This easy-to-make Cucumber Tomato Salad side dish is light, fresh, and goes with everything. It’s a great way to use up all that summer produce for a great summer salad!
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Tomato Cucumber Avocado Salad
Summer produce is some of the best. There’s nothing like fresh fruits and veggies from the farmer’s market, a CSA box, or your garden.
With your own garden, you can end up with a lot of fresh produce. It can be hard to use it all up.
This Cucumber Tomato Salad is the perfect side dish. It uses up two of the most prolific garden bounty, plus bell peppers, avocado, shallot and lots of fresh herbs.
It goes with everything. You can eat it for lunch or bring it to a potluck or cookout as a healthy side dish.
Why you’ll love Cucumber Tomato and Avocado Salad:
This Cucumber Tomato Salad recipe is super simple and easy to put together.
- You’ll love how quick it is to throw together with easy-to-find ingredients.
- Light & fresh, it’s nutrient rich. You can feel good about eating this salad.
- It pairs well with a variety of main dishes, from casual burgers to chicken to steak.
- This recipe is gluten-free, vegetarian, and vegan (if you use maple instead of honey), so it’s easy to serve a variety of diets for guests.
- And it’s a great way to use up extra cucumbers and tomatoes from your garden.
Cucumber Tomato Onion Avocado Salad ingredients
You’ll need a handful of ingredients to make this recipe. Don’t worry if you’re out of one vegetable, it won’t ruin the dish.
Here’s what to grab at the grocery store (or better yet, the farmers market!) –
- English cucumber – Fresh cucumbers will give you that perfect crunch. You could also use Persian cucumber or a peeled and seeded American cucumber.
- Cherry tomatoes – Any kind of small juicy tomato works here, like grape tomatoes or champagne tomatoes.
- Red bell pepper – Any color of bell pepper works except green.
- Avocado – Be sure it’s nice and ripe, but not bruised. Here’s how to tell if an avocado is ripe.
- Finely diced shallot or red onion – Either works well here. You could use a white onion too.
- Salt – Kosher or sea salt are my faves.
- Pepper – Freshly cracked or already ground both work.
- Olive oil – Any light tasting oil like avocado oil is fine.
- Red wine vinegar – You could also use white wine vinegar or apple cider vinegar.
- Honey – Maple syrup or agave nectar are also good options.
- Dried oregano – You can use fresh, too.
- Fresh parsley – Spring for the fresh herbs. Trust me!
- Fresh dill – Fresh will make a huge difference over dried.
Cucumber Tomato Avocado Salad Recipe substitutions
This salad is so good, partly because it’s super versatile. You can mix things up or leave out any ingredients you don’t like and it won’t ruin the recipe.
Instead of English cucumber, you can use Persian cucumber or standard American cucumber that’s been peeled and seeded.
If you can’t find cherry tomatoes, any small, sweet tomato like champagne or grape will work. These little tomatoes have the best flavor, but in a pinch you could even use a diced tomato.
For the red bell pepper, replace it with orange or yellow bell pepper if you like.
Red wine vinegar is my favorite, but other vinegars like white wine or apple cider will work as well.
How to make Cucumber Tomato Avocado Salad
Here’s how to put to this Cucumber and Tomato Salad recipe:
- Combine the salt, pepper, olive oil, red wine vinegar, honey, and oregano in a bowl or mason jar. Mix until it’s fully combined. I like using a mason jar for this to shake it up to mix.
2. In a large mixing bowl, add the cucumber, tomatoes, bell pepper, avocado, and shallot.
3. Pour the dressing over the veggie mix and gently mix to combine.
4. Top with fresh parsley and dill and gently mix to combine.
Then transfer it to a serving bowl and serve, or refrigerate until later.
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Here are some tips and tricks for making this recipe:
It’s important to gently mix the salad so you don’t burst the tomatoes or squish the avocado. You want them to remain in firm pieces.
Using a mason jar for the dressing works great because you can shake to mix everything up well.
How to serve this Cucumber Tomato Avocado Salad Recipe
This salad is so good with your favorite summer foods. Think grilled goodies like ranch burgers and smoked chicken thighs.
You may also want to serve some other salads on your buffet table. Salads like a simple fruit salad or potato salad are great.
This bright and colorful salad is the perfect addition to the menu when your meal doesn’t have a lot of color.
How to store Tomato Cucumber Avocado Salad
You can prepare this easy salad a couple of days ahead of time, if you like. Mix together the salad ingredients, except the avocado, as it will brown. Go ahead and make the dressing, too. Then, just before serving, slice up the avo and add it and the dressing to the salad and mix it up.
Once the salad is combined, enjoy it within one or two days. The avocado will brown but is still edible. However, the cucumber and tomato won’t be as firm the next day.
Cucumber Tomato Avocado Salad FAQs
Tomato and cucumber salad is filled with nutritious ingredients, including cherry tomatoes, cucumbers, avocado, bell pepper and onion. It’s tossed with a light vinaigrette, so you can feel good about eating this delicious vegetarian salad.
Persian cucumbers and English cucumbers can be eaten with the skin on. An American cucumber should be peeled, as the skin is tough and hard to chew. Use a vegetable peeler or knife to remove the peel before slicing or dicing.
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Cucumber Tomato Avocado Salad Recipe
Ingredients
- 1 English cucumber chopped
- 10 ounces cherry tomatoes chopped
- 1 red bell pepper chopped
- 1 avocado chopped (optional)
- 1/4 cup finely diced shallot or red onion optional
- salt
- pepper
- 2 tablespoons olive oil
- 2 tablespoons red wine vinegar
- 1 teaspoon honey
- 1 teaspoon dried oregano
- 1 tablespoon fresh parsley
- 1 tablespoon fresh dill
Instructions
- Combine the salt, pepper, olive oil, red wine vinegar, honey, and oregano in a bowl or mason jar. Mix until it’s fully combined. I like using a mason jar for this to shake it up to mix.
- In a large mixing bowl, add the cucumber, tomatoes, bell pepper, avocado, and shallot.
- Pour the dressing over the veggie mix and gently mix to combine.
- Top with fresh parsley and dill and gently mix to combine.
- Serve and enjoy!
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Notes
- It’s important to gently mix the salad so you don’t burst the tomatoes and avocado. You want them to remain in firm pieces.
- Using a mason jar for the dressing works great because you can shake to mix it well!
Nutrition
Nutrition information is automatically calculated, so should only be used as an approximation.
