Tomato Cucumber Salad with Olives and Feta!

It is a great feeling when the food you are eating comes right from your garden.   This Tomato Cucumber Salad came right from the backyard.  

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This year I grew my own cucumbers, tomatoes, and basil knowing that I would be making this salad.  This is a perfect quick and easy side dish to make for summer dinners.  

Of course, I love that I can go outside a pull the items out of my garden and know they are fresh and grown in organic soil without chemicals.   I did not grow the green onions, but I might consider that for next year.  I also grew some squash, peppers, and zucchini.  

This was a picture I shared on Instagram of my zucchini that was growing in the garden.  Look at the size of those.  If you are not following me on Instagram, follow me, (<— click here to follow)this is the kind of pictures you will see me posting, random fun things!  

Tomato Cucumber Salad

Yield: 16

Prep Time: 20 minutes

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Ingredients

• 1 or 2 tomatoes, diced
• 1 cucumber - peeled and chopped
• 3 green onions, chopped
• 1/4 cup fresh basil leaves, cut into thin strips
• 3 tablespoons olive oil
• 1 tablespoons balsamic vinegar
• 1 tablespoon rice vinegar
• 1/2 container feta cheese
• 1/4 lb of fresh mozzarella cheese
• 1/2 tablespoon Italian seasoning
• salt and freshly ground black pepper to taste

Instructions

1. In a large bowl, toss together the tomatoes, cucumber, green onions, basil, olive oil, balsamic vinegar, and feta cheese.
2. Season with seasoning, salt, and pepper.

 I like regular black olives in my salad, you can use any type of olive or omit them all together.  I like this recipe because you can substitute or remove the ingredient that you choose.  

Do you have a garden or shop from a local farmers market?  I love summer for this reason alone, local fresh veggies!