Level up your appetizer game with this delicious Greek Bruschetta recipe!
Garden Fresh Greek Bruschetta
This is one of those appetizers I get super excited over!
It’s the perfect marriage of my famous Mediterranean Feta Dip and Bruschetta recipes and a total crowd-pleaser of an appetizer.
The recipe below is perfect for a bakery-fresh baguette, and is easily doubled or tripled if you need to make even more crispy crostini if needed for a larger gathering. Leftover bruschetta topping will keep up to 4 days in the fridge and is great over everything!
For the baguette, you can transform it into crispy crostini (recipe below) or serve it on fresh and still-soft and chewy sliced baguette. It’s honestly fantastic both ways! I’ve even served it in a bowl dip-style with fluffy pita wedges and torn baguette. Delish!
This Mediterranean inspired bruschetta is perfect for sharing with friends and family at your next party or potluck!
How to Make Crostini for Bruschetta
Start with a baguette and decide which way you would like to slice it.
Option 1: for classic crostini, slice into ¼-inch thick rounds.
Option 2: slice baguette in half lengthwise (vertically) then slice at an angle to create 3-inch portions.
Preheat oven to 375°F. Arrange sliced baguette in a single layer on an unlined baking sheet and lightly brush olive oil over both sides.
Bake for 5 minutes, flip over, and bake an additional 5-7 minutes or until the slices are your ideal level of toasty. Perfectly toasted crostini will have a golden light brown surface with a lightly crispy interior.
Ingredients Needed
For the base you’ll need a fresh bakery baguette.
I love buying the take-and-bake kind from my local grocery store and then just baking it up fresh when I need it – so handy! My daughter has started calling this her “fancy bread” and we usually keep it in the freezer, defrost on the counter, and then bake it up until toasty on the outside and fluffy on the inside.
For the Greek inspired bruschetta topping you’ll need:
- 4 Roma tomatoes
- 1/2 an English cucumber
- 1 + 1/2 cup freshly crumbled feta
- 1/2 cup chopped green onion
- 1 lemon
- red wine vinegar
- extra virgin olive oil
- garlic powder
- salt
- pepper
- dried dill
- dried oregano
- basil (dried or fresh)
Ready to Make this Rockin’ Recipe?
Below you’ll find my easy printable recipe card. If making via your phone or tablet, select the “cook mode” option to prevent your screen from going dark.
Let’s get our bruschetta on!
Garden Fresh Mediterranean Bruschetta
Ingredients
- 1 baguette
- 4 Roma tomatoes
- ½ seedless English cucumber
- 1 ½ cup freshly crumbled feta
- ½ cup chopped green onion
- 1 lemon
- ¼ cup extra virgin olive oil
- 1 tsp red wine vinegar
- ½ garlic powder
- ½ salt
- ¼ tsp freshly ground black pepper
- ¼ dried oregano leaves
- ⅛ dried dill
- ½ tsp dried basil or 1 TBSP fresh basil
Instructions
FIRST MAKE THE CROSTINI
- For the baguette, you can transform it into crispy crostini (recipe below) or serve it on fresh and still-soft and chewy sliced baguette. It's honestly fantastic both ways! I've even served it in a bowl dip-style with fluffy pita wedges and torn baguette. Delish!
- To make the crostini, preheat oven to 375°F.
- For classic crostini, slice baguette into approx. 24 (¼-inch thick) rounds. To make toasts similar to the ones in my photos, slice baguette in half lengthwise (vertically) then slice at an angle to create 3-inch portions.
- Arrange sliced baguette in a single layer on an unlined baking sheet and lightly brush olive oil over both sides.
- Bake for 5 minutes, flip over, and bake an additional 5-7 minutes or until the slices are your ideal level of toasty. Perfectly toasted crostini will have a golden light brown surface with a lightly crispy interior.
NEXT MAKE THE BRUSCHETTA TOPPING
- Finely dice tomatoes and cucumber. The smaller the dice, the more tasty topping we can fit on each piece of bread!
- Chop green onions and crumble feta.
