Tomato and cucumber salad

This tomato and cucumber salad might be simple, but is anything but boring. The perfect easy side dish that everyone will love!

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• 🥘 Ingredients
• 🔪 Instructions
• 🍅 Tomatoes
• 🥗 Serving suggestions
• 🍲 Storing leftovers
• 📋 Frequently asked questions
• More easy side salads
• Recipe

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🥘 Ingredients

This salad consists of two main ingredients: tomatoes and cucumbers.

Additionally, you might want a salad dressing and some fresh herbs like basil or cilantro to garnish with.

🔪 Instructions

Dice, cut or chop your tomatoes and cucumber.

If you use plum or cherry tomatoes, you can simply cut them in half. but if you use large salad tomatoes, you can either slice them into circles, or cut them into small chunks or wedges.

The cucumbers can be diced, cut into half circles or discs, or you can use a vegetable peeler to create ribbons.

Optionally, garnish the salad with dressing or fresh herbs like basil.

🍅 Tomatoes

Choose ripe, juicy red tomatoes for this recipe. You can use any size, shape and color tomato that you like.

Try adding tomatoes in different colors for an impressive look!

🥗 Serving suggestions

Serve this salad as a side dish with a hearty and delicious main. The flavours pair really well with Mediterranean type dishes. Try serving it with one of these entrees:

• Apricot chicken
• Pasta with roasted tomatoes
• Adobo chicken
• Sea bass with capers

You can also add a dressing if you want. Try it with a simple lemon pepper vinaigrette.

🍲 Storing leftovers

Store leftover tomato and cucumber salad in an airtight container in the fridge for up to 3 days. This salad is not suitable for freezing.

📋 Frequently asked questions

Is this recipe allergy friendly? - Yes! This recipe is dairy free, egg free, gluten free, nut free and soy free. It is also vegan and suitable for most diets.

Do you have to use yellow and red tomatoes? - No. Combining tomatoes of different colors looks nice on a plate, but you can make this salad with only red, regular tomatoes as well.

More easy side salads

• Black bean corn salad
• Orzo salad with spinach feta and lemon
• Mediterranean chickpea salad
• Halloumi and butternut squash salad

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