Ginger Free Mediterranean Tomato, Peach & Cucumber Salad

Total time25 min

Prep time15 min

Cook time0 min

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Ginger Free Mediterranean Tomato, Peach & Cucumber Salad

This salad is a stunning collision of summer flavors — juicy peaches, bright cherry tomatoes, cool cucumber, and briny Castelvetrano olives all tumbling together in one gorgeous bowl. The dressing leans on lemon juice, lemon zest, a touch of honey, cumin, and turmeric for warmth and depth, and the whole thing comes together without a trace of ginger anywhere in the recipe. That matters more than you might think, since so many Mediterranean-inspired dressings sneak in ginger as a background note, leaving you to hunt through ingredient lists. Here, the flavor complexity comes entirely from the herb and spice combination that's actually listed — no substitutions needed, no ingredients to swap out. Letting the red onion sit in the dressing for ten minutes is a small but brilliant step that mellows its sharpness and infuses the whole salad with savory sweetness before the other ingredients even hit the bowl. Fresh mint and basil folded in at the end keep everything tasting alive and aromatic, and a handful of dry-roasted pistachios on top adds a satisfying crunch to finish. It's the kind of dish that looks like you spent hours on it but comes together in under twenty minutes.

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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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