Tomato Cucumber Salad and Vinaigrette is the perfect side salad to any meal especially Italian meals. I like to buy a block of cheese and cut it into chunks then add it to this salad as an appitizer. You can experiment with several with different vinaigrette variations.
We grow a garden every year and this is a really great way to highlight our vegetables next to summer meals. I like to add other vegetables as well such as green pepper, jalapeno, or squash.
Slicing and Dicing
Recipe serves: 6
Serving size: 3/4 cup
Total time: 10 minutes
Let's grocery shop!
I am assuming you have salt and pepper. It is not included in pantry and spices.
Pantry & Spices
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olive oil
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red wine vinegar
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1/2 garlic clove
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dried basil
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dried oregano
Grocery
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3 medium tomatoes
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1 cucumber
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1 jar kalamata olives
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4 green onions
Let's prep!
Ingredients
Prep
Ingredients
| 3 tomatoes |
| 1 cucumber |
| 1/2 cup kalamata olives |
| 4 green onions |
| Dressing |
| 3 tablespoons olive oil |
| 1.5 tablespoon red wine vinegar |
| 1/2 clove garlic |
| 1/8 teaspoon dried oregano |
| 1/8 teaspoon dried basil |
| 1/4 teaspoon salt, divided |
| 1/4 teaspoon pepper |
Prep
- Gather all of your ingredients and measuring tools
- Wash all the produce.
- Mince 1/2 garlic clove
- In a small bowl whisk vinaigrette
- 3 tablespoons olive oil
- 1.5 tablespoons red wine vinegar
- 1/2 garlic clove minced
- 1/4 teaspoon black pepper
- 1/8 teaspoon dried oregano
- 1/8 teaspoon dried basil
- 1/8 teaspoon salt
- Give the dressing a taste if it is too bitter whisk in 1/2 tablespoon of olive oil. Adjust dried ingredients to your taste.
- Chop tomatoes bite size
- Chop cucumbers bite size
- Slice kalamata olives lengthwise
- Thinly slice green onions
Let's cook!
- Complete the prep from the prep tab above.
- In a medium bowl add:
- Chopped tomatoes
- Chopped cucumber
- Kalamata olives
- Thinly sliced green onion
- Sprinkle with 1/4 teaspoon of salt
- Add dressing over the top and mix to combine. Enjoy!
This recipe can also be found in Weekly Dinners for 4 under $100 – Menu 7
