A Greek salad can be many things beyond the best-known tomato-cucumber-feta-olive oil medley! We’re talking Mediterranean diet here, and one of the most important and best-loved Mediterranean diet ingredients is the humble but mighty lentil. Lentil salads are a great answer to creating wholesome, nutritious filling Greek and Mediterranean recipes that are packed with vitamins and minerals. Add extra virging Greek olive oil to the salad and you’ve got a sure-fire winner, the stuff of longevity cooking! Indeed, lentils are one of the most important longevity foods in the diet of my native island, Blue Zone Ikaria.