Fresh Cucumber & Tomato Herb Salad

Bright, juicy, vitamin-packed, for lightness and slimness! A salad of cucumbers and tomatoes with herbs is familiar to everyone from early childhood. This is the simplest, most accessible, fastest and most frequent guest on the table. It can be supplemented with any vegetables and herbs. A dish for all occasions, from a simple snack to a festive table.
cook time: 30 min
Nora Vaughn
Fresh Cucumber & Tomato Herb Salad

Nutrition Facts (per serving)

84
Calories
8g
Fat
3g
Carbs
1g
Protein

Ingredients (3 portions)

Basic:

Garlic 1 clove
Tomatoes 300 g
Salt to taste
Ground black pepper to taste
Green onions 30 g
Parsley (5 branches) 30 g
Vegetable oil 3 tbsp
cucumbers 300 g
Green cilantro (5 branches) 30 g

Recipe instructions

Step 1

Step 1
How to make a salad of cucumbers and tomatoes with herbs? Very simple! To begin, prepare the necessary ingredients according to the list. You can use any tomatoes — regular or cherry. You can add or replace the vegetable part to your liking. You can also supplement the salad with croutons, onions and cheese. Any vegetable oil will do, preferably fragrant and unrefined. I have olive.

Step 2

Step 2
Wash the tomatoes, dry and cut into slices. If you have cherry tomatoes, cut them into halves. Tomatoes need to be juicy but firm. Soft fruits do not hold their shape well; during cutting and cooking, they will spread into a shapeless mass and spoil the appearance of the dish.

Step 3

Step 3
Wash the cucumbers, dry them and cut them into circles or semicircles depending on the diameter. The skin, if it is not rough, damaged or bitter, does not need to be cut off.

Step 4

Step 4
Peel the garlic and finely chop it with a knife or pass it through a press.

Step 5

Step 5
Wash the cilantro and parsley, dry and finely chop. If you wish, you can replace or supplement with other herbs, for example, dill, mint, spinach, wild garlic, or use a mixture of different herbs.

Step 6

Step 6
Wash and dry the green onion feathers. Cut green onions into rings. You can cut along with the white lower part of the feather or only the green stems. If you don’t like the too pungent taste of onions, you can replace them with green cherry — they have a similar taste to onions, but softer.

Step 7

Step 7
Place tomatoes, cucumbers, chopped herbs and garlic in a bowl in layers. Lightly salt each layer. Leave the salad for 15 minutes without stirring so that the salt saturates the vegetables.

Step 8

Step 8
Then pepper the salad and mix gently. Season the salad with tomatoes, cucumbers and garlic with vegetable oil and mix again. Use any oil of your choice. You can serve the salad to the table. Bon appetit!

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