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This fresh Tomato Cucumber Salad is ready in 5 minutes, for a crisp, light, and easy summer side dish that pairs with everything!

This easy Tomato and Cucumber Salad recipe allows the fresh ingredients to shine with sliced cucumbers, cherry tomatoes, red onion, basil, and oil and vinegar. It is vibrant and delicious and goes with any main dish!

The 10-minute Tomato Cucumber Salad Everyone Loves

This Tomato Cucumber Salad is basically summer in a bowl and I find myself making on repeat from June through September. It's the kind of recipe that requires almost zero effort but gets devoured every single time. Consider serving with Salmon, Chicken tenders, Chicken burgers, Kebabs.

Try more salad recipes, like Watermelon Salad, Cucumber Onion Salad, Chicken Caesar Pasta Salad, Frog Eye Salad, Cold Noodle Salad, or Broccoli Apple Salad!

How to make Tomato Cucumber Salad:

Slice Veggies: Cut cherry tomatoes in half and slice cucumbers into 1/4″ coins then add them to a bowl together.

Toss in Dressing: Drizzle olive oil and vinegar on top then toss the salad together. Season with red onion and basil and you're done! Enjoy with Steak Kabobs, Baked Salmon, or Grilled Chicken!

Take advantage of your fresh produce and make this cucumber and tomato salad recipe with just a drizzle of olive oil and vinegar, some salt and pepper, and chopped basil and red onion.

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Tomato Cucumber Salad

Author: Lauren Allen

This Tomato Cucumber Salad is the ultimate refreshing summer side dish loaded with juicy tomatoes, crisp cucumbers, red onion, and fresh basil, all tossed in a light olive oil and vinegar dressing. It takes just 5 minutes to make and pairs perfectly with anything off the grill!

Prep: 10

Total: 10

Servings: servings

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Equipment

Ingredients

▢ 2 cups cherry tomatoes, , halved
▢ 5 mini cucumbers, , sliced into 1/4'' coins, or 1 ½ English cucumbers
▢ 3 teaspoons olive oil
▢ 1 teaspoon red wine vinegar
▢ salt and freshly ground black pepper, , to taste
▢ 2 Tablespoons red onions, , diced
▢ 2 Tablespoons fresh basil leaves, , chopped

Instructions

Add cherry tomatoes and cucumbers to a bowl.
2 cups cherry tomatoes, 5 mini cucumbers
Drizzle olive oil and vinegar on top. Season with salt and pepper.
3 teaspoons olive oil, 1 teaspoon red wine vinegar, salt and freshly ground black pepper
Toss everything to coat. Garnish with diced red onion and fresh basil.
2 Tablespoons red onions, 2 Tablespoons fresh basil leaves
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Notes

Make Ahead Instructions: This salad is easy and freshest when made right before serving, but you can prep it ahead of time if necessary. Cut vegetables and store them separately in the refrigerator. Toss with oil and vinegar when ready to serve.

Which type of Cucumbers are best:

When you are shopping at the grocery store, you may notice a few different types of cucumbers. “Regular” cucumbers have a thicker, more waxy skin and are always the cheapest option. English cucumbers are the long and skinny, wrapped in plastic, and tend to be more expensive. Mini Cucumbers (also known as Persian cucumbers) are similar to English cucumbers, just shorter “snack” size.

Any type of cucumber will work for this salad, but I prefer English cucumbers or mini cucumbers because the thinner skins and seeds taste better and are easier to eat without peeling.

To peel or not to peel? You do not have to peel a regular cucumber or an English cucumber, but you can if you wish (and you may want to if using regular cucumbers with thicker skin)! I love to leave the skin on because it provides the greatest amount of fiber.

Add-In Ideas:

Cheese: Sprinkle feta cheese crumbles or add fresh mozzarella.

Chopped Avocado

Chopped almonds or seeds (almonds, pepitas, sesame seeds)

Craisins

Nutrition

Serving: 1cup, Calories: 58kcal, Carbohydrates: 8g, Protein: 2g, Fat: 2g, Saturated Fat: 0.3g, Polyunsaturated Fat: 0.2g, Monounsaturated Fat: 1g, Sodium: 11mg, Potassium: 455mg, Fiber: 2g, Sugar: 5g, Vitamin A: 458IU, Vitamin C: 20mg, Calcium: 42mg, Iron: 1mg

Nutrition information is automatically calculated, so should only be used as an approximation.

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I originally shared this recipe May 2017. Updated March 2020 and April 2026.

4.90 from 111 votes (95 ratings without comment)

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Janet

9 months ago

Using olive oil was a huge mistake. After chilling the salad, the oil became coagulated and left an unappealing waxy coating over the entire salad. I couldn’t serve it looking like that, so I had to throw it out. What a waste. 🙁

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Stacy Popham

Reply to Janet

For cold salads like this, I recommend using a light olive oil instead of a heavier one (those are for cooking!)

Laurie

5 months ago

Reply to Stacy Popham

I would also serve this salad at room temperature for two reasons. The oil won’t coagulation, and because cold tomatoes lose their flavor.

Marian

This is my favorite summer salad. Sometimes I add things, like olives, but mostly I don’t change it. Goes with everything. Tomorrow, pepper steak on rice.

angi.nelsen@outlook.com

1 year ago

Amazing

Yvonne Sander

Delicious

Vicki G

Fabulous start, but needed some tweaking. Teaspoons of dressing is far too little, and if you put more oil than vinegar, you’ll get an oily salad. So, at least do equal proportions. I added fresh dill, parsley, and a tiny bit (three leaves) of fresh mint. In addition, I added more onion. Delicious!

Vicky

3 years ago

This was so good. It was fresh and light and perfect for the crab cakes

Cathy

I’m going to make this salad today for the first time it sounds so good. I’m proud to say I grew my own tomato’s 🍅 this summer plus and this is a plus my neighbour’s cucumbers 🥒 grew through the fence this lol and she told me to help myself 😎soooo I did and that’s a Plus 😉