Cucumber and Tomato Salad

It's SUMMER TIME!  This is a dish I love during the summer.  It is cool, refreshing, and just plain yummy!  I grew up on this dish.  We would always have this with the garden surplus.  Sometimes we threw in a bell pepper if we had one.

I remember my grandma or parents sending me to the garden to find a couple tomatoes and a cucumber to make this salad.  And every time I take a bite of this salad it takes me right back to my childhood.  I can only hope my children will have the same types of great memories of family, food, and summer :)

Cucumber Tomato Salad
2 Medium Tomatoes, diced into large chunks and seeded
1 Large Cucumber, seeded (if you prefer) and cut into large chunks
1/2 Sweet Onion (you can use red or yellow whatever you like), finely diced
1 TBS Sugar
1 tsp Salt
1/2 tsp Ground Black Pepper
1/3 Cup Cider Vinegar
1/2 Cup Water

• In a medium bowl combine tomatoes, cucumber, and onion
• In a small bowl combine sugar, salt, pepper, and water then whisk in vinegar until fully combined
• Pour vinegar mixture over the veggies then place in the fridge for at least 4 hours so the flavors can blend

Super easy and flavorful.  Here's a tip...save the juice and make it all over again the next day combining whatever veggies you have on hand.  Enjoy and HAPPY SUMMER :)

Below is the nutritional value per serving.  This recipe yields approximately six servings.

Nutrition Facts

Serving Size 137 g

Amount Per Serving

Calories 30 Calories from Fat 1

% Daily Value*

Total Fat 0.2g 0%

Trans Fat 0.0g

Cholesterol 0mg 0%

Sodium 392mg 16%

Total Carbohydrates 6.7g 2%

Dietary Fiber 1.0g 4%

Sugars 4.5g

Protein 0.8g

Vitamin A 8% • Vitamin C 12% Calcium 2% • Iron 2%

Nutrition Grade A

* Based on a 2000 calorie diet

Nutritional Analysis

Good points

• Very low in saturated fat
• No cholesterol
• High in dietary fiber
• High in manganese
• High in magnesium
• High in potassium
• Very high in vitamin A
• Very high in vitamin C

Bad points

• Very high in sodium
• Very high in sugar

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