This tomato, cucumber, avocado salad is an easy, healthy, flavorful salad. It’s crunchy, fresh and simple to make. It’s a family favorite and ready in less than 15 minutes.
It’s hot here, too hot to cook. So today’s recipe is a simple summer salad – a tomato, cucumber, avocado salad.
I love a good, easy to make avocado salad and this one is one of my favorites.
It’s a quick and easy salad to put together that uses just a couple of fresh, summer veggies. Juicy cherry tomatoes, cool, crunchy cucumber and creamy avocado.
I’ve added some salty feta, red onion and a little minced parsley as well. Toss with a simple red wine vinaigrette and the salad is ready in under 15 minutes.
In this simple tomato, cucumber, avocado and feta salad, I’ve used a mix of red and orange cherry tomatoes but any type of tomato will work well in this recipe.
How to make this tomato, cucumber, avocado salad:
- Chop up the cherry tomatoes, cucumbers and avocado and add to a large salad bowl. You want to cut the veggies to be roughly all the same size.
- Add feta, red onion and parsley to the salad. Pour the dressing over all the ingredients and gently stir. And you are ready to serve!
This is great as a side dish or serve it as your main course with some crunchy french bread, cheese and maybe some fresh fruit and you’ve got a cool, easy lunch for a hot day.
This is one of the most popular recipes on my site. Here are some of the reason people love making this dish:
- Quick and easy to make – takes less than 15 minutes to put together.
- Family friendly meal – Kids love it.
- Light, simple summer salad – perfect for parties, get togethers or BBQs.
- Can easily double for a large crowd.
- Uses lots of healthy, fresh veggies – you can find nutrition information below.
Tips for making this recipe:
- Wondering how to tell if an avocado is ripe? Just hold it in your palm and squeeze gently. Ready to eat avocados will be firm but yield slightly to gentle pressure. Don’t squeeze it with your fingers though – that can cause bruises.
- Because this is such a simple salad, presentation means a lot. So try and cut all your ingredients to be roughly the same size.
- Soak the red onion slice in a little water, for a couple of minutes, before mincing. This will remove some of the raw onion taste.
- Avocado does not refrigerate well. So if you are not eating it right away, wait to add the avocado until just before serving.
Looking for more easy to make, reader favorite recipes? Then try one of these:
- Orzo Salad with Asparagus and Spinach
- Israeli Couscous Salad with Summer Vegetables
- Ravioli with Asparagus and Walnuts
If you make this recipe and enjoy it, come back and let me know by leaving a comment below!
PrintTomato, Cucumber, Avocado Salad
This tomato, cucumber, avocado salad is an easy, flavorful summer salad. It’s crunchy, fresh and simple to make. It’s a family favorite.
- Prep Time: 12 mins
- Cook Time: 0 mins
- Total Time: 12 minutes
- Yield: 4 1x
- Category: Salad
- Cuisine: American
Ingredients
- 1 1/2 cups of chopped tomatoes – I used cherry tomatoes
- 1 cucumber – peeled and seeded then diced
- 1 avocado – diced
- 4 oz feta cheese – cubed
- 2 tbs minced red onion
- 1 handful parsley – minced – about 2 tbs
- 2 tbs olive oil
- 1 tbs red wine vinegar
- 8 twists of black pepper from a pepper mill
Instructions
- Chop tomatoes into a medium dice. If using cherry tomatoes, cut in half. Add to a bowl.
- Peel and seed one cucumber and dice. Add to bowl.
- Remove pit, dice avocado and using a spoon scoop out the avocado from the peel. Add to bowl.
- Cube feta and add to bowl.
- Add minced red onion and minced parsley to bowl.
- Whisk together olive oil, red wine vinegar and black pepper – pour over salad.
- Toss gently so the feta and avocado don’t break up. Serve immediately.
- If refrigerating – keep the avocado aside and add before serving.
Notes
Avocado does not refrigerate well. So if you are not eating it right away, wait to add the avocado until just before serving
If you make this recipe and enjoy it, please come back and leave a comment and a rating. I’d love to hear from you!
Nutrition
- Serving Size: 1
- Calories: 240
- Sugar: 4.4g
- Fat: 20.3g
- Saturated Fat: 6.3g
- Carbohydrates: 10.8g
- Fiber: 4.5g
- Protein: 6.1g
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Tori
I’ve made this once before and absolutely LOVED it! I’m making it for a church dinner tomorrow and was wondering if you thought it would work to add some cold farfalle pasta to bulk it up some? Maybe some extra vinaigrette too? I’m tripling the recipe, but since it says “serves 2-4” I’m think I need more!
Geraldine
Hi Tori – just saw your comment today – hope it all worked out for you! I thinking adding farfalle and some vinaigrette should be fine – let me know if you tried that and what you thought!
Jan
I made this and it was sooooooooo good! Thanks for the recipe!
Geraldine
Thanks so much, Jan – glad you enjoyed it!
Shannon
I made this tonight and it was soooooooo amazing!! Thank you for the idea!!
Geraldine
Hi Shannon – so glad you enjoyed it. Thanks so much for letting me know!
