Fastest Cucumber Tomato Salad Easy Recipe

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Fastest Cucumber Tomato Salad

This is often a marinated cucumber salad you'll get in a restaurant. It's one of the easiest recipes to make and uses common ingredients.

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Prep 5 mins

Total Time 5 mins

Servings

Calories 106kcal

Ingredients

▢ 1 large cucumber (about 8-inches)
▢ 2 large tomatoes
▢ 1 medium purple onion (or sweet onion)
▢ ½ cup Italian dressing (or Zesty Italian dressing or Balsamic dressing)

Instructions

Although not normally done, you can optionally peel part or all of the cucumber.
Using about ¼-inch thicknesses, slice the cucumber and put into salad bowl.
Cut the ends off the tomatoes. Slice it to have about ½-inch thicknesses. Then, quarter each slice into 4 pieces each and add into salad bowl.
Cut the ends off the onion and peel it. Slice it to have about ½-inch thicknesses. Then , separate each slice into individual rings, and put into salad bowl.
Pour the dressing over the salad ingredients and toss to coat the pieces.
Refrigerate to marinate for a few hours (or overnight), or serve immediately.

Notes

You can opt to cut the cucumber and onion rings into smaller, bite-sized pieces, as is depicted in the images. Also, you can double the dressing if you’re going to let it set in the fridge to marinate for a few hours or overnight.

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This particular salad uses 3 fresh vegetables that are rich in healthy nutrients. It’s dressing most commonly used is of a vinegar and oil base, such as Italian. It’s great with Zesty Italian, Balsamic Italian, and a few others. You can make your own dressing, as well but this is the fastest method by using an already made Italian dressing. Here’s a link to some good reviewed salad dressing containers.

Regarding flavor, it definitely tastes more flavorful if it’s allowed to marinate overnight or, for at least a couple of hours. This will salad will typically last up to 3 days in the fridge. We often will make extra and then, have it again a couple of evenings later.