Cucumber Tomato Salad

This simple cucumber tomato salad is always the star of the show with its sweet tangy vinaigrette, rich creamy mozzarella, and crisp summer veggies.

Course Salad, Side Dish

Cuisine American

Keyword cucumber recipes, cucumber salad recipes, summer salads, tomato salad recipes

Prep Time 10

Resting Time 2

Total Time 2 10

Servings servings

Calories 328kcal

Author Kathleen

In a small bowl, whisk together all dressing ingredients. Set aside.
In a large bowl, toss the sliced cucumbers (3) with 1 teaspoon salt, then allow to sit for 1 hour at room temperature to "sweat". Drain off liquid.
Add tomatoes (2 cups), Mozzarella (2 cups), onions (1 cup), and dressing to drained cucumbers and toss until ingredients are evenly coated. Cover and refrigerate for 1 hour before serving. Adjust seasoning and serve. Store leftovers in the fridge.

You’ll want to sweat your cucumbers with a little salt before mixing up your cucumber salad to pull out some of the moisture. This helps keeps your salad from being watered down after it sits in the fridge.
I recommend an hour of chill time in the icebox before serving but everyone has different tastes. My family loves this cucumber tomato salad immediately after it’s made while those cukes are super crunchy. Chill time will soften them just a little, but it also gives all those flavors time to mingle and soak in.