Fresh, crisp, and bright, this lettuce, cucumber, and tomato salad is one of the easiest and healthiest salad recipes you'll ever make. Fresh veggies are teamed up with hard-boiled eggs and topped with a simple yet flavorful Italian-style dressing to make this quick salad.
This easy salad is the perfect side dish for any meal and a great way to include more raw veggies in your diet.
I'm a big advocate of using high-quality ingredients to make my meals, and recently, I've been focusing on making healthier and wholesome meals. I recently tried three delicious salads—a Mediterranean Chickpea Salad, cucumber tomato salad, and a more filling Mediterranean Pasta Salad. This time, I wanted to try a much simpler and wholesome recipe, so I gave this recipe a shot.
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What I Love About this Recipe
It's so much better than a simple lettuce salad. It packs in protein, healthy fats and lots of fiber.
The salad is filling and versatile. It pairs well with many different mains and works well as a side dish every time.
The salad dressing is super simple and refreshing and barely takes any time or effort to make.
The salad is low in calories and high in fiber, which makes it an excellent choice for anyone who's trying to include more healthy foods in their meals consciously.
Recipe Ingredients
Veggies: You'll need fresh lettuce, cherry tomatoes, red onion, English cucumber and baby carrots.
Garlic: For that savory flavor. Use garlic powder if you don't have fresh garlic.
Eggs: Hard-boiled egg for the protein.
Avocado: A fresh avocado will add a nice bit of richness to the salad and a punch of good fats. Pick one that's ripe and doesn't have soft spots.
Dressing: For the dressing, you'll just need olive oil, honey, vinegar, Italian seasoning, salt, and ground black pepper.
See the recipe card for quantities.
Variations & Substitutions
- I used honey for sweetness, but you can also add brown sugar to the dressing if you don't want to use honey.
- You can experiment with different flavors by adding other seasonings to the dressing. Cajun spice and cayenne are great additions if you prefer something spicy.
- If you don't have vinegar, add lemon juice to the dressing to bring that tanginess and balance the other flavors.
- If you have some fresh herbs, chop them up and add them to the salad towards the end to bring some extra flavor to the cucumber tomato salad.
How to Make Lettuce Cucumber Salad
Ready to make this easy cucumber lettuce salad? Here's what you'll need to do.
- In a large bowl, toss the lettuce, cucumber, avocado, carrots, cherry tomatoes, red onion, and hard-boiled eggs.
- Whisk together the olive oil, vinegar or lemon juice, honey, minced garlic, and salt and pepper to taste in a small bowl.
- Drizzle the dressing over the salad and toss gently to combine.
- Serve or chill and serve later.
Storing Leftovers
If you have some leftover lettuce cucumber tomato salad, transfer it to an airtight container and refrigerate it for up to a day. I wouldn't recommend storing your salad for more than a day, as the lettuce and other veggies can quickly start to wilt.
This is one of those recipes that is best made and served fresh.
Tips & Tricks to Make the Lettuce Cucumber Tomato Salad
- For best results, use extra virgin olive oil.
- Choose veggies that are ripe and fresh. Discard any that look blemished.
- You can chop the veggies to your personal preference. I kept them chunky because that's what I like.
- If you love pasta salads, add some cooked pasta to the mix, too. Make sure the pasta is al dente, and use chickpea or multigrain pasta to make the salad healthier. You can also add cooked quinoa to it!
- You can also experiment with different toppings! For a bit of extra crunch, add some croutons or mixed roasted seeds on top right before you serve.
Serving Ideas & Suggestions
This refreshing lettuce tomato salad is filling enough to enjoy on its own as a light meal. Personally, I like to pair it with my Baked Turkey Wings or Butterflied Chicken Drumsticks whenever I make them for dinner.
Whenever I make my Shrimp Scampi without Wine or my Oven Baked Pork Loin Chops, I almost always make this salad, or my simple Mediterranean Cucumber Tomato Salad.
Recipe FAQs
Sliced bell peppers, olives and capers can all be great additions to this simple salad.
You can! To add creaminess, add sour cream or Greek yogurt to the dressing. I love using crumbled feta cheese, too!
Almost any crunchy lettuce can work well. Iceberg, Romaine, Boston, and Butter lettuce are all excellent choices.
You absolutely can! Just remember to chop the tomatoes into small chunks so that their size complements the other ingredients.
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Lettuce Cucumber Tomato Salad
Equipment
Ingredients
- 1 head Lettuce romaine. washed and chopped
- 1 English cucumber sliced
- 1 cup Cherry tomatoes
- 1 small Red onion thinly sliced
- 1 small Ripe avocado diced
- 2 Hard-boiled eggs peeled and sliced
- 1 cup Baby carrots
Dressing
- ¼ cup Olive oil
- 1 tablespoon Vinegar or freshly squeezed lemon juice
- 1 tablespoon Honey
- 1 Garlic clove minced
- ¼ teaspoon Italian seasoning or any dried herbs. can also be fresh
- Pinch of salt and black pepper to taste
Instructions
- In a large bowl, toss together the lettuce, cucumber, avocado, carrots, cherry tomatoes, red onion, and hard-boiled eggs.1 head Lettuce, 1 English cucumber, 1 cup Cherry tomatoes, 1 small Red onion, 1 small Ripe avocado, 2 Hard-boiled eggs, 1 cup Baby carrots
- Whisk together the olive oil, vinegar or lemon juice, honey, minced garlic, and salt and pepper to taste in a small bowl.¼ cup Olive oil, 1 tablespoon Vinegar, 1 tablespoon Honey, 1 Garlic clove, ¼ teaspoon Italian seasoning, Pinch of salt and black pepper to taste
- Drizzle the dressing over the salad and toss gently to combine.
- Serve or chill and sserve later.
Notes
- For best results, use extra virgin olive oil.
- Choose veggies that are ripe and fresh. Discard any that look blemished.
- Chop up the veggies in the size of your personal preference. I kept them chunky, because that's what I like.
- If you love pasta salads, consider adding some cooked pasta into the mix too. Make sure the pasta is al dente, and use chickpea pasta or multigrain pasta to make the salad healthier. You can also add cooked quinoa into it!
- You can also experiment with different toppings! Add some croutons or mixed roasted seeds on the top, right before you serve for a bit of extra crunch.
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Claudy says
My forever vibrant and healthy salad with homemade dressing. The best ever.