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Cucumber Tomato Salad with Peanut Vinaigrette

This tasty salad comes together quickly and makes a perfect side dish!

Prep Time:

5 minutes

Total Time:

5 minutes

Yield:

4 servings

Nutrition Facts

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Nutrition Facts

  • Calories: 110
  • Total Fat: 8g
  • Saturated Fat: 1.5 g
  • Sodium: 35mg
  • Carbohydrate: 6g
  • Fiber: 2g
  • Total Sugar: 3g
  • (Added Sugar: 0g)
  • Protein: 3g

Ingredients

Peanut Vinaigrette

1 tablespoon aromatic (gourmet) unrefined peanut oil

Juice of ½ small lemon (about 1 ½ teaspoons)

1 teaspoon Dijon mustard

Pinch of salt

Fresh ground pepper to taste

Salad

4 small/mini cucumbers (sometimes called Persian, about 2 ½ cups), chopped

1 cup halved cherry tomatoes

½ small red onion, sliced

¼ cup lightly salted red skin peanuts (may sub regular roasted salted peanuts)

Instructions

  1. In a medium sized bowl, whisk together all dressing ingredients.
  2. Add all salad ingredients, except peanuts and gently toss.
  3. Taste and adjust seasonings. Fold in peanuts and serve.

Recipe and photo courtesy of National Peanut Board

How’d it Taste?

  • Kathleen Gaye says:

    I’ve been looking for a simple salad recipe for lunch that would still be good the next day, and I’ve found it — love the addition of redskin peanuts!

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