{"id":14574,"date":"2014-08-12T00:01:28","date_gmt":"2014-08-12T07:01:28","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/garlicmysoul.com\/blog\/?p=14574"},"modified":"2014-08-12T00:19:32","modified_gmt":"2014-08-12T07:19:32","slug":"tomato-cucumber-salad","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/garlicmysoul.com\/blog\/tomato-cucumber-salad\/","title":{"rendered":"Tomato Cucumber Salad"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Tomato season is here! We somehow\u00a0managed to miss tomato season for the last couple of years. We would be too busy to shop at the farmer&#8217;s market and miss the opportunity for perfect, fresh, juicy tomatoes in peak season. Well, not this year, folks. This year, we made tomatoes a priority.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/garlicmysoul.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/08\/DSC_9365.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-14578\" src=\"http:\/\/garlicmysoul.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/08\/DSC_9365-1200x801.jpg\" alt=\"Tomato Cucumber Salad | Garlic, My Soul\" width=\"800\" height=\"534\" srcset=\"https:\/\/garlicmysoul.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/08\/DSC_9365-1200x801.jpg 1200w, https:\/\/garlicmysoul.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/08\/DSC_9365-800x534.jpg 800w, https:\/\/garlicmysoul.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/08\/DSC_9365-500x333.jpg 500w, https:\/\/garlicmysoul.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/08\/DSC_9365.jpg 2000w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Of course, time is still hard to come by, so we made the fastest and simplest recipe we could think of with our fresh tomato bounty. This cucumber and tomato salad takes almost no time at all, and it&#8217;s the perfect side to any summer meal.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/garlicmysoul.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/08\/DSC_9367.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-14579\" src=\"http:\/\/garlicmysoul.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/08\/DSC_9367-1200x801.jpg\" alt=\"Tomato Cucumber Salad | Garlic, My Soul\" width=\"800\" height=\"534\" srcset=\"https:\/\/garlicmysoul.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/08\/DSC_9367-1200x801.jpg 1200w, https:\/\/garlicmysoul.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/08\/DSC_9367-800x534.jpg 800w, https:\/\/garlicmysoul.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/08\/DSC_9367-500x333.jpg 500w, https:\/\/garlicmysoul.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/08\/DSC_9367.jpg 2000w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>Ingredients:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>2 large tomatoes, sliced into thin wedges<br \/>\n1 large cucumber, halved lengthwise and sliced<br \/>\n1 shallot, thinly sliced<br \/>\n2 tbsp olive oil<br \/>\n1 tbsp red wine vinegar or fresh lemon juice<br \/>\n1\u00a0tbsp fresh oregano<br \/>\nsalt and pepper to taste<\/p>\n<p><strong>Directions:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>1. Mix\u00a0olive oil, vinegar and oregano.<br \/>\n2. Combine all ingredients in bowl and toss to coat in dressing.<br \/>\n3. Salt and pepper to taste.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/garlicmysoul.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/08\/DSC_9376-2.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-14581\" src=\"http:\/\/garlicmysoul.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/08\/DSC_9376-2-800x1200.jpg\" alt=\"Tomato Cucumber Salad | Garlic, My Soul\" width=\"800\" height=\"1200\" srcset=\"https:\/\/garlicmysoul.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/08\/DSC_9376-2-800x1200.jpg 800w, https:\/\/garlicmysoul.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/08\/DSC_9376-2-667x1000.jpg 667w, https:\/\/garlicmysoul.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/08\/DSC_9376-2-500x749.jpg 500w, https:\/\/garlicmysoul.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/08\/DSC_9376-2.jpg 2000w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Definitely play around with different herbs, oils, and try swapping lemon juice for the vinegar. The most important ingredient here is those fresh tomatoes, and the rest is up to you.<\/p>\n<p>What&#8217;s your favorite way to eat fresh tomatoes? Let us know in the comments!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Tomato season is here! We somehow\u00a0managed to miss tomato season for the last couple of years. We would be too busy to shop at the farmer&#8217;s market and miss the opportunity for perfect, fresh, juicy tomatoes in peak season. Well, &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/garlicmysoul.com\/blog\/tomato-cucumber-salad\/\"><\/p>\n<div class=\"GMS2_ReadMore\">Read More<\/div>\n<p><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":14576,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":"","_links_to":"","_links_to_target":""},"categories":[901,7,902,2584,897,846],"tags":[739,823,744,274,1105,1227,392],"class_list":["post-14574","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-a-little-something-green","category-farmers-market-joy","category-on-the-side","category-salad-2","category-small-bites","category-vegetarian-2","tag-cucumber","tag-heirloom-tomato","tag-lemon-juice","tag-oregano","tag-red-wine-vinegar","tag-shallot","tag-tomato"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.6 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Tomato Cucumber Salad - Garlic My Soul<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/garlicmysoul.com\/blog\/tomato-cucumber-salad\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Tomato Cucumber Salad - Garlic My Soul\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Tomato season is here! 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