Middle Eastern Tomato Salad

Prep time: 25 min
Servings: 8
Yield: 8 servings

Description

A fresh summertime salad of garden cucumbers, tomatoes, and sweet onion is flavored generously with parsley and fresh mint. The dressing is just olive oil and lemon juice.

Ingredients

1 cup seeded, finely diced cucumber
1 teaspoon salt
1 cup finely diced tomato
1 cup finely diced sweet onion (such as Vidalia®)
1 cup finely chopped fresh parsley
3/4 cup finely chopped mint, or to taste
2 tablespoons olive oil, or more to taste
1 tablespoon fresh lemon juice, or more to taste
salt and ground black pepper to taste

Directions

1 Place diced cucumber into a colander and sprinkle with 1 teaspoon salt; allow to drain for about 15 minutes.
2 Toss drained cucumber with tomato, sweet onion, parsley, and mint. Drizzle salad with olive oil and fresh lemon juice; season with salt and black pepper. Serve immediately.