- In a mixing bowl, add juice of 1 lemon, ¼ cup olive oil, and 1 tsp red wine vinegar. Season with ½ tsp garlic powder, ½ tsp salt, ¼ tsp black pepper, ¼ oregano, and ⅛ tsp dried dill. Add ½ tsp dried basil or 1 TBSP fresh.
- Whisk together and mix in tomato, cucumber, feta, and green onion.
READY TO EAT?
- Spoon bruschetta topping onto crostini or fresh sliced baguette and serve.
Notes
Nutrition
This baller bruschetta topping is also amazing on top of chicken and as a salad topper for kale or romaine lettuce. You can even serve it with a bag of pita chips for an ultra easy party snack!
If you get a chance to try this tasty Greek Bruschetta recipe, let me know!
Leave some love in the comment form below and tag your photos with @peasandcrayons on Instagram so I can happy dance over your creation.
hungry for more?
If you’re looking to use up lots of cherry or grape tomatoes, you’ve GOT to try my Cherry Tomato Salad or Marinated Cherry Tomatoes – SO GOOD!
Entertaining guests? Whip up a Bruschetta Board or some Tomato Jam to serve with crackers or crostini.
On the salad front, check out this Greek Spiralized Cucumber Salad and my super popular Greek Chickpea Salad — this one always gets rave reviews!
YUMMY!!!!!!
Are you moved in yet? I can’t wait to hear more about the new house and hopefully get a virtual house tour 🙂
We had a few casualties–china and stemware included 🙁 –during our move. I hope you didn’t/won’t suffer the same fate!
Droooling over the bruschetta!
I can’t believe your house is already finished! What I also can’t believe is I have watched it via your blog being built in its entirety! Good luck with the move!
that bruschetta looks so delish!
and your house come along beautifully…. so happy and excited for you! 🙂
Your house is so cute! My fiance and I are hoping to get a house by the years end! Good luck!
OO delicious! i love bruschetta! BRU-SKETTA (said in thick italian accent like Giada Delerentais)
my goto summer snack is either watermelon or chips/salsa…MM MM
i am pretty good at unpacking…but im not very good at lugging boxes and heavy thigns hahah
xoxoxo
Congratulations! The house looks lovely – and I love the “free tree” 🙂
I’d offer to help you move but I’ve got a feeling that by the time I’d flown 3,000-odd miles, you’d probably have finished… 🙂
That bruschetta looks lush!
Your house looks so cute! So different to the types of houses we have over here in the UK!
Omg your home is gorgeous!!
Love your new home – congratulations!
You know I’d totally help you move if I was even kind of close. Granted, I’m a wimp and my arms look like spaghetti, but I’m good at packing after moving 18 times growing up (and more since then).
I would also bring you vegetarian, GF, casseroles that were filling and delicious.
All hypothetical, of course, since I’m in Utah, but I’d SO be there for you, girl!
Summer is for slacking…ha! Love it! I’ll help you move. But only if you’ll let me take a ride on the blue bird’s back.
I love doing this sort of thing as a salad during the summer: just random veggies in a bowl with goats cheese and some olive oil + lemon. SO good. The house looks amazing!
I’m totally in if it means you’ll feed me bruschetta.
That looks yummmmmmy! 🙂
I’d love to come help you move!! As long as we can take a break to eat Garden Fresh Mediterranean Bruchetta. 😉 Seriously, I’m swooning over these pictures. Cucumber + feta + tomato is the way to my heart. xoxoxoxo!
Summer is def for slacking!! ha Congrats on the house! It’s just beautiful! Lucky girl 🙂 Sorry I’ve been MIA the past few weeks…ALOT is going on in my world (alluding to changing jobs/moving, etc)
Summer is for “salads and slacking” well said. I love anything Greek-ish. I think it’s the dill.
kah-raaaazy! I have garden produce coming out of my ears…was thinking bruschetta just YESTERDAY!
yummy!
Love this! 🙂
That looks perfect! I need to make some and bring it to work for lunch!
