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: a white moderately hard and crumbly Greek cheese made from sheep's or goat's milk and cured in brine
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Add the cooled orzo, the arugula, mint, peas, 6 tablespoons of the pistachios, ½ cup of the feta (if using) and the shallots.
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Kelly Brant, Arkansas Online, 8 Apr. 2025
Shredded cheese, blue cheese, feta cheese and cooked vegetables were measured at temperatures outside the proper range.
—Camila Pedrosa, Sacbee.com, 28 Mar. 2025
Try adding them to a Mediterranean-style salad with cucumbers, tomatoes, and feta.
—Jonathan Purtell, Verywell Health, 21 Mar. 2025
The olives and the feta in it along with it, that was amazing.
—Bon Appétit, 19 Mar. 2025
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Kelly Brant, Arkansas Online, 8 Apr. 2025
Shredded cheese, blue cheese, feta cheese and cooked vegetables were measured at temperatures outside the proper range.
—Camila Pedrosa, Sacbee.com, 28 Mar. 2025
Try adding them to a Mediterranean-style salad with cucumbers, tomatoes, and feta.
—Jonathan Purtell, Verywell Health, 21 Mar. 2025
The olives and the feta in it along with it, that was amazing.
—Bon Appétit, 19 Mar. 2025
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“Feta.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/feta. Accessed 7 May. 2025.
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feta
noun
fe·ta
ˈfet-ə 
ˈfe-ˌtä
: a white Greek cheese made from sheep's or goat's milk and cured in salt water
Etymology
from modern Greek pheta "slice (of cheese)"
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