A simple easy recipe for a refreshing summer salad using fresh ingredients and a flavorful homemade dressing.

The Mediterranean-inspired flavors came together nicely with an olive oil dressing and crumbled feta paired with fresh garden vegetables.

Can’t get enough of this combination of flavors? Try my recipe for Greek Cucumber Salad with homemade Lemon Vinaigrette.

Cucumber Tomato and Feta Salad in a big white bowl

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Cucumber Tomato Salad Ingredients

This delicious and easy salad is made with fresh vegetables from your garden, farmer’s market, or grocery store produce section.

Salad Ingredients

Cucumbers: Seedless English cucumbers are preferred, however, if you want to use cucumbers from your garden, go ahead. Be sure to scrape out the seeds before chopping.

Tomatoes: Nice fresh firm cherry tomatoes are great in this salad. You can also use grape tomatoes Plum or Roma tomatoes. Be sure to scrape out as many of the seeds as possible before chopping.

Purple onion: Purple onions are perfect for both their flavor and the color they add to this cucumber tomato feta salad. However, if you prefer sweet onions, red onions, or no onions, go for it. That is the great thing about recipes, you can make them your own.

Feta: Make life easy and buy crumbled feta in the dairy section of the grocery store. If you love adventure and flavor, get the Sun Dried Tomato Feta. Remember that feta is salty so no need to add too much salt to the salad.

Dressing Ingredients

Save this simple dressing recipe to use on a pasta salad too. The lemon juice can be omitted if you like.

2 tablespoons lemon juice
2 tablespoons extra virgin olive oil
2 garlic cloves, minced
1/4 teaspoon black pepper
1/4 teaspoon salt
2 tablespoons dill, chopped

Directions

Step 1 Make the dressing

Place all of the dressing ingredients into a small bowl. Stir using a whisk until the dressing is well blended and then set aside.

greek tomato cucumber salad ready to be tossed

Step 2 Make the salad

Add the chopped vegetables into a pretty serving bowl. Toss gently to blend. Sprinkle with the crumbled feta. Now pour your dressing over and toss to coat all of the fresh produce well to make a tasty salad.

Best served immediately while all of the vegetables are nice and crisp

Optional Ingredients

This greek tomato and cucumber salad with feta has lots of optional ingredients you can add if you like. Be sure to add all of the ingredients before tossing them in the oil dressing.

calamata olives
fresh basil
Roma tomatoes
Persian cucumbers
white onion
sweet onion
black olives
fresh cilantro
grilled chicken
Italian seasoning

Tomato cucumber feta salad is the perfect simple side dish for summer BBQs, pot lucks, and Sunday afternoons at home. It’s a restaurant-quality salad you can make in your own kitchen. Can also be served for a nice light summer lunch.

The great thing about this delicious salad is how versatile it is. Add any optional ingredients from our list above, and use your personal preference for tomatoes.

The best part of this cucumber tomato feta salad is the combination of crisp cucumbers with juicy tomatoes bathed in the delicious olive oil dressing.

Serve your tomato and cucumber greek salad alone or as a side dish.

tomato cucumber feta salad in a jar — A fun way to serve cucumber tomato and feta salad is in a small Mason jar

A fun way to serve this summer salad is in wide mouth mason jars like these found on Amazon. They will make the serving table pretty too.

How to store cucumber tomato and feta salad

Because this salad is made with crisp fresh tomatoes and cucumbers, you will want to serve it the day you make it. Cucumbers and tomatoes both begin to get mushy quickly. Store in an airtight container in the refrigerator for not more than a day or maybe two.

My friend Rita at Harbour Breeze Home and I are bringing you a new Summer Recipe every day this week. Go grab her new delicious recipe for Crockpot Baked Beans.

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