minutes is the perfect side salad full of fresh summer vegetables.
Cucumber Tomato Salad is a refreshing summer salad recipe (that is naturally gluten-free and high in vitamin c) you can enjoy while tomatoes are ripe and in season (and also much less expensive than normal!). With the weather warming up tomatoes are becoming sweeter and sweeter and we’re finding tomatoes are already getting ripe enough for this recipe.
What’s great about this salad is you can make it ahead of time and it won’t wilt because it doesn’t contain any lettuce. The tomatoes, cucumbers and onions will soften just a bit as they sit but only to become more tender as you eat them. And if you have an aversion to raw red onion flavors you can soak your red onion slices in ice water for ten minutes before adding them to the salad to mute the raw onion flavor.
INGREDIENTS :
4 cups english cucumbers , cut in half lengthwise and sliced
4 vine tomatoes , chopped
1/2 red onion , thinly sliced
1/4 cup chopped fresh dill
1/3 cup extra virgin olive oil
2 tablespoons red wine vinegar
2 teaspoons kosher salt
1/2 teaspoon coarse ground black pepper
INSTRUCTIONS :
Note: click on times in the instructions to start a kitchen timer while cooking.
Add the vegetables to a large bowl, then whisk together the dill, olive oil, vinegar, salt and pepper and pour it over the vegetables tossing them carefully together.
Enjoy .