Cucumber Tomato Avocado Salad

This Cucumber Tomato Avocado Salad is crunchy, creamy and cool—just what you crave on a warm summer day.  It’s loaded with fresh vegetables and lightly coated in a tangy homemade Italian lemon vinaigrette – perfect for a light lunch or a side dish for just about anything.

If you love cucumber salads, be sure to try this Cucumber Onion Salad. And if you’re just looking for some easy summer salads, try this pasta salad or Caprese salad.

Cucumber Tomato Avocado Salad

We love this summer salads like this because they are quick, easy, delicious, and healthy to boot.  This Cucumber, tomato, and avocado salad with Italian dressing is sweet, salty, tangy, and full of creamy avocado, crunchy cucumber, and fresh chopped tomatoes.  Plus, it’s naturally gluten-free, dairy-free, and vegan!  Should we go on?

This is a perfect side dish to serve with just about anything, or else each it solo with some fresh bread on the side for an easy al fresco lunch.

We’ve had great success adding all sorts of different mix-ins to this base salad, as well, which we’ve listed below for you to try if you’d like.  Some of our favorites are adding shredded chicken, queso fresco and cilantro – yummy!  We’ve also got more homemade salad dressing recipes if you’d like.

Let us know what you try!

Key Salad Ingredients

• Cherry Tomatoes – you can use red, yellow or purple.  Just be sure and wash them before cutting in half.
• Avocado – you want to use a ripe avocado, which should give slightly when squeezed gently, but still feel a bit firm.
• Onion – we like to use white onion, but red onion would taste great, too.
• Cucumber – these should be peeled and diced into about ¾” pieces.
• Olive Oil – you can also substitute avocado oil if you would like.
• Lemon Juice – fresh lemon juice tastes best.  You can also add a touch of red wine vinegar is you like your dressing on the sour side.
• Italian Seasoning – you should be able to find this is the spice area at your local grocery store.
• Parsley – you’ll want to use fresh, chopped parsley.  You could also substitute cilantro or dill!

How to Make Cucumber Avocado Tomato Salad

1. Make the dressing. To make the homemade dressing, add the olive oil, lemon juice, Italian seasoning, salt, pepper and parsley in a medium bowl and whisk well.
2. Toss with the salad ingredients. In a separate large bowl, add the cherry tomatoes, avocado, onion and cucumber, then toss in the homemade dressing, or substitute 1/3 cup of Italian Dressing, and serve immediately.  Enjoy!

Frequently Asked Questions

Recipe Variations

This salad is just begging to be adapted so that you can create any number of different versions. Here are a few ideas to get you started:

• Add shredded chicken, like this Cilantro Lime Shredded Chicken, to the salad for a little extra protein.  
• Give it a Greek twist by adding about 1/2 cup of fresh feta cheese.
• Try adding a diced mango for a little sweetness and fruity flavor.
• Add your favorite southwestern ingredients to the mix, such as corn, canned green chilis, cilantro, and queso fresco.
• Try adding other mix-ins like chickpeas, dried cranberries, cooked and cooled orzo or quinoa, pine nuts, or pepitas.

More simple salad recipes we love!

• Grilled Chicken BLT Salad
• Creamy Pesto Pasta Salad
• Broccoli Salad with Bacon
• Homemade Pasta Salad Recipe
• Wedge Salad Kabobs
• Warm German Potato Salad with Bacon
• Taco Salad
• Pea Salad
• More Salad Recipes
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This Cucumber Tomato Avocado Salad is loaded with fresh vegetables, and lightly coated in a tangy homemade Italian lemon vinaigrette – perfect for a light lunch or a side dish for just about anything.