Cherry Tomato and Cucumber Salad

Course Appetizer, Salad, Side Dish

Cuisine American, Southern

Keyword cherry-tomato-and-cucumber-salad, cherry-tomato-cucumber-salad, tomato-cucumber-salad-recipe

Prep Time 10

Chill time 1

Total Time 1 10

Servings servings

Calories 134kcal

Slice the cucumber, halve the tomatoes and dice the red onion.
Transfer to a medium size mixing bowl. Add the chopped parsley, mix and set aside
Vinaigrette: In a medium bowl, whisk together the white balsamic vinegar and olive oil. Drizzle the olive oil into the white balsamic vinegar slowly while vigorously whisking until slightly thickened.
To the vinegar and oil whisk in the honey, sugar, sea salt, red pepper flakes, garlic powder, onion powder and white pepper until fully combined.
Drizzle the vinaigrette over vegetables in bowl. Gently mix until evenly coated.
Chill in an airtight container for at least 1 hour. Gently toss just before serving.

Tomatoes - You can use a variety of tomatoes to make this salad. Roma tomatoes, vine ripened tomatoes or those sweet Campari tomatoes. Large tomatoes should be cut into bite-size pieces. Choose firm ripe tomatoes for the best texture and flavor.

Onion - You can use white onion, shallots, green onions or yellow onion for this salad. Yellow onion has a stronger taste when eaten raw.

Type of Cucumbers - You can use regular cucumbers or Persian cucumbers for this recipe, in place of English cucumbers. Persian cucumbers and English cucumbers have very few seeds and the peel is super thin, making them my go-to for this recipe.

Sugar - You can swap out a sugar substitute for the granulated sugar. Use Splenda, Truvia or your favorite sugar alternative.

Vinegar - You could use apple cider vinegar, red wine vinegar or white vinegar in this recipe.

Fresh Herbs - You can add fresh oregano, rosemary, fresh basil or dill to change the flavor profile.

Cheese - You can add cubed fresh mozzarella, feta cheese or crumbled goat cheese for a cheesy component. Kalamata olives and feta would transform it into a Greek salad.

Use Cookie Cutters - It never fails when I serve this salad, that someone asks me how I make the cucumbers in fun shapes. I have a plethora of different shapes and sizes of cookie cutters and one of them just happens to be the perfect size to give the cucumber slices the shape of flowers. While it certainly doesn't change the taste, it does add a bit of visual interest, and you can be creative and use any shape that you like.