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?
Loved this recipe, needed a quick light lunch for a friend who dropped in, I added some grilled chicken I had in the fridge. It was amazing.
I love the idea of adding chicken to make it a meal. Yum!
Once the salad is made how long does it last before the avocado starts to turn? Is it good to be eaten over a couple day period? I am a student and I am always looking for healthy salads I can eat for lunch over a several day period.
Thanks
Hi Michelle, several of my readers have reported great results with the salad the next day. The lemon juice keeps the avocado from browning. I hope you love it! Oh p.s. for a lunch salad, my kale blueberry salad is a great make-ahead salad 🙂
Thanks! Can’t wait to try it!
love this recipe. we were fighting over the leftovers the next day!!
Ha ha, that’s generally what happens at our house too. 🙂
I just made this with fresh dill and it was amazing. Perfect summer salad and so easy!!
Helene, I’m so happy you enjoyed the salad. Thank you for sharing that with us!
This salad is awesome! ! Tastes great, easy to prep and combine. Thank you for posting it.
Rob, thank you for such a nice review and you are welcome!
Can you add green olives to this recipe?
Hi, I think that would be ok 🙂
Hi again Natasha, I just made this salad before I left for work in the late afternoon and had it as a side for dinner 4 hours later – I had 2 servings it was so delish! It’s really light and so refreshing now that summer is here! Thanks again for another great recipe! Cheers from Toronto Canada.
Janet, I’m so happy you enjoyed that. Thank you for sharing that with us and you are welcome!
Janet, that’s so great! It sounds like you have a new favorite!
This is my favorite salad and I am always asked for the recipe when I serve it. It is beautiful and since we “eat” with our eyes first you know it will be incredible before you even taste it.
I agree this is absolutely one of those salads that everyone eats with their eyes first! This was on the menu at our family dinner last weekend and it went fast! 🙂 Thanks for the great review!
Truly Amazing Natasha, Thanks a lot for the recipe. Will try this soon.
I’m so happy you enjoyed that. Thank you for sharing that with us and you are welcome!
I have made this once and gonna make it again here real soon. When I made it I added some mushrooms. The salad was amazing. and I used a regular mushroom instead of an english one.
Savannah, I’m so happy you enjoyed that. Thank you for sharing that with us!
Going to try this today. Does it matter if I use regular cucumbers instead of English? Thanks
I used regular and It tasted amazing. I also put in mushrooms
Jane, it makes no difference on what kind of cucumbers you use. Let me know how it turned out 😀.
How could something so simple be so full of flavor? Delicious!
I completely agree! Sometimes the simplest recipes are the very best! Thanks for the great review 🙂
How long does the salad last in the fridge before the avocado starts to turn brownish?
Becca, it will stay good until the next day. Lemon juice keeps the avocado from browning.
How can I tell if an avacado is still good. I believe it is , but want to confirm and taste First time using one.
Betty, if the avocado yields to gentle pressure you know it’s ripe and ready-to-eat. As long as the color is light green and not brown on the inside, it is still good. Hope this helps 😀.
What caught me was the PICTURE! It looked so good I just had to save this. I had ever thing and just made this. I fixed me a small bowl to just make sure it was ok…………. I am thinking about going back and getting another bowl full.,…… BUT will try to wait and see what it taste like after a hour or so in the refrig. I used cherry tomatoes, dill and some chives. I wish I had used more red onion cannot get it in every bite :-)……….. this is a 10
Gloria, I’m so happy to hear that! Thank you for sharing your great review! 😁
I saw a picture of this salad on Facebook; it looked so yummy that I’ve been meaning to try it for weeks. Well, I made it this evening, following your recipe exactly, and served it to guests. Everybody raved about it, including me. It’s my new favorite summer salad. Thanks for coming up with such a winner!
Tom, I’m so happy to hear that! Thank you for sharing your great review and you are very welcome 😁.
A facebook friend “liked” this so I made it tonight. It was yummy! I had a bell green pepper that needed to be used so I added the green pepper. YUM!
Hi Barb! I’m so happy you (and your friend!) liked the recipe 🙂
This looks very good. My mom is on a very low sodium – no salt diet. Would omitting the salt, change up the taste much? Just want to try some new ideas for her.
It wouldn’t be quite the same account to salt, but I still think it would be enjoyable maybe with a little extra lemon juice.
Use kosher salt. I would add some crispy bacon, that would be salty enough.
SO YUMMY! Two of my favorite foods are tomatoes and avocados- I feel like I have either both or one of the two at least once a day in a meal. I have also made this with cherry tomatoes instead of roma tomatoes. I love both but the cherry tomatoes make the salad a little sweeter- it’s very good! I actually leave out the cucumber (not a fan, wish I was), do you have any ideas of something to replace the cucumbers with? Thanks for your recipe!
Thanks for the cherry tomatoes tip! That does sound great! I’ve had a couple of readers mention bell peppers worked well.
This is delicious! I only made one change,I used lime instead of lemon
Mmmm lime goes really well with cilantro. Thanks for sharing your great review! 🙂