Your house is looking great girlie 🙂
Yay! I bet you’re so excited (well… minus the moving boxes part)
I’ve been loving fruit for summer snacks (particularly apples, grapes and watermelon) as well as some delicious raw sesame squares that are chilled/frozen, so really refreshing. And of course you can’t go wrong with a good smoothie.
The house is looking great!
xxx
LOVE bruschetta! And I can’t wait to visit you in your gorgeous new house 😉
Sounds super refreshing and so so easy. Love it…and I’m kind of love with your new house. Congrats!
what a beautiful house Jen! It looks like a doll house 🙂
I love bruschetta…and feta cheeeeeeeese yummmm!
Ahhh such an adorable little tree, the start to a new garden perhaps?
YUMMMM! That looks wonderful!
I’m so, so excited for you that you’re moving next week. If I lived closer, I’d definitely send the husband to help you move (I’d do it myself, but I have the back of an 80-year-old woman). 😉
Yum…looks delish! I see the hippie tree and the cute birdies. 🙂
Ohh that looks delicioso.
Today is our 3-year anniversary in our house…Crazy, it goes so fast!!!
My fave part was setting up the kitchen 🙂
That bruschetta looks awesome! I’ll definitely help you move 😉
Favorite summer snack: frozen mango cubes!
Great recipe! perfect fo the summa time 🙂
I LOVE BRUSCHETTA.
Finally, something I can relate to.
I would eat it every day if I could.
Every frickin’ day.
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Mmmm….love all those ingredients! Yum!
The house looks so good! Love the tree 🙂
I would gladly come help you move, can you write me a note to excuse me from work?, hehe!
woohoo, look at that house. It deserves and extra kombucha to celebrate!
yum! love how easy this is!
Yum, I love Bruschetta! Even more refreshing with cucumbers in it!
Cute house and little tree 🙂
Your house is just beautiful!! I really like bruschetta and could eat it almost everyday and yours looks so delicious.
yay congrats on the house girlie! so happy for you and can’t wait to hear all the details about moving and decorating 😉
Aw congrats! The house looks beautiful!
You got grass! Eeee! Gorgeous 😀 And I’ll help you move if you help me move! The task is somewhat daunting, and I wish I could just get from A to B and skip all the nonsense in between.
mmm right up my alley!
Pretty food, as always. Ahhhh A HOUSE! I’m excited.
Whitney
the move is coming up so quickly!!! 🙂 i’m so excited for you!
my go-to summer snack is whatever fresh & in season veggies i can dig up (literally – whatever i dig up in the garden!!!).
I’d help you move if I was close!!! Congrats – I know it’s been a long time coming. 🙂
so excited for your new house! it’s gorgeous!
That looks amazing! I sometimes add watermelon with feta, basil and tomato – so yummy.
We have freshly ripening cukes and maters in our garden right now. I am bookmarking this recipe for sure! I am so glad I found yo9ur blog!!:)
Love that recipe!! I have all the ingredients to whip this up for dinner!
Your house is looking fabulous!!!!
Ahhh that’s my kind of recipe! Looks so good. Good work, lady!!
You know I want this 😉
Favorite summer snack= melon or ice cream.
What summer is alll about.
This looks amazing!!!! So tasty!
Mmm what a tasty looking recipe, and so fresh! All of your eats are always impressive 🙂
I know this is kind of boring but my favorite summer snack is pretty much any kind of fresh fruit
simple and delicious, I <3 bruschetta!
Wow that looks good. this might be another recipe I try from your great collection.
Yummmmmmmmm. I love bruschetta as a rule…and this looks super! My go-to summer snack is an avocado. I slice off the top with my spoon and just eat it out of it’s nature-made bowl. The seed is annoying to work around, but I’ve learned to deal with it 🙂
I’d help you move….if you help me move! I’m scheduled for Thursday this week, so we could do mine and then go do yours next week!!! Think of how happy we’ll be when we’re all moved in!!
Dang that looks good. I love anything feta, and tomato, the only thing that would make my taste buds even happier, is onion and garlic, OMG.
Thanks for making me drool girl.
Hugs, Bella 🙂
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