Looking for a delicious way to use up all those fresh cucumbers that seem to overwhelm gardens and farmers’ markets this time of year? Your search ends with our most-saved July recipe of all time: Cucumber-Tomato Salad.

With a near-perfect average rating from more than 800 members of the Allrecipes community, this classic and colorful side dish will be the star of your next summer spread—and it’ll quickly become a go-to in your seasonal rotation. 

Why We Love It

There’s a lot to love about this top-rated cucumber recipe. Here are just a few reasons we’re obsessed: 

• It’s full of old-fashioned flavor. Recent 5-star reviewer Donna Warner-Raskin puts it best when she says this classic dish tastes “just like grandma used to make.” Other community members agree, likening the summer salad to nostalgic recipes from their own mothers and grandmothers. 
• It uses in-season ingredients. This cucumber-tomato salad is a gardener’s dream (at least in the summertime, that is). If you don’t have a vegetable garden in your backyard, a quick trip to the farmers’ market is all you’ll need. 
• It’s the perfect make-ahead side dish. Because the flavors from the marinade take a few hours to reach their full effect, this is a great recipe to make in advance. It’s important to note, though, that the cukes might lose some crispness after a while—so we don’t recommend making this dish more than a day before you plan to serve it. 

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