Artificial Flavors Free Mediterranean Tomato, Peach & Cucumber Salad

Total time25 min

Prep time15 min

Cook time0 min

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Artificial Flavors Free Mediterranean Tomato, Peach & Cucumber Salad

Summer produce deserves this kind of treatment — juicy peaches and cherry tomatoes tumbling together with cool cucumber, briny Castelvetrano olives, and a shower of fresh mint and basil. The dressing is built entirely from scratch using extra-virgin olive oil, fresh lemon juice, raw honey, and warm spices like cumin and turmeric, so there's no mystery about what's actually going into your bowl. Bottled dressings and pre-seasoned salad kits are notorious for sneaking in synthetic flavor enhancers, but every single element here is a whole, recognizable ingredient. A clever trick in the method has the red onion macerating in the dressing for ten minutes first, which mellows its sharpness and infuses the vinaigrette with a subtle sweetness before the rest of the salad even joins the party. The result is bright, layered, and genuinely complex — the kind of flavor that usually makes people assume something processed went into it. A handful of dry-roasted pistachios on top adds crunch and a nutty finish that ties everything together beautifully. It comes together fast and looks stunning on a platter, making it just as at home at a weeknight dinner as it is at a summer gathering.

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Ingredients

4 servings

For the salad

2 cups cherry tomatoes, halved
2 ripe peaches, pitted and cut into ¾-inch wedges
1 english cucumber, halved lengthwise and sliced into ½-inch half-moons
½ cup castelvetrano olives, pitted and roughly torn
¼ red onion, very thinly sliced
¼ cup fresh mint leaves, torn
¼ cup fresh basil leaves, torn

For the dressing

3 tbsp extra-virgin olive oil
2 tbsp fresh lemon juice
1 tsp lemon zest
1 tsp raw honey
½ tsp ground cumin
¼ tsp ground turmeric
salt and pepper, to taste

For serving

¼ cup dry-roasted pistachios, roughly chopped (optional)

Instructions

1
In a small bowl, whisk together the extra-virgin olive oil, lemon juice, lemon zest, honey, cumin, and turmeric until fully combined. Season with salt and pepper.
2
Place the sliced red onion in the large mixing bowl and pour the dressing over it. Let the onion sit in the dressing for 10 minutes, until slightly softened and the sharp bite mellows.

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