How to Make Favorite Cucumber ~ Tomato Salad

Hello everybody, I hope you’re having an incredible day today. Today, we’re going to make a distinctive dish, cucumber ~ tomato salad. One of my favorites. This time, I’m gonna make it a little bit unique. This is gonna smell and look delicious.

Cucumber ~ Tomato Salad is one of the most favored of recent trending foods on earth. It’s enjoyed by millions every day. It’s simple, it’s quick, it tastes yummy. They are fine and they look wonderful. Cucumber ~ Tomato Salad is something which I’ve loved my entire life.

To get started with this recipe, we must prepare a few components. You can have cucumber ~ tomato salad using 10 ingredients and 7 steps. Here is how you can achieve that.

The ingredients needed to make Cucumber ~ Tomato Salad:

1. Take The salad dressing …
2. Prepare 2 Tbs. sugar
3. Get 1/2 cup red wine vinegar
4. Make ready 1/4 cup olive oil
5. Prepare 1 Tsp. lemon juice
6. Get Dash salt, pepper, and dried thyme
7. Get 3 cucumbers, peeled, halved, and seeded
8. Prepare 6 plum tomatoes, halved and seeded
9. Make ready 1/2 medium onion (red or yellow), sliced
10. Get 4 Tbs. fresh basil (or mint)

Steps to make Cucumber ~ Tomato Salad:

1. Place the sugar, red wine vinegar, olive oil, and lemon juice in a measuring cup. Add salt, pepper and thyme. Mix well with a small spoon until the sugar dissolves and set aside. [Key: adjust ingredient measurements to personal taste]
2. On a cutting board, slice the ends of the cucumbers. Next peel the cucumbers, then slice lengthwise evenly in half, and scoop out seed-pulp with a spoon. Set aside.
3. Slice off tomatoes tops then slice lengthwise in half, and scoop out pulp as well. Slice the cucumbers and tomatoes in 1/2” slices. Place them all in a large bowl.
4. Cut the onion in half crosswise. [Reserve one 1/2 for another use] Cut the remaining onion’s end off and peel back one layer of the skin. Slice the onion in half crosswise leaving two pieces. Turn the pieces, cut thin slices, yielding half-moon shaped slices.
5. Add the onion slices to the bowl and turn these ingredients over a few times with a large spoon. Add the basil on top.
6. Mix the salad dressing well (again) and pour evenly on top. Turn the ingredients over 2-3 times and place the bowl (covered) in the refrigerator for at least 1-2 hours to marinate. [Turn a few times while refrigerated]
7. With a slotted spoon, place the salad ingredients in small bowls and enjoy with your favorite main meal.

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