Name: Amazing Cucumber Basil Salad
Prep time: 15 min
Total time: 8 min
Ingredients: 2 cups fresh baby spinach; 2 tablespoons chopped fresh basil; 1 pound campari tomatoes, seeded and minced; 2 large seedless cucumbers, peeled and minced; 1 large red onion, minced; 3 cloves garlic, minced; 1 teaspoon salt, or to taste; 1 teaspoon cracked black pepper, or to taste

I created this salad because I had lots of fresh veggies and herbs from my garden that needed using up. It is so good, and because it makes its own dressing, it's very healthy as well. The flavor is best when left in the fridge overnight.

Amazing Cucumber Basil Salad

baby spinach

basil

campari tomatoes,

cucumbers,

red onion, minced

garlic,

salt,

black pepper,

Run spinach and basil through a food processor until finely chopped.


Mix spinach mixture, tomatoes, cucumbers, red onion, garlic, salt, and pepper together in a large bowl with an air-tight lid. Cover bowl and refrigerate salad, 8 hours to overnight.


I love this recipe!  I did add to it though.  I made a simple dressing of 2 tablespoons olive oil, 1 tablespoon of  balsamic vinegar and juice from half a lemon. I also added some sweet peppers for added color and crunch. It was so good I'll be making this again soon.

I'm constantly looking for new healthy sides to try and was excited to find this recipe. I don't have a food processor, so mincing and chopping was a little time consuming, but well worth i! I made this exactly as written, and let it sit in the refrigerator overnight.  I found myself eating 2-3 portions, since the servings were on the smaller side. Very low calorie and full of fresh flavors. This would also make a great topping for chicken or fish. I think next time I will make some sort of dressing for added flavor, made with olive oil and either lemon juice or red wine vinegar. Thanks for sharing Jewel!

Recipe Group Selection:  23, May 2015 ~ We liked this salad, but wished it had a little something more.  Not sure what 'more' is, but it needed something for us.  It had good flavor and used ingredients that I always have on hand.

I made it as per the recipe.  For my tastes, the salad was quite bland. Also, the texture of the spinach was not very appetizing. Sorry....we all have different tastes :)

Awesome! I used vine ripened tomatoes and chopped everything so it was fine. It was healthy and delicious.

This was tasty although I would use it more for a dressing to place on top of a grilled meat. I did do what other reviewers suggested and added 2 T of olive oil and 1 T of balsamic vinegar for extra taste.

Made this for Recipe Group...This was tasty! I have to say that I actually liked this better maybe 10-15 minutes after I made it, lol. I think this would be great over grilled chicken or grilled pork chops too. A nice, healthy side! Thanks for sharing. :)

This salad was really tasty and the author was correct, it does make its' own dressing.  Be careful to chop up the fresh basil well and don't put more than it calls for because it will overpower the taste and ruin the experience.

Not a lot of flavor.  Fresh tasting but just not worth the effort to me.  Couldn't taste the spinach at all.

I'm not sure how I feel about this dish as a salad, or side dish, per se.  I agree with another reviewer, in that it would make a nice topping for grilled chicken.  I felt the flavors were a little too strong to eat alone as a side dish or salad, at least for our preferences.  Thanks for sharing your recipe, RainbowJewels!

This was excellent.   My husband loved it.  I could have gone a little lighter on the salt but otherwise it is an excellent, refreshing salad that was super easy to make.  I love that it was all fresh ingredients and no dressing.  It lasted well for a few days in the fridge.

I bought all of the ingredients and followed the recipe except for the cucumber-I used one regular and one seedless.  I also took the recommendations of others who’ve made it and added 1 Tbsp balsamic vinegar and 2 Tbsp’s olive - since I enjoy those flavors anyhow.  The cucumber with seeds seemed fine. But -I used one large red onion and it is way way too much onion.  The onion over powered the flavor and the entire dish.  I’m bummed that I kinda ruined the whole dish with that much onion.  I would make it again, 1/2 (or less) the onion and maybe some feta and cilantro. But that is to my Taste.  I was super happy to have found a recipe that was easy, had ordinary foods and some that were in my garden.  Prep was quick and easy thanks for sharing!

Per others' reviews I added balsamic, juice of a lime, some lemon-seasoned salt, and olive oil when processing the spinach and basil. Then made a junk veggie salad with everything I had, on top of the called for ingredients: beets, corn, parsnip, carrot - it didn't seem to matter what I put in there because the puree was so good. So I appreciate this recipe for the base idea!

This was just delicious. No extra dressing needed nor wanted. Three of us, one a 23 yr old man who is a fussy eater, all loved it!  How can something this healthy taste so good?  Thanks for this recipe!

Amazing Cucumber Basil Salad

Prep Time: 15 minutes

Total: 8 hours, 15 minutes

Servings: 12

Author : RainbowJewels

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