• Skip to primary navigation
  • Skip to main content
  • Skip to primary sidebar
  • Skip to footer

Mirlandra's Kitchen

Real Dinner Solutions

  • Recipes
    • 30 Minute Dinners
    • Appetizers
    • Asian
    • BBQ and Grilling
    • Beef
    • Bread
    • Breakfast and Brunch
    • Burgers and Sandwiches
    • Cake & Cupcakes
    • Candy Making
    • Canning and Dehydrating
    • Casserole
    • Chicken and Turkey
    • Condiments
    • Cookies & Bars
    • Crock Pot
    • Desserts
    • Dinner Tonight
    • Drinks
    • Fruit Desserts
    • Gluten Free
    • Ice Cream & Frozen Desserts
    • Instant Pot
    • Jam and Fruit Butter
    • Korean
    • Low-carb
    • Lunchbox Perfect
    • Main Dish
    • Mexican
    • One Pot
    • Pasta
    • Pie, Cobbler and Crisp
    • Pork
    • Potatoes and Rice
    • Salad
    • Seafood
    • Side Dish
    • Soup
    • Vegetarian
    • Veggies
  • Holidays
    • 4th of July Recipes
    • Christmas Recipes
    • Cinco De Mayo
    • Easter Recipes
    • Father’s Day Recipes
    • Game Day
    • Halloween Recipes
    • Mother’s Day Recipes
    • New Year’s Eve
    • St. Patrick’s Day Recipes
    • Thanksgiving Recipes
    • Thanksgiving Sides
    • Valentine’s Day Recipes
  • Shop
  • Kitchen Resources
  • Mirlandra
  • Contact Me
menu icon
go to homepage
search icon
Homepage link
  • Recipes
  • Holidays
  • Shop
  • Kitchen Resources
  • Mirlandra
  • Contact
×

Old Fashioned Tomato and Cucumber Salad

August 20, 2014 by Mirlandra 2 Comments

Jump to Recipe

Tomato and Cucumber salad is a simple chopped salad with a touch of light mayo to dress it. This easy side dish is a great addition to any BBQ or meal.

A white bowl is full of creamy tomato and cucumber salad with a mayonnaise dressing. The bowl is sitting on a green and white checked table cloth next to an antique silver fork.

In the summer when the garden was at its most extravagant, my dad always made a Tomato and Cucumber Salad. He made it with Miracle Whip, the same way his mother made it. I hated Miracle Whip but I always ate the salad. Every. Single. Time. It was something about the creamy sauce mixing with the juice from the tomato and big crisp chunks of homegrown cucumbers. It just made the most perfect summer salad.

I started missing it this summer and I decided to develop my own version. This is about the simplest salad you could come up with and it really goes with anything. I use light mayo for my salad and much less of it than my dad does. To me the event is the veggies, the dressing is just a touch of class. As soon as you stir everything together, the veggies will start to give off juice and the dressing loosens up and becomes a nice light pink. We grew piles of Armenian cucumbers this year and they go very well in this salad.

Serve tomato and cucumber salad in bowls to contain the juice – I always stir as I eat to keep coating the veggies.  This entertains me!  Heads up – leftovers don’t hold well. You will have to eat it all up. Bummer…

I try not to be a crazy kitchen gadget hoarder but this tomato and onion chopper is a favorite of mine.  It is the perfect tool for salads, salsas, and the endless piles of tomatoes I chop all summer and autumn.

A white bowl is full of creamy tomato and cucumber salad with a mayonnaise dressing. The bowl is sitting on a green and white checked table cloth next to an antique silver fork.
Print Pin
4.60 from 5 votes

Old Fashioned Cucumber and Tomato Salad

Course Salad
Cuisine American
Keyword cucumber and tomato salad, old fashioned salad, mayonaise dressing
Total Time 10 minutes
Servings 5 servings
Calories 56kcal

Ingredients

  • 1 cup diced tomatoes
  • 1.5 cups diced cucumber
  • 2 Tablespoons mayonnaise reduced fat or regular
  • salt and pepper to taste

Instructions

  • Mix everything together and serve immediately.

Nutrition

Nutrition Facts
Old Fashioned Cucumber and Tomato Salad
Amount Per Serving
Calories 56 Calories from Fat 36
% Daily Value*
Fat 4g6%
Saturated Fat 1g5%
Cholesterol 2mg1%
Sodium 40mg2%
Potassium 90mg3%
Carbohydrates 2g1%
Fiber 1g4%
Sugar 1g1%
Protein 1g2%
Vitamin A 56IU1%
Vitamin C 4mg5%
Calcium 15mg2%
Iron 1mg6%
* Percent Daily Values are based on a 2000 calorie diet.

PIN FOR LATER

tomato cucumber salad promo image

 

Reader Interactions

Comments

  1. Mebert

    July 26, 2022 at 1:23 pm

    5 stars
    This salad is a big reason why I grow cucumbers every summer!

    Reply
    • Mirlandra

      February 06, 2023 at 4:12 pm

      It is a can’t miss recipe!

      Reply

Leave a Reply Cancel reply

Your email address will not be published. Required fields are marked *

Recipe Rating




Primary Sidebar

Welcome!  I’m Mirlandra

I provide real dinner solutions so busy women can kick kitchen overwhelm to the curb and learn to make simple, healthy dinners to fit any schedule and family.

Popular Posts

A chocolate cake sits on a white cake stand. The cake is frosted with vanilla buttercream.

Best Chocolate Cake with Whipped Vanilla Buttercream

Ultimate Guide to Grilling Hamburgers: The Best Recipe & Grilling Tips

A platter of taco balls with all the fixings. There are three taco meatballs covered in cheese. They are plated with lettuce, rice, sour cream, guacamole, and tomatoes.

Taco Balls: An Easy Dinner Where Tacos and Meatloaf Meet

This is a perfectly roasted medium-rare beef roast on a bed of parsley and white plate.

Perfect Oven Roast Beef

Footer

COPYRIGHT © MIRLANDRA'S KITCHEN LLC 2019. ALL RIGHTS RESERVED.
Privacy Policy

Copyright © 2023 · Foodie Pro on Genesis Framework · WordPress · Log in