Textual Chef Textual Chef

Tomato and Onion Salad

A simple and refreshing side salad featuring ripe tomatoes and thinly sliced white onions drizzled with olive oil and fresh lime juice.

10 minEasyServes 480 cal/serving

CubanSaladNo-CookVeganVegetarianPescatarianMediterraneanLow CarbKetoWhole30Halal-friendlyKosher-styleGluten-FreeNut-FreeDairy-FreeSoy-FreeEgg-FreeShellfish-FreeSesame-FreeLow-SugarPork-FreeAlcohol-FreeCorn-FreeLow-Sodium

Cook this free in the appFree. No download, no account. The screen stays awake and each step can run its own timer.

Ingredients

  • 4 medium ripe tomatoes, sliced
  • 1/2 small white onion, thinly sliced
  • 2 tbsp extra virgin olive oil
  • 1 tbsp fresh lime juice
  • 1/2 tsp fine sea salt
  • 1/4 tsp black pepper, ground

Instructions

  1. 1

    Arrange 4 medium sliced ripe tomatoes on a serving platter and top with 1/2 small thinly sliced white onion.

  2. 2

    Whisk 2 tbsp extra virgin olive oil, 1 tbsp fresh lime juice, 1/2 tsp fine sea salt, and 1/4 tsp ground black pepper together in a small bowl.

  3. 3

    Drizzle the dressing over the vegetables and let rest 10 minutes before serving.

Cook this free in the appCooking it now? The app keeps the screen awake and times each step. Free, nothing to install.

Questions

Is Tomato and Onion Salad keto-friendly?

A serving of Tomato and Onion Salad carries 5 g of carbohydrate, 1 g of it fiber. Against a strict 20 g keto day that is 25 percent of the budget; against a moderate 100 g low-carb day it is 5 percent.

How many carbs are in Tomato and Onion Salad?

One serving (the recipe makes 4) has 5 g of carbohydrate in about 80 calories, with 1 g protein and 7 g fat, plus 1 g fiber and 290 mg sodium. The figures are estimates computed from the ingredient list.

How do I store and reheat Tomato and Onion Salad?

Water seeps out of the tomatoes as the salad sits, so keep the dressing apart and toss Tomato and Onion Salad just before serving. Undressed and refrigerated, the components hold about two days. It does not freeze.

Can I halve or double Tomato and Onion Salad?

Yes. As written it serves 4. Halved, the tomatoes drops from 4 medium to 2 medium; doubled, it is 8 medium. Every line in this entry carries its half and double quantity, and the app's batch dial rewrites them inside each step. There is no cooking pitfall here; the quantities simply scale.

Serve it with

Cook this free in the app

Textual Chef is 4,530 plain-text recipes, free to read and free to cook from. No account, no paywall, no ads, no life stories. Open this one in the app and each quantity sits inside the step that uses it, so you read once and cook.

Every recipe is curated or public-domain sourced, written to one template and checked before it publishes. Nothing here is a scraped blog post.

Cook this free in the appNo download needed. It opens in your browser. The kitchen tools (planner, shopping list, pantry, import) are $5.33 a month billed annually; the first 30 days are free.

More Cuban entries

All Cuban recipes · All Salad recipes · All Tomatoes recipes