Cucumber Tomato Avocado Salad is TOP Summer Salad!

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Cucumber tomato avocado salad is a simple ingredient fresh healthy summer salad that will hit your palette in all the right ways.

Simply combine soft bites of ripe avocado, fresh tomatoes, bits of beautiful cucumber, and sliced red onions and pull it all together with a homemade vinaigrette.

Why you will love making a Fresh Summer Salad Recipe

Classic Salad Taste – Personally, I could eat bits of creamy avocado with a spoon and be incredibly happy. But combining it with other veggie favorites like cucumber, tomatoes, and red onions up the ante and makes me want to clear my whole salad bowl.

Top Summer Salad – This super fun and vibrant tomato and avocado side dish recipe can be eaten alone and is ready in mere minutes with a light and refreshing taste. Cucumber-based side dish recipes always bring vibrant summer flavors to the table.

Salad Ingredients

Roma tomatoes – Roma tomatoes work perfectly in size and flavor for this salad.
Cucumbers – Skin on or off is fine.
Red onions – red onion has an amazing little bite to it that goes beautifully with avocados. Make sure they are thinly sliced.
Avocados
Optional: Sprinkle with Feta Cheese.

Homemade Dressing Ingredients

Olive oil
Lemon juice – approximately 1 fresh lemon which is equal to approximately 3 tablespoons of juice, however, if you want less of a lemon taste, lower that by a tablespoon. It’s always easier to add liquid ingredients than remove them!
Seasonings – Salt and pepper and Fresh Cilantro leaves.

How to make Avocado Cucumber Tomato Salad

Chop juicy tomatoes, avocado, red onions, and English cucumbers and add to a serving bowl.
Combine the olive oil, lemon juice, salt, and black pepper.
Pour the virgin olive oil dressing all over the cucumber avocado tomato salad and gently toss to coat.
Add the chopped cilantro and toss to combine in the salad bowl. Can be eaten and enjoyed immediately!

Serve with cucumber appetizers for a light and refreshing meal that’s perfect for warm weather.

Expert Salad Making Tips

Simple salad recipes like this rely on nature’s own perfect foods to connect all that flavor. If adding additional ingredients, keep it light.
Try substituting cherry tomatoes over the Roma, for example, or using a sweet and tangy Balsamic vinegar drizzle prior to eating.

This salad also pairs well with chopped bell pepper, chopped pepperoncini peppers, sliced green onions (or any sweet onions), fresh parsley, or a squeeze of fresh lemon juice or lime juice.
Lastly, we like to keep the dressing super light but a little garlic clove and a sprinkle of kosher salt really bring out those tomatoes. Want to skip the work? Add premade Italian Dressing to this flavorful salad for an instant no prep time solution.

Avocado & Cucumber Salad Alterations

What kind of proteins goes into an avocado salad well?

Although salads like this are lovely in and of themselves, protein can quickly make it a meal! Nothing is better or healthier than freshly baked or grilled chicken. Additionally boiled eggs are a fantastic option and seafoods like salmon, shrimp and tuna are amazing with all these fresh vegetables.

Is there a good substitute for Cilantro in this salad recipe?

There really are a lot of controversies when it comes to fresh cilantro. It’s one of my very favorite herbs, but to some, Cilantro can taste like soap!

While there isn’t an exact replica of a great herb or spice to add to this avocado tomato salad, there are other great flavors that will go well. Try testing out dill, basil, thyme, or cilantro’s cousin, culantro. (seriously!)

No matter what kind of flavors you may choose to alter, my recommendation is always to use FRESHLY CUT herbs and fresh ingredients in general. I personally love to keep entire herb plants available in the house to easily snip and use. The best thing about keeping live plants is they regenerate. I purchase mine from Lowe’s.

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Cucumber Avocado Tomato Salad

Author Trisha Haas – Salty Side Dish

Prep Time 10

Total Time 10

Cucumber Avocado Tomato Salad is a fresh healthy summer salad recipe that will hit your palette in all the right ways. You can grab a fork and dig in pretty quickly or take the tangy bites of tomatoes, cucumber and avocado and throw on top of a taco for a seriously tasty (and restaurant quality) meal.

Ingredients

▢ 1 lb. Roma tomatoes approximately 3 tomatoes, bite-sized pieces
▢ 1 cucumber chopped & quartered
▢ 1/2 red onion sliced into thin slices
▢ 2 avocados chopped
▢ 1/4 cup cilantro coarsely chopped

Dressing

▢ 2 Tablespoons olive oil
▢ 2 Tablespoon lemon juice approximately 1 lemon
▢ Salt and pepper

Instructions

Prep Salad

Chop up 1 pound of fresh Roma tomatoes in bite sized pieces.
Peel and chop 2 ripe avocados into bite sized pieces.
Slice and quarter 1 cucumber. If you like, remove skins although not necessary.
Slice red onion pieces into size perfect for a salad. If you like less "spicy", chop smaller pieces over larger.

Prep Salad Dressing

Combine two tablespoons of olive oil, 2 tablespoons of fresh lemon juice, salt and pepper. Whisk until combined.
Immediately pour vinaigrette dressing all over the salad and gently toss until every ingredient is coated and shiny.
Add freshly chopped cilantro and toss to combine once more.
Serve instantly to avoid any dressing settling.

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Notes

Please note that you can store this salad in the fridge, however avocado doesn’t always stake kind to the fridge and once cut, oxidizes brown. This will not change flavor but wont look as attractive. This salad is best eaten fresh and can keep about 1-2 days.

Nutrition

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