Cucumber and tomato salad. From classic to exotic. Mexican salad of cucumbers, tomatoes and corn
Tomatoes and cucumbers are perhaps one of the most popular vegetables. And the combination of them gives salads a wonderful taste and attractive appearance. They go well with herbs, meat, bell peppers, onions and many other vegetables. We bring to your attention several recipes for tomato and cucumber salads.
Salad of tomatoes, cucumbers and herbs
tomatoes – 3 pcs.;
cucumbers – 2 pcs.;
greens (preferably dill), sour cream, salt (to taste).
Chop tomatoes, cucumbers, herbs, add salt. Season the resulting mixture with sour cream. If the tomatoes are not sweet, you can add a little sugar to taste.
This cucumber and tomato salad can be called classic. Its preparation will not take much time. But the taste always remains consistently pleasant. You won't get bored with this salad anytime soon. Dill can be replaced with parsley, green onions, and finely chopped lettuce.
Salad of tomatoes, cucumbers and bell peppers
To prepare the salad you will need:
tomatoes – 3 pcs.;
cucumbers – 2 pcs.;
bell pepper – 1 – 2 pcs.;
onions – 1 pc.;
vegetable oil, salt (to taste).
This salad can be called summer. After all, only in the hottest time of the year are fresh vegetables especially tasty and juicy, which invariably decorates any dish.
Peel the onion and bell pepper and cut into thin half rings. Mix chopped cucumbers and tomatoes with onions and bell peppers. Salt the resulting mixture and season with sunflower oil. This salad turns out to be bright and multi-colored, so its appearance can not only lift your spirits, but also whet your appetite.
Salad fromtomatoes, cucumbers and feta cheese
To prepare the salad you will need:
tomatoes – 3 pcs.;
cucumbers – 2 pcs.;
bell pepper – 1 – 2 pcs.;
feta cheese – 200 – 300 gr.;
greens – 100 gr.;
garlic – 2 – 3 cloves;
sour cream (to taste).
Peel the bell pepper and cut into rings. Cut tomatoes and cucumbers into circles. Finely chop the greens. Finely chop the cheese. Mix all ingredients, add finely chopped garlic. Season the salad with sour cream.
Thanks to the cheese, this dish does not need to be salted. This easy-to-prepare salad can become a worthy table decoration.
Green salad with tomatoes and cucumbers
To prepare the salad you will need:
tomatoes – 2 pcs.;
cucumbers – 2 pcs.;
green salad – 300 gr.;
dill, parsley - 100 gr.;
sour cream, salt (to taste).
Finely chop or tear the lettuce leaves with your hands. Chop dill, parsley (or any other greens). Chop cucumbers and tomatoes. Mix everything, add salt. Season the salad with sour cream.
The tomatoes in this salad not only give the dish a piquant taste, but also decorate it. If you plan to use this salad not as an appetizer, but as a side dish, you can cut 1 boiled egg into it. Then the dish will turn out more satisfying. If the tomatoes are not sweet enough, you can add a little sugar to the salad.
Tomato, cucumber and shrimp salad
To prepare the salad you will need:
tomato – 2 pcs.;
cucumber – 2 pcs.;
shrimp (peeled) – 300 gr.;
dill, mayonnaise, salt (to taste).
Boil shrimp in salted water. Chop cucumbers, tomatoes and dill. Mix all ingredients. Salt the salad and season with mayonnaise.
Shrimp tend to add a subtle flavor to any dish. Therefore, this salad will be able to surprise and delight not only your loved ones with its taste, but also your guests.
Tomato, cucumber and potato salad
To prepare the salad you will need:
tomato – 3 pcs.;
cucumber – 2 pcs.;
potatoes – 5 pcs.;
egg – 2 pcs.;
green peas – 100 – 150 gr.;
green onions – 50 - 100 gr.;
sour cream, salt (to taste).
Boil potatoes in their skins (with skins on, without peeling), cool, peel and cut into cubes. Boil the eggs, peel and cut into cubes. Cut tomatoes and cucumbers into small pieces. Finely chop the green hands. Mix tomatoes, cucumbers, potatoes, eggs, green onions, add peas. Season the mixture with salt and sour cream.
This salad turns out quite filling. Therefore, it can be used as a side dish for meat and poultry dishes.
