Refreshing Cucumber and Tomato Salad

Submitted by *Parsley*

"A cool summer salad that can help you use up those garden cucumbers. Best with homegrown tomatoes."

 

• Ready In: 50mins
• Ingredients: 14
• Serves: 8

ingredients

• 2 large cucumbers, peeled, seeded, cut the long way and sliced
• 3⁄4 teaspoon salt
• 2 medium tomatoes, cut into large dice
• 1 sweet onion, diced
• 3 tablespoons lemon juice
• 1 tablespoon cider vinegar
• 1⁄2 tablespoon olive oil
• 1 teaspoon Dijon mustard
• 2 teaspoons sugar
• 1 teaspoon dill weed
• 1⁄4 teaspoon black pepper
• 1⁄8 - 1⁄4 teaspoon cayenne pepper
• salt, if needed

• For garnish

• 1⁄4 cup crumbled feta cheese (optional)

directions

1. Place the cucumber slices in a colander and sprinkle with the 3/4 tsp salt; toss well.
2. Place the colander over an empty bowl. put in refrigerator and allow the cucumbers to drain their liquid for about 40-45 minutes.
3. After draining time, shake out any excess moisture from the cucumbers in the colander. Place them into a large bowl.
4. Add the tomatoes and onions.
5. In a small bowl, whisk together lemon juice, cider vinegar, olive oil, Dijon mustard, sugar, dill weed, pepper and cayenne pepper. Pour over the salad mixture and toss.
6. Taste and add additional salt, if necessary.
7. If desired, garnish with the crumbled feta cheese.

Reviews

[gabgirl]

Very good salad. It was refreshing and healthy too. Definately plan to make more often! Thank you!

 

[Deedua]

This is a lovely recipe. Thanks for posting it.

 

[BlessedOne]

Tastes great! I had extra pickling cucumbers and no large ones, so I wasn't sure how close I was to the amount of sliced cucumbers.I don't think I used enough cucumbers of them as preparation time was getting long. I didn't use 1 tsp. of dill because I was almost out and I just used about 1/16 tsp. of cayenne, hoping my children would enjoy this dish. They didn't, but I sure did! thanks for the great way to use some of my plenteous cucumbers and tomatoes from the garden!

 

[CoffeeB]

Oh my graciousness, is this a tasty salad or what?? I love it P!!! The right amount of tart and sweet. I used Splenda in place of sugar and that may be why I"m tasting just a touch more sweet, but that's o.k. by me!! I only used 1/4 t. or less of canenne pepper because I didn't want that to be the overwhelming taste. I also added one zucchine to the batch. Perfect!!! Glad you posted this keeper for me, and glad I tagged for WenttotheMarket!~

 

[shelly1226]

very refreshing and delicious! Will make often!