I’ve been a wee bit obsessed with this salad for the past couple of weeks. And by obsessed, I mean I’ve been making it every day (sometimes twice). This salad tastes like summer to me, probably because I grew up eating a variation of this (though the version we ate had mayonnaise instead of vinegar). We’ve had a pretty consistent crop of tomatoes from our garden this summer and there are at least 3-4 new ones every day. Plus, I’ve been a been a bit of a cucumber fiend, what with the cucumber sandwiches and this salad. This salad is so easy to make, simple ingredients and it keeps well in the fridge if you want to make it earlier in the day and chill it for dinner.
The Recipe
Makes about 3 cups (I’m not going to say how many servings, because I can easily eat a whole batch by myself, but you could certainly share it with one or two other people)
1 1/2 cups diced cucumber
1 1/2 cups diced tomato
2 Tbls minced onion (preferable a sweet onion)
1 Tbls white wine vinegar
1 tsp olive oil (optional)
pinch of salt and generous amount of fresh ground pepper
Put all ingredients into a bowl and stir to combine. Taste and adjust seasonings, keeping in mind that letting the salad sit in the fridge will help marry the flavors together.
Have you been enjoying any foods this summer that you just can’t seem to get enough of?
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Katie,
Try these sweet/sour cukes. Use your judgement about how much liquid to make to marinate the amount of cukes you are using…however, the ratio is always 1:1:1 water:sugar/sweetner:white vingear. Sprinkle in a few cranks of the pepper mill. Marinate a few hours, but best if overnight. Drain before serving – or do like I do and just chuck some new cukes in the liquid and begin again!
Enjoy 🙂
That sounds delightful! Can’t wait to try it. Do you use regular sugar or have you tried alternative sweeteners? Yum! I am a vinegar fiend, so this sounds amazing! 🙂