Salad of tomatoes, cucumbers and chicken fillet
To prepare the salad you will need:
tomatoes – 2 pcs.;
cucumbers – 3 pcs.;
chicken fillet – 300 gr.;
apple – 1 pc.;
cheese (preferably hard varieties) – 100 – 150 gr.;
mayonnaise, salt (to taste).
Boil the chicken fillet, cool and cut into small cubes. Cut the apples into thin pieces. Chop tomatoes, cucumbers. Mix chicken fillet, apples, tomatoes, cucumbers, grated cheese. Salt the resulting mixture and season with mayonnaise.
This salad is both filling (thanks to the chicken fillet) and tasty. In addition, from time to time its taste can be varied slightly by replacing sour apples with sweet ones.
A snack made from fresh vegetables is relevant at any time of the year, especially during the summer. It cannot be spoiled, and adding other vegetables allows you to prepare completely different snacks every day. A low-calorie salad made from fresh produce from the garden is good for the body. Juicy tomatoes and cucumbers go well together. Often, they do not require additions from other components, but many housewives like to experiment with the composition of the dish.
The five most commonly used ingredients in recipes are:
The main ingredients include onion rings, canned corn and green peas, bell peppers, white cabbage, celery, radishes, and beans. Don’t forget about the dressing, which will make the food appetizing and interesting in taste. For filling, use homemade freshly prepared mayonnaise, low-fat yogurt, sour cream, and vegetable oil. Be sure to add chopped herbs: parsley, basil, dill or cilantro. A sprig of tarragon or mint will add freshness and sophistication to the dish.
Cucumber and tomato salad has long outgrown its traditional stage. If earlier it was prepared in addition to the first, second and third, now most people are thinking about a less plentiful, but healthier diet.
By combining tomatoes and cucumbers with various additional ingredients you can get unusual dishes. The recipes are selected so that the products included in the list of ingredients create the salad’s individuality and do not conflict with each other, forming an overall harmonious taste.
Buying vegetables, signs of quality. The tomato should be soft; if you rub the stem, the characteristic tomato scent should spread. A good cucumber is firm, crisp, smooth and uniformly green.
How to prepare cucumber and tomato salad - 15 varieties
Salad "Standard", a basic popular recipe
The first vitamin salad is on the table, just cucumbers, tomatoes and onions.
Ingredients
- Cucumbers - 3 pcs.;
- Tomatoes - 3 pcs.;
- Onion - 1 small head;
- Salt - to taste;
- Vegetable oil - 3 tbsp.
Preparation:
Cut the vegetables into thin half rings, separate the onion parts into separate strips with a fork, season with salt and oil, and stir. The number of tomatoes and cucumbers can be varied. You can add black pepper and herbs.
How to remove the skin from a raw tomato: pour boiling water over it, hold in hot water for about two minutes, the skin will crack and can be easily removed.
Spicy vegetable salad with meat: an aperitif or appetizer.
Ingredients
- Thin long cucumber - 2 pcs.;
- Beef - 400 gr.;
- Onion - 1 head;
- Red sweet bell pepper - 1 pc.;
- Tomato of non-juicy varieties - 1 pc.;
- Sugar - 1/2 tsp;
- Crushed coriander - 1/2 tsp;
- Red pepper - to taste
- Garlic - 2 cloves;
- Vinegar 5% - 2 tbsp;
- Soy sauce - 3-4 tbsp;
- Salt - 1 tsp;
- Vegetable oil - 4 tbsp.
Preparation:
Cut the cucumbers into quarters, sprinkle with salt, and leave for 15 minutes. Freeze raw meat, cut across the grain into thin strips, and cut the onion into half rings. Drain the juice from the cucumbers, sprinkle with sugar and spices. Fry the meat in oil, add onion, soy sauce, stir, fry for another 2 minutes, the heat should be high all the time. Immediately place on cucumbers. Cut the pepper and tomato into approximately the same pieces as the meat, place on the grill, and pour in vinegar. Wait 5 minutes, stir.
Delicious dressing with the usual set of vegetables - for juiciness and softness.
Ingredients
- Cucumbers - 2 pcs.;
- Tomatoes - 3 pcs.;
- Onion - 1 head;
- Salt - to taste;
- Dill and green onions - a bunch;
- Sour cream - to taste.
