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I love summer, but here in the South, it gets so hot that all I want for lunch or dinner is something light and refreshing. And I definitely don’t want to spend much time in the kitchen cooking near the hot cooktop or oven. This past Saturday, we had for dinner Honey Chipotle Chicken with this tomato cucumber avocado salad.
It was a light, cool and nutritious salad that is a great summer salad for cookouts, BBQ or any day of the week. You can eat it as a side dish to some grilled chicken or steak. You can also serve it as a salad topped with some grilled chicken strips or salmon. Either way, it’s delicious and easy to make. Even my husband who doesn’t like avocados cleaned up his plate. 🙂 Tomatoes and avocados are some of my favorite vegetables to eat in the summer. And I also like to incorporate in my recipes a lot of fruits this time of the year. I just love a mix of sweet and savory.
And what are your favorite summer vegetables or fruits?
How To Make Tomato Cucumber Avocado Salad
What you need
1 cup cherry tomatoes, halved
1 cup cucumber, peeled and diced
1 avocado, pit removed and diced
1/2 cup red onion, finely chopped
2 cloves garlic, minced
1 Tbsp parsley, finely minced
1 – 2 Tbsp olive oil
salt and freshly ground black pepper, to taste
Preparation
Add cherry tomatoes, cucumber, avocado, red onion and garlic in a medium salad bowl.
Sprinkle minced parsley. Pour olive oil over salad, and season with salt and pepper.
Note: Add avocado right before serving if you are planning to refrigerate the salad.
Check out my other quick and easy summer salads:
Tomato Cucumber Avocado Salad
INGREDIENTS
- 1 cup cherry tomatoes, halved
- 1 cup cucumber, peeled and diced
- 1 avocado
- 1/2 cup red onion, finely chopped
- 2 cloves garlic, minced
- 1 Tbsp parsley, finely minced
- 1-2 Tbsp extra virgin olive oil
- salt and freshly ground black pepper, to taste
INSTRUCTIONS
- Add cherry tomatoes, cucumber, avocado, red onion and garlic in a medium salad bowl.
- Sprinkle minced parsley. Pour olive oil over salad, and season with salt and pepper.
NOTES
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I love the sound and look of this salad…all my favorite flavors and so easy too! 🙂
I could eat tomatoes every day in the summer! This looks so good!
What a perfect summer salad. Tomatoes and avocados are my favorite fruits of summer, along with sweet corn.
Aww, mine too! I can literally eat tomatoes & avocados every day! 🙂 That’s what I am having for lunch today. Thanks for stopping by, Kirsten! 🙂
This is the perfect summertime salad!! I’ll be making it for my next BBQ.
Great! I hope you like it!! 🙂 Thanks for stopping by, Renee!
this sounds so very refreshing! I love tomato and avocado, this salad needs to happen for me soon. 🙂
Thanks, Kristina! I am sure you will love it! 🙂
I hear ya on not spending too much time in the kitchen during summer months. Especially in our NY apartment where it heats up fast! I loooove this salad though. My husband makes a similar one with avocado and celery; this is definitely a must-try for me. Pinning!
Glad you like it, Christine! Avocado & celery sounds great too! I will have to try that one. Can you imagine, today it was over 100 F here, and it’s only June! Thanks for sharing!! 🙂