Tomato Cucumber Avocado Salad emailTwitterFacebookPinterestYummly There are a lot of salads with tomatoes and cucumbers on this blog and to me that combination just screams summer.But I also eat tomatoes and cucumbers all year (whenever I can get good flavorful tomatoes or cherry tomatoes and Persian cucumbers from Costco.)  So when a reader from Hawaii named Lisa sent me her recipe for this Tomato Cucumber Avocado Salad that she called “dumb salad” and said it was something she made often, I was interested.Lisa discovered this combination when she was going out of town and needed to use what was on hand, and I promise you, this simple salad that just combines cucumbers, tomatoes, green onion, avocado, and balsamic vinegar is not dumb at all! This recipe is low-carb, Keto, gluten-free, and vegan, and it’s probably going to become a recipe you’ll make over and over when you have avocado and just want an easy salad for a side dish.

Of course, only make this when you have fresh flavorful tomatoes, but I loved the combination of flavors, accented with just a little good sea salt and some coarse ground black pepper.And I also love the idea of a salad with no added oil except the “good fat” from the avocado.Lisa invited me to change it up a bit, but really I didn’t change it much except to sub sliced green onions for the sweet onions she used.  I was making more than I’d eat right away, so I also tossed the avocado with just the tiniest bit of lemon juic

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