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Tomato Cucumber Avocado Salad with Basil Pesto

Published: Mar 31, 2018 | 21 Comments

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Tomato Cucumber Avocado Salad with Basil Pesto – Healthy, Mediterranean recipe with lots of fresh vegetables.   This recipe uses just a few ingredients, it’s easy to make, and the salad looks beautiful on the table for so little effort.  Use both red and yellow cherry tomatoes (or grape tomatoes) to add colors!

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I love basil pesto. I’ve used it in so many dinner recipes, like in this pesto chicken and mushroom pasta or this shrimp pesto pasta, or pesto chicken and veggies.   The basil pesto makes the simplest of the recipes taste so good.  Just like this avocado salad.  I pretty much use the basil pesto as the salad dressing here, because the pesto already has olive oil.  I just add a little bit of lemon juice, salt and pepper, and that’s it!  The salad is ready.

I used to make my own basil pesto all the time but these days there are so many good store-made pesto sauces, that I just buy one in the store and use it with my favorite recipes.

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If you look at the ingredients list in this avocado salad, there are very few ingredients. But, the salad look super colorful and refreshing because I am combining both red and yellow cherry tomatoes (or grape tomatoes), avocados, cucumber and then mixing everything with the basil pesto.

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Tomato Cucumber Avocado Salad with Basil Pesto
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Tomato Cucumber Avocado Salad with Basil Pesto
Prep Time
30 mins
Total Time
30 mins
 

Healthy, Mediterranean salad with lots of fresh vegetables.  Tomato Cucumber Avocado Salad with Basil Pesto - just a few ingredients, easy to make, and looks beautiful on the table for so little effort.  Use both red and yellow cherry tomatoes (or grape tomatoes) to add colors!

Course: Salad
Cuisine: Italian, Mediterranean
Servings: 6 people
Calories: 166 kcal
Author: Julia
Ingredients
  • 1/2 pound red cherry tomatoes or grape tomatoes, halved
  • 1/2 pound yellow cherry tomatoes or grape tomatoes, halved
  • 2 avocados , diced
  • 1 cucumber , sliced
  • 1/3 cup red onion , diced
  • 1/4 cup basil pesto
  • 1 tablespoon lemon juice
  • salt and pepper to taste
Instructions
  1. In a large bowl, combine halved red and yellow cherry or grape tomatoes, diced avocado, sliced cucumber, diced red onion.  

  2. Add basil pesto and lemon juice to the salad and toss to combine.  Season with salt and pepper, if desired.  Use more basil pesto, if desired.  

Nutrition Facts
Tomato Cucumber Avocado Salad with Basil Pesto
Amount Per Serving
Calories 166 Calories from Fat 117
% Daily Value*
Fat 13g20%
Saturated Fat 2g13%
Sodium 115mg5%
Potassium 572mg16%
Carbohydrates 10g3%
Fiber 5g21%
Sugar 2g2%
Protein 2g4%
Vitamin A 525IU11%
Vitamin C 21.3mg26%
Calcium 40mg4%
Iron 1mg6%
* Percent Daily Values are based on a 2000 calorie diet.

Filed Under: Avocado, Healthy, Pesto, Recipe, Salads, Tomatoes, Vegetables Published: Mar 31, 2018 21 Comments

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  1. Sharon

    Sep 18, 2020 at 9:30 pm

    I was looking for a different cucumber and tomato salad tonight. I had tiny cherry tomatoes and pickling cucumbers and red onions from the end of this year’s garden. I also have Pesto that I made from my abundant basil plants. I’ve made pesto for years and I’d never used it on a salad! We loved this salad! Everything in it was from our garden except for the avocados! This recipe is definitely a new favorite..

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  2. Jane

    Sep 12, 2020 at 12:46 pm

    The lemon zest is an excellent addition. For future reference, I will make only The volume that will be eaten that day. Delicious on the 1st day, but didn’t hold up well on day 2. ( lots of water in cucumbers)

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  3. Deanna McCormick

    Jul 05, 2020 at 11:32 am

    My family loved this salad, I just used balsamic and olive oil, salt and pepper and fresh chopped basil. Yum

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