Chopped Cucumber Salad with Tomatoes, Green Pepper, and Feta Cheese
Light and refreshing cucumber salad. Great summer side dish!
Ingredients
- 6 small cucumbers, seeded and cubed
- 1 medium green pepper, diced
- 2 medium homegrown tomatoes, diced (or use cherry tomatoes quartered)
- 1/4 cup red onion, finely diced
- 1/2 cup crumbled feta cheese
- 1 lemon, juiced
- olive oil
- salt and pepper
Instructions
The Cucumbers
- Peel, de-seed, and dice cucumbers
- Put cucumbers into a bowl and toss with a teaspoon of salt
- Cover with plastic wrap and let cucumbers stand for at least 1/2 hour to allow some of the water draw out
In the meantime...
- Dice a green pepper
- Dice your tomatoes
- Finely dice the red onion
- Drain the liquid off of the cucumbers
- Toss the vegetables together in a bowl
- Stir in crumbled feta
The Dressing and Seasonings
- Squeeze the juice of 1 lemon over the cucumber and tomato mixture
- Drizzle a little olive oil over the cucumber and tomato mixture
- Add a few grinds of pepper
- Stir and taste for seasonings. You will have already salted the cucumbers and the feta is salty so you may or may not need more salt.
- Serve and swoon.