Our family’s favorite classic cucumber and tomato salad just got better with the addition of avocado, a light and flavorful lemon dressing and the freshness of cilantro. Easy, excellent avocado salad.
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Watch the Full Video Recipe Below! It will make your mouth water! 🙂
I brought this salad to my parents house yesterday and everyone loved it! This is definitely going into the regular rotation all summer long. Think: homegrown cucumbers and tomatoes :).
Ingredients for Tomato Avocado Salad:
This salad is loaded with veggies; juicy tomatoes, crisp cucumber, creamy avocado and the cilantro and lemon juice make the whole salad so fresh and flavorful!
P.S. If you aren’t keen on cilantro, fresh dill is a good substitute
How to Make Cucumber Tomato Avocado Salad:
1. Place chopped tomatoes, sliced cucumber, sliced red onion, diced avocado, and chopped cilantro into a large salad bowl.
2. Drizzle with 2 Tbsp olive oil and 2 Tbsp lemon juice. Toss gently to combine. Just before serving toss with 1 tsp sea salt and 1/8 tsp black pepper
Avocado Salad Video Tutorial:
My husband and I ate this entire batch of cucumber tomato salad with avocado in one sitting, paired with roasted red potatoes and grilled shrimp skewers. I shoveled most of the salad into my mouth before I remembered the shrimp and potatoes on my plate; mmming and smiling all the way through. We were both smitten.
P.S. This salad is also super healthy and it fits pretty much every diet out there. Check out the nutrition label below:
Cucumber Tomato Avocado Salad

Ingredients
- 1 lb Roma tomatoes
- 1 English cucumber
- 1/2 medium red onion, sliced
- 2 avocados, diced
- 2 Tbsp extra virgin olive oil or sunflower oil
- 2 Tbsp fresh lemon juice, (from 1 medium lemon)
- 1/4 cup 1/2 bunch cilantro, chopped
- 1 tsp sea salt or 3/4 tsp table salt
- 1/8 tsp black pepper
Instructions
- Place chopped tomatoes, sliced cucumber, sliced red onion, diced avocado, and chopped cilantro into a large salad bowl.
- Drizzle with 2 Tbsp olive oil and 2 Tbsp lemon juice. Toss gently to combine. Just before serving, toss with 1 tsp sea salt and 1/8 tsp black pepper.
Notes
Nutrition Per Serving
Credits: Recipe inspired by my classic Cucumber tomato salad and this avocado tomato salad from Deborah of Taste & Tell.
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This salad can be made all year long, but it’s especially delicious this time of year when cucumbers and tomatoes are in season. Do you grow any of your own food?
Would the avocado turn color if made to early?
Hi Debbie, I love this salad fresh for the other ingredients but readers have been loving it the next day also! The generous amount of lemon juice keeps the avocado from browning.
I love this recipe , I’ll make it today ! Love the way you talk and the way you chop 👍
Thanks Julie! 🙂
I made this salad yesterday and it was a hit!
Thank you for such a nice review, I’m glad you liked it 😃.
Ok my salad didn’t turn out like yours. I followed just the video and I’m guessing I used too much lemon Juice cause my salad turned out mushy. I also do not like cilantro which I had no idea, it over powered everything. So sad. Tips for if I try this again?
Its a strange phenomenon but for a small group of people, cilantro tastes like soap – I wonder if that is the case with you. Have you had cilantro before this recipe? Mushy salad is most likely due to overripe tomatoes or overripe avocados. The lemon juice would not turn the salad mushy, but oversalting might also cause a mushy salad as salt can cause tomatoes to become juicy.
Our family makes this salad all the time, but instead of cilantro we use dill (its the russian in me 🙂 – Amazing!
I agree dill is also one of my favorite herbs!
If using Dill rather than cilantro, how much do you use?
I would start with 2 tablespoons and then add more to taste.
omg are love this salad my kids want it everyday
Thank you for the nice review, I’m glad your family likes it 😃.
