This fresh and crunchy Cucumber Tomato Salad is going to become your go-to salad. Fresh cucumbers, tomatoes and onions slices and tossed in a vinaigrette dressing, so good!
If you love salads, try our easy homemade Greek Salad recipe.
CUCUMBER TOMATO SALAD
Salads are always great to have on hand for lunch, sides, or to take for potlucks and events. This crunchy cucumber tomato salad is one you want to have! The fresh tomatoes, cucumbers, and onions combined with the vinaigrette dressing comes together so well. This is the perfect side dish or light lunch salad.
WHAT YOU NEED-
This salad can be thrown together in minutes with just a few simple ingredients!
- Cucumber– For the best results you want to use mini cucumbers, but any fresh cucumber will work.
- Tomato– Cherry tomatoes, Roma tomatoes, Campari tomatoes, or any other type of tomato will work great for this salad.
- Onion–
- Cilantro– The key to this salad is the freshly chopped cilantro in the salad, it brings so much flavor. You can substitute it for parsley, dill or even totally opt out of the greens.
- Oil– You can use either olive oil or sunflower oil for the dressing.
- Vinegar– White vinegar or red wine vinegar will work.
- Flavor– For the seasoning, we used salt and pepper. For a Mediterranean taste you can add some Italian seasoning!
HOW TO MAKE CUCUMBER TOMATO ONION SALAD
This light salad can be ready in 5 minutes!
- Slice the tomatoes, onions and cucumbers and place into a bowl.
- Pour in the oil and vinegar, along with the seasonings. Toss until well combined.
- Top with freshly chopped greens and serve.
| TIP– We recommend this dish to be served fresh to avoid soggy salad. If you want to make it ahead you can cut up all the ingredients beforehand and then combine right before serving. |
SALAD VARIATIONS
Level up this dish by making different variations of this salad! Here are some of our favorite addictive to add to change up the salad a bit:
- Caprese– Add some Mozzarella balls or slices and basil, then drizzle with balsamic glaze for a Caprese salad vibe!
- Greek– Use Greek Salad Dressing instead and add some crumbled Feta cheese for a Greek taste.
- Avocado– Add in some sliced avocados for a heartier salad.
- Creamy– Instead of the dressing this recipe calls for, and use ranch for the creamy salad.
- Lettuce– This salad is great when you add lettuce or romaine to it.
- Croutons– For a crunchy hint, add croutons to this delicious salad!
SERVING IDEAS
This delicious salad is so delicious on its own as a light meal, but it also goes so well with other sides! Pair this salad with some our favorite dishes:
- Chicken Drumsticks
- Crispy Chicken Wings
- Potato Wedges
- Steak
- Baked Potato
- Pork Chops
Cucumber Tomato Salad
Ingredients
- 3 mini cucumbers sliced
- 3 roma tomatoes sliced
- 1/4 small red onion sliced
- 1 tbsp cilantro chopped
Dressing-
- ½ tsp salt
- ¼ tsp ground black pepper
- ½ tbsp white vinegar
- 1 tbsp oil sunflower or olive
Instructions
- Wash and cut the cucumbers, tomatoes, and red onions.
- Add the vegetables into a bowl and toss in the oil, vinegar, salt, pepper, and chopped cilantro.
- Top with ground black pepper and serve immediately.
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