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Simple Tomato Cucumber Salad with Lemon Dressing Recipe. Cool and crispy, my Easy Cucumber Tomato Salad is easy to prepare for weeknight meals or summer parties. This recipe is full of juicy, ripe tomatoes, cool, crispy cucumber, bright lemon flavor and zesty fresh dill.
You can cook Simple Tomato Cucumber Salad with Lemon Dressing using 9 ingredients and 2 steps. Here is how you achieve it.
Ingredients of Simple Tomato Cucumber Salad with Lemon Dressing
- You need 3 cups of grape or cherry tomatoes, halved.
- Make ready 1.5 cups of sliced cucumber (about 1/8-inch thick slices) I recommend Persian/Lebanese or Kirby Cucumbers.
- Take 1/2 of a small mild onion, very thinly sliced. If onions are hot, slice and put in a cold water bath for 5 mins and drain well.
- Make ready 2-3 Tablespoons of finely chopped parsley (I use the stems as well.).
- Prepare of the zest of half a lemon.
- You need 2 Tablespoons of fresh lemon juice.
- It’s 1/2-1 teaspoon of sugar.
- It’s 3/4 teaspoon of kosher salt to start (you can adjust up later).
- Prepare 2 Tablespoons of olive oil.
Creamy tomato cucumber salad - Add a tablespoon of Mayonaise or yoghurt dressing to make it creamy.Cucumber Tomato avocado salad - Add avocado in the salad to make it cucumber avocado tomato salad.Avocados are a good source of healthy fat and you can skip salad dressing.Cucumber Tomato feta salad - Add feta cheese.
Simple Tomato Cucumber Salad with Lemon Dressing instructions
- Gently toss all ingredients together in a large mixing bowl until salad is evenly and thoroughly dressed. If possible, let it sit for about 10 minutes to absorb flavors before serving..
- Enjoy! :).
When each of us took seconds we all preferred just a drizzle of olive oil over the salad.But it was a great way to get a different kind of salad onto the table and we loved the tomato cucumber feta and basil combination!This was healthier and less fussy than serving a more traditional caprese.
Feta cheese is made from a combination of sheep and goat.A simple salad made with ingredients that are usually handy in every kitchen.The dressing is what makes this salad so special.Its simple refreshing flavours complement those of the salad ingredients (i. e.The tomato, lettuce, cucumber and cheese) perfectly.