Preparation:
Chop vegetables as usual. Add salt and sour cream. If the sour cream is thick, wait until it dissolves in tomato juice. Add chopped herbs and stir.
Tomatoes and cucumbers go well with white Greek goat cheese.
Ingredients
- Tomato - 1 large;
- Cucumber - 1 pc.;
- Feta cheese - 80-100 gr.;
- Spinach and lettuce - 3-4 leaves each;
- Olive oil - 2 tbsp;
- Sesame - 2 tbsp;
- Salt and pepper to taste.
Preparation:
Place torn lettuce and spinach leaves on the bottom of the salad bowl. Cut the tomatoes, chop the cucumbers. Add salt. Cut the cheese into cubes. Fry sesame seeds until brownish. Mix all products and oil.
Aztec salad with avocado
An offshoot of grandma's recipes: add an American fruit.
Ingredients
- Tomato - 4 pcs.;
- Thin cucumber - 2 pcs.
- Avocado - 2 small fruits;
- Onion - 1 onion of red varieties;
- Lemon - 1/2 pcs.;
- Greens - to taste;
- Tastier vegetable oil - 3 tbsp;
- Pepper and salt - to taste.
Preparation:
Cut the cucumbers and tomatoes, add the onion into thin rings. First cut the avocado in height, discard the pit, peel off the skin and chop. Squeeze lemon juice onto the fruit and stir. Chop the greens, mix all the juicy ingredients, pour in oil, salt and pepper. Choose greens according to your taste; this ingredient can be varied. Slice. Mix the whole salad.
Enrich the salad with proteins - add seafood to fresh vegetables.
Ingredients
- Shrimp - 300 gr. (in purified form);
- Cucumbers - 2 pcs.;
- Tomato - 2 pcs.;
- Garlic - 2 cloves;
- Greens - a bunch;
- Fresh lettuce leaves - 5-6 pcs.;
- Salt, pepper - to taste;
- Sour cream 15% - to taste.
Preparation:
Start by boiling the shrimp; if they were frozen, then cook for up to 5 minutes. Cook thawed shrimp for 1.5 minutes for small ones, 3 minutes for large ones. Cut the vegetables finely: into strips or cubes. Chop the herbs and garlic. Tear the lettuce leaves into several pieces and decorate the bottom of the salad bowl with them. Distribute the shrimp evenly over the bottom. Add vegetables mixed with dressing and spices.
Salad "Simpler than simple": tomatoes, cucumbers, smoked sausage
A combination of fresh vegetables with smoked meats and cheese? A little out of line, but rational and satisfying.
Ingredients
- Tomatoes - 2 pcs.;
- Cucumbers - 2 pcs. small size;
- Smoked sausage or smoky ham - 200 gr. (less bacon);
- Cheese - 200 gr.;
- Garlic - 2 cloves;
- Mayonnaise for dressing.
Preparation:
Slice vegetables and sausage thinly, grate hard cheese, chop garlic with a knife or grater, put all the cuttings in a salad bowl. Distribute the cheese evenly. Season with mayonnaise and mix. Celery and parsley are suitable greens.
Sharp notes in cucumber and tomato salad.
Ingredients
- Tomatoes - 2 pcs.;
- Cucumber - 3 pcs.;
- Bell pepper - 2 pcs.;
- Onion - head or green;
- Parsley, dill - a bunch;
- Salt, pepper - to taste;
- Dressing - sunflower oil (olive or sesame oil in smaller quantities is suitable), mayonnaise or sour cream.
Preparation:
Chop all ingredients as usual. Slice the pepper thinly. Add salt, dressing. Let it brew for a while, 10-20 minutes.
Which knife is suitable for vegetables? Long chef's knife or paring knife. But the first option is heavy, and the second is universal for vegetables, it is lightweight and maneuverable, its blade length usually does not exceed 10 cm. A small knife with a concave edge is convenient for cleaning and creating decorative elements from fruits and vegetables.
Ordinary products, original presentation. Portioned special salad.
Ingredients
- Tomatoes - 4 pcs.;
- Cucumber - 2 large;
- Onion - 1 pc.;
- Lemon - 1 pc.;
- Salt, pepper, coriander, herbs - to taste
- Sunflower oil - 6 tbsp.
