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?
Could you subsitute lemon for lime? We keep lime stocked in our house and cilantro. I just wondered if it would ruin it… thanks it does sound delicious and I have all the ingredients except lemon to try tonight.
Yes, I think lime would work just fine. 🙂
So so excited to make this beautiful salad
Thank you for sharing
You are welcome Mickie and I would love to hear the results :).
This was fabulous!
Thanks Lisa!
Hi Natasha,
Just so you know your recipe for the Cucumber Tomato Avocado Salad came out so delicious just like I imagined. I made it today with my next door neighbor and she loved it as well. This is a good healthy salad to have during the day. Hopefully, by going to your website I can learn how to cook simple delicious recipes. Thanks! Greetings from Houston, Texas!
Welcome to the site Lupita and thank you for such a great review. I hope you’ll find many new favorites :).
I make this salad and variations of it all the time for lunches or dinners. For a twist try lime instead of lemon, or add cold shrimp, chicken or black olives. All are very tasty are healthy.
I’ll have to do that. It sounds wonderful!
Looks and sounds great! Will definitely make this one! Thanks for sharing.
You are welcome Brenda, I would love to hear your feedback once you’ll make it :).
I made this today it was so delicious!!! Thanks for this recipe!!!
You’re very welcome 🙂
LOVE THESES…
Love this! I’ve made it 3 times already since last Thursday! Tried it out on the family the night before a potluck at work, everyone loved it. Got nothing but raves from the potluck, then my husband and son asked for it again with bbq ribs the day after the 4th! It keeps well for at least one day, my husband had the leftovers from both of the home batches. I don’t think I’d let it go longer than that, though. Thanks for the wonderful recipe!
Raine, thank you for such a great review and you’re very welcome :).
I make a salad similar to this and suggest fresh basil leaves. Basil is easy to grow in a large flower pot. Also try white basalmic vinegar instead of lemon juice.
Isabel, thank you so much for sharing your suggestions, I would love to try your version :).
i made this tonight and it was wonderful.
Thank you for the great review Susan, I’m glad you enjoyed it :).
looks delicious Kelly. thanks>
I just made this and my husband and daughters loved it. Will be making this more often. Thanks for sharing
Alexis, thank you for the great review and you are welcome :).
This looks and sounds like.a perfect summer dish, we are always looking for healthy and cool things to make here in Hawaii thanks for sharing and may God bless you and yours.
Bonnie, welcome to the site and blessings to you and your family as well :).
So good
I saw your recipe the other day. I made it to go with dinner tonight, it’s in the fridge chilling. I adjusted just a thing or two, I can’t do cilantro, it doesn’t like me, so I omitted it and I used lemon and instead of olive oil, I used a blend of oil and vinegar. It looks so good, can’t wait for my husband to get home so we can eat. I’m making fish, Mhia Mhia with it.I’m going to go check out your recipe for roasted potatoes. Thank you for sharing
You are welcome Lisa and great job on improvising. Let me know how it turns out :).
I am going to try this salad. I think it will be easy on my stomach and digestive system.
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I would love to hear your feedback and hope that you’ll enjoy it :).
this is a very yummy salad. My family loves it! To answer your question about if we grow our own food … The answer is YES! We have a tower garden and grow lots of non- gmo organic fruits and veggies. We even have one in our house. They are wonderful and use food grade plastic.
Sharon, thank you for the great review on the salad. Every year I look forward to my parent’s garden because store bought fruit and vegetables just don’t taste the same :).
How long before serving do you put the oil and lemon juice into the salad?
It’s best added just before serving. The salt in the dressing can cause the tomatoes to get a little juicy. It will still taste great if you do it a little earlier (30 min- 1 hr), but the salad will be it’s prettiest soon after it’s mixed with the dressing.
Making it this weekend.Love anything with avacado.
Great receipe for summer. Thanks for sharing!!
Welcome to the site Jamie and I hope you’ll find more new favorites here :).