Tomato and Cucumber Salad

While I was growing up, Mom always had a small backyard garden. Although much of her current backyard is occupied by a trampoline for the grandkids, she still manages to keep a nice garden. Every year, she always has a lot of tomatoes. Her tomato plants usually produce lots of tomatoes from August through October. Lucky for me, Mom is happy to let me harvest vegetables from her garden. So far this year I have enjoyed tomato, zucchini, lettuce, and basil.

I wish I had taken a before photo of the tomatoes that I used for this recipe. One tomato was a perfectly shaped roma tomato. The other tomato so large and unusually shaped with some small blemishes that you could not find one like it in a store. But, just cut around the blemishes and there is delicious tomato waiting to be included in this salad. This recipe is quite adjustable to fit the amount of tomato and cucumber that you have available. Also, you can adjust the seasoning to suit your taste.

Tomato and Cucumber Salad

• 1 large cucumber
• 2 medium tomatoes
• 2 Tbsp. olive oil
• 1 Tbsp. red wine vinegar
• 1 Tbsp. chopped mint

Chop the cucumber into one-half inch cubes. Lay out the cucumber in a strainer or on a paper towel. Sprinkle with salt to drain excess moisture from the cucumber for about 20 minutes. Meanwhile, chop the tomato into similar size pieces. Place the cucumber and tomato in a bowl. Toss with olive oil and red wine vinegar. Sprinkle with mint. Enjoy!