Preparation:
Cut tomatoes, cucumbers and onions in the oriental way: into cubes. 1/4 lemon zest, chop the herbs. Add salt and spices, oil, remaining lemon juice to the salad and mix. Using a mold, place onto serving plates.
The aroma of fresh tomatoes coupled with fried potatoes acts as an appetite catalyst, cucumbers create volume of taste.
Ingredients
- Tomato - 3 pcs.;
- Young cucumber - 3 pcs.;
- Chips - 200 g.
- green onions with white heads - a bunch;
- Salt to taste
- Spices - to taste
Preparation:
Fry the chips yourself, sprinkle with spices. Peel the cucumber and make decorative slices. Cut tomatoes and onions into thin rings or half rings. Mix all the above and salt. Suitable as an accompaniment to steak.
Black pepper tones, red pepper sobers the brain
Stuffed tomatoes, festive decoration.
Ingredients
- Oval tomatoes - 30 pcs.;
- Young cucumbers - 5-10 pcs.;
- Cheese - 200 gr.;
- Green onions - a bunch;
- Mayonnaise - 150 ml;
- Sunflower oil - 200 ml;
- Crab sticks - 200 gr.
Preparation:
Take dense tomatoes, the variety de barao or similar, small fruits, will do. Cut crosswise. Carefully scoop out the middle with a spoon. Cut crab sticks. Mix grated cheese and garlic with mayonnaise and chopped crab sticks. Stuff the tomatoes with this minced meat. Arrange the resulting “buds” among the onion feathers on a dish, add sliced cucumbers.
Salad "Your own garden" - prepare in the summer
Cucumbers, tomatoes and sorrel - we strengthen the vitamin range.
Ingredients
- Cucumbers - 2 pcs.;
- Tomatoes - 3 pcs.;
- Sorrel - bunch;
- Onions with heads and greens - a bunch;
- Grated cheese, olives - if available;
- Any salad oil - to taste;
- Soy sauce or salt.
Preparation:
Wash the sorrel, dry it, cut it into strips, add salt or sauce, and mix. Cut vegetables and herbs thinner, add salt and oil. Mix all ingredients, including sorrel. Garnish with cheese and olives.
A savory dish, it's all about the spices, prepared by a man.
Ingredients
- Cucumbers - 1 pc.;
- Tomatoes - 3-5 pcs.;
- Greens - to taste;
- Garlic - 2 cloves;
- Coriander - to taste;
- Oil - 2 tbsp;
- Soy sauce
Preparation:
Chop the tomatoes and cucumbers, chop the greens. Chop the garlic. Sprinkle with coriander; you can also use red pepper. Add soy sauce, the amount depends on the brand. Mix.
When household members require a lot of calories.
Ingredients
- Cucumber - 3 pcs.;
- Tomato - 1 pc.;
- Greens, olive oil;
- Salt pepper.
Preparation:
Let the egg cook, cut the vegetables into pieces, chop parsley, onion, dill, mix everything with oil and spices. The egg is boiled. Cool, peel, cut into quarters and decorate the salad.
To prepare the salad you will need:
- Parsley, dill and green onions - a small bunch
- Red pepper - 2 pcs.
- Fresh young cucumbers - 4 pcs.
- Summer tomatoes - 5 pcs.
- Cherry tomatoes - 5 pcs.
- Crimean sweet onion - 1 pc.
- Radish - 1 bunch
- Coarse table salt - a pinch
- Freshly ground pepper - a pinch
- Apple vinegar - 2 tbsp. spoons
- Vegetable oil - 50 ml.
- Lime - 1 pc.
A little history
A dish called “salad” was invented in Rome, long before the birth of Christ, and was served at magnificent holidays and feasts. Literally translated from Latin, the name means salty or seasoned with spices. The salad was usually served with meat dishes; it consisted of fresh lettuce leaves, which were seasoned with a mixture of olive oil, honey and vinegar. The dish mainly used lettuce leaves, which gives the dish its name.
In the dark times of the Middle Ages, they forgot about cucumber and tomato salad, but then they remembered the tradition of preparing salads again, albeit with minor variations. For example, cheese, fresh parsley or mint began to be added to it.
