Summer Lunch Salad

I’ve been making this Summer Lunch Salad for years, and this is the perfect lunch to make with fresh garden tomatoes and cucumbers. 

For this week’s Friday Favorites pick, I am reminding you about this delicious and satisfying Summer Lunch Salad! I’ve been making this extra-easy tomato cucumber salad every summer for years because when you’re growing tomatoes and cucumbers in a garden you reach a point in the summer where you want to eat them every day.

And even now that I no longer have a big garden, I still make this salad all summer long. And I’ve learned that if you use those small Persian cucumbers and the small tomatoes that are good most of the year, you can make this with good results in the spring and fall as well.

This is a simple tomato and cucumber salad, but what turns it into a wow for me, and the reason I’ve been making it for so many years, is the idea of using blue cheese dressing with a touch of vinaigrette in a salad with Feta cheese. I think those flavors are a perfect combination, and obviously, it’s something I never get tired of.

And I even ask for blue cheese dressing when I’m getting Greek salad in a restaurant, often to the dismay of the server who thinks I’m crazy. If you like both blue cheese dressing and Feta cheese, be open-minded about the idea of using them in the same salad, because I promise you will love this salad. And when you see how easy and delicious it is, you’ll probably make it over and over again just like I do.

What ingredients do you need for this salad?

• mini cucumbers
• small tomatoes
• crumbled Feta cheese
• fresh-ground black pepper
• blue cheese dressing
• Newman’s Own Olive Oil and Vinegar Dressing, or other Vinaigrette Dressing

What else could you add to the Summer Lunch Salad?

If you want to switch it up occasionally, there are lots of things you could add to this salad such as black olives or Kalamata olives, chopped bell pepper, Sliced Peperoncini Peppers (affiliate link), red onion, chopped herbs, avocado, radishes, shrimp, diced chicken, or tuna.

More Easy Ideas for Summer Lunches:

You can use Lunch Recipes or Salad Recipes to find more tasty and easy ideas to make for lunch.

Tips for making the Summer Lunch Salad:

(Scroll down for a complete printable recipe with nutritional information.)

1. Cut up tomatoes and let them drain in a colander placed in the sink.
2. Cut ends off cucumbers and discard, and slice cucumbers.
3. Whisk together the blue cheese dressing and vinaigrette.
4. Crumble and measure the Feta.
5. Stir together the drained tomatoes, sliced cucumbers, and the desired amount of dressing, then gently mix in the Feta.
6. Season salad with plenty of fresh-ground black pepper and serve.

More Salads with Tomatoes and Cucumbers:

Tomato Cucumber Salad with Mint and Feta

Tomato Salad with Cucumber, Avocado, and Cilantro

Middle Eastern Tomato Salad

Tomato Cucumber Avocado Salad

Tomato Cucumber Salad with Peperoncini

Want More Summer Tomato Salads?

Check out 20 Summer Tomato Salads for more great recipes for using garden tomatoes.

Low-Carb Diet / Low-Glycemic Diet / South Beach Diet Suggestions:
For the lowest carbs for this salad or for Keto dieters, use fewer tomatoes and more cucumber. This may be high in fat for the original South Beach Diet, but if you use an approved dressing it’s probably okay for South Beach.

Find More Recipes Like This One:
Use Lunch Recipes to find more recipes like this one. Use the Diet Type Index to find recipes suitable for a specific eating plan. You might also like to follow Kalyn’s Kitchen on Pinterest, Facebook, Instagram, or YouTube to see all the good recipes I’m sharing there.

Historical Notes for this Recipe:
This salad was first posted in 2006, and I’ve been making it for years when I have fresh garden tomatoes and cucumbers! It was updated in 2022 with more information.