So delicious!!! Thank you! I saw that it is a little over 300 calories. Is that for about 1cups of salad? 2 cups? Thanks again!! Best salad ever!!
I divided the salad into 4 servings – I never measured it exactly but I would guess each serving is about 1 1/2 cups.
I will be making this salad for a gathering so I will be tripling this but I was thinking of adding a dash of balsamic and red bell peppers fresh mozzarella has anyone tried any of these ingredients in this salad ?
I haven’t tried it personally but it does sound good!
This might be good with a balsamic viniagrette too. I haven’t tried it yet but I’m going to soon.
Let me know how it turns out 😃.
Wow, The world is really a global village.
This is a classic dish in my country ( Côte d’Ivoire, west African french speaking country).
The difference is just in the dressing, we use vinegar, mixed with mayo and little bit of salt, olive oil, spice. (Vinaigrette)
We pair it with french bread.
Very happy to know your cooking experiment led you to that delicious dish that exist ( with little differences) on the other side of the planet .
mmmm wow that sounds like a delicious combination! Do you ad the cilantro or some other kind of herbs? Also, do you use equal parts vinegar,mayo and olive oil and what kind of spice? Can you tell I really want to try your version? 🙂
Yeah, that is.
I personnally don’t add any kind of herbs but some people love it with basil,
So I use :
2 Tbsp Vinegar
6 Tbsp Mayo
2 Tbsp Olive oil
1 Tsp Salt
I also use ⅛ black pepper or minced garlic.
Then you are all set for a good meal. 🙂
Thank you so much for sharing that! I can’t wait to try your version! 🙂
I made it and loved it. I would like to know the nutritional profile. Do you have it?
Hi Cheryl, I just inserted it above. 🙂
love the salad! Good job! 🙂
I made cucumber, tomato, avocado, red onion salad tonight and paired it with stuffed acorn squash. The stuffing was made with red pepper, mushrooms, eggplant, onion, and sausage. Wonderful dinner with lots of veggies. Oh, also accompanied with homemade rolls. My husband loved everything!
Jennifer, thank you for sharing that with us. Reading your comment is making me hungry 😋.
Great salad! I’ve served it twice to company and both times was asked for the recipe. I did add feta cheese for both color and flavor. Also, I didn’t have lemon so replaced it with 2 Tbsp Sicilia lemon juice. Thanks for sharing your recipe with us Natasha.
Thank you for the nice review Deborah and you are welcome 😀.
Hi Natasha
Can I substitute calantro with coriander?
Will try this out today.😊
Hi Za, do you mean ground coriander (the seed of cilantro?)
How long does it keep?
Hi Kathy, we always eat it up the same day but readers have reported it being delicious on day 2 🙂
So easy and so good! I used red and yellow Campari tomatoes, seeded Japanese cucumbers with avocado and dill from my garden. Absolutely delicious and the first thing my husband ate off his plate which contained a ribeye with a pan sauce and a baked potato , it’s not often salad beats steak! Thank you
Ha! That IS seriously awesome! Thanks for sharing your fantastic review. It sounds like your salad was even prettier than mine with the variety of tomatoes. Mmmm…
I am so addicted to this salad…I acutally ate it all by myself. It was too good to share. Thanks so much for posting the recipe!! 🙂
I can definitely understand how that could happen! lol. I’m so happy you love it 🙂
fantastic, loved this salad!
I’m so glad you loved it! 🙂
Hi! This looks sooooo good…am having a luncheon tomorrow…can I make this tonight and will the avocado still remain bright green? Help! Thanks!
Hi Valerie, the lemon juice keeps the avocado from browning but I would recommend salting it before serving since the salt can make the tomatoes juicy if added early.
You had me at avocado. Tomato cucumber salad is the bomb. Can’t wait to try this.
I hope you love it! Thanks Greg 🙂