During the Renaissance, not only new dishes, varieties of wine and a variety of products appeared, but also strict rules of etiquette and recipes. Salad of cucumbers, tomatoes and peppers takes pride of place at the table, as an addition to various dishes. The 17th century was spent in experiments; various spices, sauces and seasonings were added to vegetable ingredients, and in the 18th century fresh root vegetables began to be added to salads, which improved the taste and aesthetic appearance of the dish.
The 19th century became famous for introducing a meat component to cucumber and tomato salads with cheese, but this has nothing to do with cucumber and tomato salad. Many housewives add chicken to the salad with cucumbers and tomatoes to make the salad more filling. But olive oil was quickly replaced with mayonnaise sauce, and restaurants even prepared special dishes for this sauce.
A little later, sour cream began to be used for dressing, and a salad of cucumbers and tomatoes, the recipe for which was so simple and easy, began to appear on the tables of ordinary citizens in a slightly simplified version with the addition of vegetables, root vegetables and herbs that grew in their summer cottage.
Nowadays, mayonnaise, sour cream, vegetable oil, or sauces based on it are traditionally used to dress vegetable salad. A salad of tomatoes and cucumbers, which have very little calories, is a dietary dish, although a lot depends on its dressing.
Health benefits of fresh vegetable salad
A salad of fresh, spring or summer vegetables contains many vitamins and microelements that are so important for the proper functioning of our body. The more greens you add to the salad, the more benefits it will bring. In the spring, you can add sorrel or scalded leaves of young nettle shoots, rhubarb stems, young leaves of the spicy nasturtium plant and much more that grows in your summer cottage to the salad.
Preparing tomato and cucumber salad
Serving the salad can be traditional: in the form of diced vegetables and dressed with sauce in a salad bowl, or you can show a little imagination and make the usual appearance of the dish festive.
- To begin with, you should finely chop the greens and put them in a separate bowl.
- Peel shallots, red Crimean onions or a small head of onion and cut into thin, almost transparent half rings. A salad of tomatoes, cucumbers and onions will taste better if the onions are seasoned with spices. The rings can be doused with boiled water, but it is best to marinate them in apple cider vinegar, adding salt and seasonings.
- Wash the radish and cut into rings. Peel red or green (yellow) sweet peppers and cut into thin strips.
- If the cucumbers are large, you can peel them and cut them in half, and then chop them into half rings.
- Cut cherry tomatoes into quarters, cut sweet tomatoes into slices or cubes.
- Squeeze lime juice into a small bowl, add oil and season the dressing with coarse salt and crushed black pepper. Add fresh tomatoes, cucumbers, salad and mix well.
- Season the salad with sauce, add fresh herbs and mix well. The dish can also be seasoned with regular mayonnaise, because many people will like a salad with the addition of cucumbers, tomatoes and mayonnaise. Let the salad cool slightly before eating.
For piquancy, you can add mustard with grains, literally half a teaspoon, to the dressing, and garnish the finished salad with pine nuts dried in a dry frying pan. It is fashionable to add cabbage, cucumber and tomatoes to a salad with the addition of garlic, lettuce leaves, salted feta cheese or diced Adyghe cheese, as in the photo.
If you cut the cucumber into slices and lay it out on a large platter overlapping, put chopped tomatoes and boiled eggs (whites) cut into quarters on top, and decorate the center of the plate with chopped yolk, add a little herbs and plain olive oil with seasonings, you will get an original dish for a festive table with ingredients familiar to everyone.
A salad with tomatoes, cucumbers and eggs can decorate both a holiday table and a regular dinner with family and loved ones. You can diversify the dish by adding canned vegetables, for example, small children will really like a salad of tomatoes, cucumbers and corn, which will give it additional sweetness.
With the onset of May, aromatic kebabs, juicy meat straight from hot coals, fresh vegetables and herbs settle on our tables. In my opinion, this is the most delicious food.
But all these dishes can become even tastier and more appetizing if you add various sauces and dressings to them. As, for example, with our usual tomato salad.
Recipes for delicious salads with fresh tomatoes
All salads have a main ingredient, to which you can add anything you want, trying and combining different options.
With nut dressing
Ingredients
- tomatoes - 2 pcs.;
- cucumbers - 2 pcs.;
- bell pepper - 1/2 pcs.;
- radishes - 5-6 pcs.;
- white onion - 1/2 pcs.;
- greens - 1 small bunch;
- walnuts - 30 g;
- garlic - 2 cloves;
- salt - 1-2 pinches;
- black pepper - 1-2 pinches;
- hops-suneli seasoning - 1-2 pinches;
- white wine vinegar - 2 tsp;
- olive oil - 1 tsp.
