This particularly tasty and healthy tomato and cucumber salad can be eaten on its own or as a side dish with meat or other dishes. Tomato and cucumber salad is particularly rich in vitamins and fibre, so it is very healthy and good for your body. In addition, this tomato and cucumber salad is really easy and quick to make. All you need - a few ingredients that you can find in all grocery stores.
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How to make tomato cucumber salad?
Take two medium-sized tomatoes. First rinse the tomatoes under hot water, then rinse under cold water and place them on a food chopping board. Cut the tomatoes into medium-sized cubes. Place the diced tomato in a salad bowl. For this tomato cucumber salad, a transparent salad bowl is most suitable, so that the bright and attractive colours of all the ingredients can be seen clearly.
Take two medium sized cucumbers and wash them well. Like tomatoes, cucumbers and all other vegetables need to be rinsed first under hot water and then rinsed under cold water. Place the rinsed cucumbers on a chopping board and cut them into medium-sized cubes.
Take 2-3 medium sized onion sprigs. Wash them well, dry them and place them on the cutting board. Cut the onion leaves into medium-sized pieces. Do not discard the stems of the onion leaves, chop them as well and use them for this salad. The stems of the onion leaves will give the salad its crunch, and they are also really rich in vitamins and useful elements for our body. Add the chopped onion leaves and stems to the salad bowl.
Take 3 medium-sized sprigs of parsley and wash them well. Drain the parsley and place it on a chopping board. Chop the parsley sprigs well and add them to the salad bowl.
Take 2 medium sized dill sprigs, wash them and place them on a food chopping board. Chop the dill sprigs well and add to the salad bowl.
Take the red onion. First peel the red onion, then wash it well. Cut off ¼ of the red onion and chop it well on a chopping board. Add the chopped onion to the salad bowl.
Add ½ teaspoon salt and a little black pepper to the salad bowl.
Take a small lemon, wash it and cut it in half. Squeeze the juice of half the lemon into the salad bowl. When squeezing the lemon, make sure that the pits in the lemon do not fall into the salad bowl.
Add 2 tablespoons of extra virgin olive oil to the tomato and cucumber salad.
Toss the salad well.
Here you have a ready-to-eat, extremely tasty and healthy tomato cucumber salad. Taste for salt and black pepper. If you find it lacking, add spices to your taste. Enjoy!
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List of ingredients for the tomato cucumber salad:
2 tomatoes
2 cucumbers
2 sprigs of onion leaves
2 sprigs of parsley
2 sprigs of dill
1/4 red onion
1/2 tsp salt
1/4 tsp black pepper
1/4 lemon (juice)
2 tbsp olive oil
Shortened tomato cucumber salad recipe:
1. 2 tomatoes
2. Slice 2 cucumbers
3. Chop 2-3 onion sprigs
4. Chop 3 sprigs of parsley
5. Chop 2 dill sprigs
6. Chop ¼ small red onion
7. Add ½ teaspoon salt
8. Add some black pepper
9. Add 2 tablespoons of olive oil
10. Stir and taste!
You may have the following questions when making tomato cucumber salad:
Can I add sugar to tomato cucumber salad?
Yes, you can add sugar to this tomato cucumber salad if you want to make it a little sweeter, but we do not use sugar in our recipe.
Is tomato cucumber salad healthy?
If you choose our tomato cucumber salad recipe, we can assure you that it is one of the healthiest salads we offer on our website. The vegetables and herbs in this salad are extremely rich in vitamins and fibre, which will give you energy and boost your metabolism. This salad is also perfect for people who are trying to get rid of unnecessary fat.
How to make this tomato cucumber salad creamy?
You can make this tomato cucumber salad creamy. Just use sour cream, Greek yoghurt or mayonnaise instead of olive oil for the salad dressing.
Is it okay to add wine vinegar to tomato cucumber salad?
Yes, wine vinegar is often added to this tomato cucumber salad. It gives the salad an extra acidic taste. However, our recipe does not contain wine vinegar.
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