Karen
I absolutely loved this recipe. I’m in Albuquerque visiting my son, his wife and my grandson. They love stuff like this and I’ve wanted to make this for a couple months now. And had the opportunity to last night with grilled chicken breast. It was as good as it looks and more. They loved it also. So simple to make and doesn’t take much time. I will be making this often !!!
Geraldine
Thanks so much for letting me know, Karen. So glad you and your family enjoyed it so much!
Stephanie
I absolutely love anything with avocado. Your food photo’s are fabulous.
Geraldine
Thanks so much, Stephanie, for such a nice comment!
Ali
This is excellent with a raspberry walnut vinigarette as well.
Geraldine
Raspberry walnut vinaigrette sounds like a great addition. Thanks for letting me know you enjoyed it, Ali!
Chris
This salad was such a hit at a Bridal shower I gave a few weeks ago. Not a bite left and everyone wanted the recipe. What an easy salad to throw together, especially since I had 100 other things to do! It looks so inviting and is such a fresh taste. It’s my new go-to recipe when I have to bring a dish to pass!
Geraldine
Hi Chris – really glad this worked so well for you! Thanks for taking the time to let me know – I really appreciate hearing how the recipe worked out!
Anouk
Fantastic recipe! Made it 3 times now for parties, works every time. Thanks! Anouk, the Netherlands
Geraldine
Hi Anouk – thanks so much for letting me know – so glad you enjoyed. Hope all is well in the Netherlands!!
Judy
interesting recipe-tomato,cucumber and avocado salad! how many calories and what is the nutritional value?
Geraldine
Hi Judy – Sorry I don’t have the nutritional info. If you take a look through the comments above I think someone previous calculated the info.
Betty M.
My daughter shared this recipe with me, and I’ve made it three times in 10 days…can’t seem to get enough of it. The ingredients are ALWAYS in my kitchen, and the salad is easy to prepare. I don’t just serve a portion to friends or family, I put the whole darn bowl on the table so they can eat to their heart’s delight! Way to go…this recipe is a keeper!
Geraldine
Thanks so much for letting me know how much you enjoyed it, Betty!!
Tracy
My 13 year old twin boys loved this SOOOO much that I had to make double the second time I made it. We can’t wait to use our tomatoes and cukes from our own garden. I subbed mozzarella cubes for the feta. Such a colorful and refreshing salad for summer!!!!!
Geraldine
Thanks, Tracy! Loved that your boys enjoyed it! Thanks for letting me know.
Shirley
Sounds delicious and it’s pretty too! Stopping by from Pinterest. My hubby will love this salad when I make it.
We’d love for you to stop by and share with us at the Summer Salads party. Here is the link, http://bitly.com/1RTRbTh
Geraldine
Thanks, Shirley – hope you enjoy the salad!
Cindy
Love this salad! I have served it many times and there are never any leftovers. Thanks for the great recipe !
Geraldine
Thanks so much, Cindy. So glad you enjoyed the salad and thanks for taking the time to leave a comment – I appreciate it!
Robin
I saw this on Pinterest and came here for the instructions. Made it TWICE this weekend…it was gobbled up like candy! Thanks SO much for this tasty addition to dinner and Brown Bag lunches. 😀
Geraldine
Hi Robin: Thanks so much for letting me know – I’m so glad you enjoyed it so much!!
Stacey
this is a fantastic salad. The only thing I would do differently is that instead of mincing the red onions and soaking in water. I thinly slice in half moons or smaller and then pour the olive oil and red wine vinegar over the onion. Plus you can sprinkle some dried oregano or fresh over these at this point too if you want.Cover and let sit for a couple of hours …not in the fridge though. You want it room temperature. The onions turn translucent and rawness goes. Add to the salad with all other ingredients.
Geraldine
Hi Stacey – great tip about add the vinaigrette to the onion first – I’ll try that next time I make it. Thanks so much!
Kim H.
Sounds delicious! Pinned it!
Geraldine
Thanks for the pin, Kim – hope you like it!
Sarah
looks good. Not a big avocado fan. Wonder if it would be good if I skipped it and used mozzarella instead of feta. …
Geraldine
Hi Sarah – I would probably just make a tomato mozzarella salad if you’re not a big fan of avocado or feta. I have a tomato mozzarella recipe on the site – hope that helps.
Keisha
i made this last night. But I used Italian dressing. It. Was great. Love fresh salads
Geraldine
Hi Keisha – thanks so much for taking the time to let me know you enjoyed the salad. Hope you have a good one!
Jeri
Hello – just love this recipe. Question please, can something else be used instead of red wine vinegar?
Thank you,
Jeri
Geraldine
Hi Jeri – you could try white wine vinegar or maybe lemon juice – the lemon juice would give it a brighter flavor then using vinegar – just make the vinaigrette as per the recipe and switch out the red wine vinegar with white wine vinegar or lemon juice. Also, balsamic vinegar would be an interesting choice – but it would probably change the color of the salad slightly since balsamic is a darker color. Let me know how it works out if you try something different.
Jeri
Thanks very much, Geraldine. I’ll give those options a try!
Shirley
This looks wonderful. Cant wait to have it with a steak- Thanks so much for the recipe !!
Geraldine
Hi Shirley – hope you enjoy the salad! Thanks for taking the time to leave a comment – I appreciate it.