Step-by-step preparation
Servings: 6-8 pcs.
Cuisine: Georgian
1. Wash all vegetables with cool running water, remove any drops with paper napkins or towels.
2. Cut radishes and cucumbers into semicircles.
3. Cut the bell pepper into cubes.
4. Cut the tomatoes in half, then into slices.
6. Place the prepared vegetables in a salad bowl.
7. Put 30 g of walnuts, 2 pinches of black pepper and suneli hops into a mortar and grind thoroughly with a pestle. Add 2 tsp. white wine vinegar and 1 tsp. olive oil, mix.
In the original recipe, for 700-750 g of vegetables for dressing, take 40-50 g of walnuts, 2 cloves of garlic, 1 tsp. salt, 1 tsp. hops-suneli, 1-2 tbsp. l. wine vinegar, no vegetable oil required.
So I reduced the amount of all the ingredients and started adding a little olive oil. And salt last.
8. Chop the greens, cut half of the salad onion into thin half rings. We put them in a salad bowl with the rest of the vegetables, and add nut dressing there. If desired, you can add fresh lettuce leaves.
7. Add 2 pinches of salt and mix well. Let the salad sit at room temperature for 10 minutes and serve.
With cucumbers and oil and vinegar dressing
Ingredients
- tomatoes - 1 kg;
- cucumbers - 500 g;
- onion - 1 pc.;
- sunflower oil - 2 tbsp. l.;
- vinegar - 1 tbsp. l.;
- salt - 1 tsp;
- ground black pepper - 1/2 tsp;
- greens - a small bunch.
How to cook
Cooking time: 30 minutes
Servings: 8-10 pcs.
Cuisine: Russian
1. Wash fresh tomatoes, cucumbers, and herbs with cool water. Remove excess moisture with a towel.
2. Cut out the stalk of the tomatoes. Cut into medium-sized slices. If you grind it, it will turn out to be porridge; If you cut it too large, it won’t be very convenient to eat.
3. Cut the cucumbers into thin half rings.
4. Peel the onion and cut into thin quarter rings.
5. Place the chopped vegetables in a salad bowl.
6. In a bowl, mix 2 tbsp. l. sunflower oil, 1 tbsp. l. vinegar, 1 tsp. salt, 1/2 tsp. pepper
7. Pour the prepared dressing over the fresh salad before serving. Sprinkle chopped herbs on top.
With canned white beans, basil and oregano
Ingredients
- tomatoes - 3-4 pcs.;
- canned white beans - 400 g;
- green onions - 1 small bunch;
- basil (fresh or dried) - 2 tbsp. l.;
- oregano (oregano; fresh or dried) - 2 tbsp. l.;
- lemon juice - 2 tbsp. l.;
- olive oil - 2 tbsp. l.;
- salt - to taste;
- ground black pepper - to taste.
Step by step process
Cooking time: 30 minutes
Servings: 6-8 pcs.
Cuisine: Russian
1. Wash the tomatoes and onions. We remove the remaining water.
2. Cut the tomatoes into cubes. You can remove the seeds if you wish.
3. Drain the liquid from the beans. Place in a salad bowl and add chopped tomatoes.
4. Finely chop the green onions and pour into a salad bowl. Add 2 tbsp. l. oregano and basil and lemon juice, salt and ground black pepper, mix the ingredients. 4 pcs.
Cuisine: Russian
1. First, let's prepare the salad sauce. In a bowl, mix lemon juice, salt and pepper. Then, whisking with a fork, gradually add olive oil.
2. Wash the vegetables with cool water and absorb the remaining moisture with napkins.
3. We clean the bell pepper from the stalk and seeds. Cut it into cubes. We also cut cucumbers
4. Cut cherry into halves, feta into cubes, olives into quarters or large rings.
5. Chop green onions, parsley and mint.
6. Place all chopped ingredients in a salad bowl. Drain the liquid from the beans and add to the vegetables.
7. Pour the prepared dressing over the salad and mix well.
8. Let it brew for a while, about 10 minutes, and serve.
Friends, share in the comments what you usually season salads with and what you like to add to fresh vegetables.
