy texture.
All in all: one very satisfying Greek salad sandwich! Grab yourself a bag of Florette and let me know what you think.
Greek Salad Sandwich with Black Olive Hummus
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Ingredients
For the black olive hummus:
- 1 small clove garlic
- 120 g cooked chickpeas (1/2 a drained 400g tin, or ~ 3/4 cup)
- ~ 20 black olives
- 2 tsp tahini
- 2 tbsp water
- Black pepper
For the Greek salad sandwiches:
- 4 slices bread
- 4 leaves large lettuce
- 12 slices cucumber
- 1 medium tomato, sliced
- 3 tbsp crumbled feta cheese
- 2 tbsp sliced black olives
Instructions
- Add the garlic, chickpeas and black olives to a mini food processor, and blitz for around 10 seconds until roughly chopped. Add the tahini and a little water, and blitz again to form a smooth paste. If you need to, add a little more water, to create your desired consistency. Season with a good pinch of black pepper.
- Spread the hummus over the four slices of bread, and layer up the sandwiches with the lettuce, sliced cucumber, sliced tomato, crumbled feta, and sliced black olives.
Nutrition
Nutritional information is approximate, and will depend on your exact ingredients. Please calculate your own nutritional values if you require accuracy for health reasons.
Note: Nutritional information is approximate, and will depend on exactly what ingredients you choose. Information above is for 1 sandwich.
If you love a good sandwich, try my epic avocado sandwich:
Oh my goodness, I love olives and I love hummus – this is heaven!
Being Greek, I love a good Greek salad. On a sandwich? This looks amazing!!
Hehe I’m glad it’s been approved by an actual Greek person ;)
I bet that added loads of flavour. I’d happily tuck into that. *drool*. Tweeted, stumbled, pinned and yummed x
I love Greek food so bet this sandwich tastes amazing – great summery food:-)
It’s hard to know what to make in the summer but this is a perfect summery lunch :)
l really do love the Florette Salad bags andget them a lot for my lunch at work. One of my fav ways is to use it is with some smoked mackerel, apple and salad dressing.
They’re so convenient aren’t they, I can’t remember the last time I bought a whole lettuce!
Oh my gosh, heaven on a plate, this! I need to make this, soon!
Loving this sandwich especially the hummus!!
That humous looks amazing! Fab idea to whizz the olives into it. I’ll be needing terrific sandwich ideas now that the school holidays are starting – I’m sure my DD goes from eating 3 meals a day during term time to eating 5 or 6 during the holidays. Sandwiches FTW!
Hope you find this recipe useful then – sandwiches are so quick to make, they deserve more recognition! ;)
I love Greek Salads and often make them at home. I am also a lover of anything with bread so I will buy pitas and make Greek Salad pitas or a wrap will do too! Here in Maryland we have lovely tomatoes right now. My favorite time of year for all the yummy summer produce!
A pitta or wrap would be so good with this too! :)
Oh my goodness. That is a BRILLIANT idea! Why have I never thought of a Greek Salad Sandwich before? I love Greek salad and I bet it just makes the perfect sandwich :-) Eb x
Haha it’s such a simple idea but not one I’ve tried before!