Serve this colorful chopped tomato, onion, and cucumber salad with or over anything. With tomatoes, onion, cucumber, parsley, and a simple vinaigrette, the salad is crunchy, ultra-flavorful and is vegetarian. Jump to the Chopped Tomato, Onion, and Cucumber Salad Recipe
How to Make the Best Tomato, Onion and Cucumber Salad
Adam came up with this salad at the beginning of summer, and we’ve been making it ever since. If you meal prep, this is the perfect salad to have in your fridge to add crunch, color, and flavor to meals. You can serve it with just about anything. Really. Take a look below for some suggestions.
The salad is simple to make — mix finely diced tomatoes, sweet onion, and cucumbers. Stir in lots of fresh parsley and finish with a simple vinegarette.
The dressing is very similar to what we use when making our orzo and cucumber salad or this easy chickpea and tomato salad.
Start with some vinegar (or use fresh lemon) then whisk in a bit of Dijon mustard, honey, salt, pepper, and olive oil. It’s fresh, light and works beautifully with the juices from the chopped tomatoes and cucumber.
The salad keeps covered in the fridge for two to three days. As it sits, juices from the tomatoes, onion, and cucumber mingle with the dressing, making it taste even better. I love the juices at the bottom of the bowl so much; I eat it with a spoon.
We’ve been making this all summer long. It’s delicious on its own, but our favorite way to enjoy it is as a “salsa.” We eat it for breakfast, lunch, and dinner.
How we serve the chopped salad
The options for serving this colorful salad are endless. Here are a few suggestions:
- Spoon over scrambled eggs for breakfast
- Stir into rice, quinoa, or other cooked grains
- Add to tacos or lettuce wraps
- Serve on top of baked fish, chicken or pork chops
- Add to more substantial salads for extra color and crunch
- Spoon on top of creamy hummus and serve with pita chips
- Add to cold soups like gazpacho for crunch
- Enjoy on top of grilled bread, like you would tomato bruschetta
- Serve as a fresh salsa alongside tortilla chips
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- We love this couscous salad with arugula, cucumbers, and feta cheese.
- This feta topped cherry tomato salad has been on repeat lately. We could eat it every day!
- One of our most popular recipes, these light lemony chicken breasts are served with a salad of cucumber, tomatoes, and feta.
- This easy and superfood packed quinoa salad has quickly become one of our favorites.
Chopped Tomato, Onion and Cucumber Salad
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This easy chopped tomato and cucumber salad is reminiscent of an Israeli salad made with diced tomatoes, cucumbers and lots of parsley. For the dressing, use vinegar or fresh lemon juice. Since we add raw onions to the salad, the sweeter the onions, the better. If you can find them, try Walla Walla onions or Vidalia onions.
You Will Need
1 long English cucumber or 3 Persian cucumbers, chopped small
1 pound tomatoes, chopped small
1/4 large sweet onion, chopped small (1 cup chopped)
1 cup fresh parsley leaves, chopped
2 tablespoons vinegar, lemon juice or a combination
2 tablespoons extra-virgin olive oil
1 teaspoon Dijon mustard
1/4 teaspoon honey, optional
Salt and fresh ground black pepper
Directions
1Add chopped cucumbers, tomatoes, onion and parsley to a large bowl.
2In a liquid measuring jug or medium bowl, whisk the vinegar (or lemon juice), olive oil, mustard, and honey until blended. Season the dressing with salt and fresh ground black pepper — we use 1/2 teaspoon of fine sea salt.
3Pour the dressing over the salad and toss. Taste, and then adjust with more salt and pepper as needed. Serve or cover and keep in the fridge up to 3 days.
Adam and Joanne's Tips
- Cucumbers: If neither English or Persian cucumbers are available, use 2 regular cucumbers. If using seedless cucumbers (Persian or English), leave the peel on and chop into small pieces. For regular cucumbers, peel them and scrape out the large seeds before chopping.
- Nutrition facts: The nutrition facts provided below are estimates. We have used the USDA database to calculate approximate values.
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Really tasty and versatile! Love the touch of mustard with honey.
Love the tahini recipe; will next make falafel.
For years I had been eating this veggie salad combo without any kind of dressing. While it was good just plain, your dressing put it in a new level of deliciousness. Thank you for sharing this!
Your recipes are so tasty, yum. Easy to make and don’t req a million ingredients.Thank you.
We call this “thunder and lightening”,made this for many years,just add Italian dressing and alittle sugar.