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Corn, Cucumber, Tomato Salad

By Molly Watson, About.com

Corn, Cucumber, Tomato Salad

Photo © Molly Watson
Corn, Cucumber, Tomato Salad is fresh, cool, and super easy. It's a great summer salad and goes great alongside any grilled meal and the perfect addition to any potluck.

Since the corn in this salad is raw, it's a great way to use only fresh, sweet, tender corn.

Prep Time: 0 hour, 10 minutes
Ingredients:
  • 2 or 3 ears corn
  • 2 small cucumbers
  • 3 tomatoes
  • 1 small red onion
  • 2 Tbsp. olive oil
  • 1 Tbsp. white wine vinegar or lemon juice
  • 1 small clove garlic, minced (optional)
  • 1/2 tsp. salt
  • Basil, mint, cilantro, or parsley (optional)
Preparation:
  1. Shuck corn and cut off kernels and put in a large bowl. Peel, seed, and dice cucumbers, and add to bowl. Core and dice tomatoes, add to bowl. Dice onion and add to bowl.
  2. In a small bowl, whisk together oil, vinegar or lemon juice, garlic if you like, and salt. Pour over salad and toss to combine thoroughly.
  3. Mince herbs and use to garnish salad, if you like.

Makes 4 to 6 servings Corn, Cucumber, Tomato Salad.

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