Looking for a refreshing and healthy salad recipe? This article provides a guide to making a delicious cucumber and avocado salad, including the ingredients needed, step-by-step instructions, and nutritional information. Find out how to customize this recipe to your tastes and dietary needs, and enjoy a delicious and nutritious meal.
A quick and easy (5-minute) cucumber and avocado salad Recipe with the easiest lime dressing. This was a ‘spur of the moment’ recipe which means it’s super easy to recreate and you’ll memorize it right away. This cucumber salad disappeared so fast and we all wished there was more of it.
I feel compelled to make salads with avocado in them. When I add avocado, magical things happen – salads take on an irresistible creaminess without any creamy dressings needed.
Good thing that 99% of you seem to love avocados just as much as we do. Some of our all-time most popular recipes are our avocado salads.
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Cucumber and Avocado Salad
We’ve joined the masses in the eating healthy movement that always accompanies the New Year. So far we’ve had Spaghetti Squash spaghetti, naked burgers with grilled veggies, and Taco Stuffed Peppers.
Is it bad that I’m over it? We eat pretty dang healthy in general but I don’t mind a treat here and there. So this all-or-nothing approach has me wanting to rebel and dive face-first into a bowl of cookie dough.
Do you know how they say chocolate is a mood elevator? Well, avocados do the same thing for me.
As long as I can throw some avocado on top of an omelet, toast, or in a salad…I’m happy.
Cucumber and Avocado Salad Fixings
2 English cucumbers, sliced
1 large avocado, pitted, peeled, and sliced
1/3 cup green onion, half of a bunch, chopped
2 Tbsp lime juice, from 1 medium lime
2 Tbsp extra virgin olive oil
1 tsp sea salt, or 3/4 tsp table salt, or to taste
1/8 tsp black pepper
Instructions
In a medium salad bowl, combine sliced cucumbers, avocado, and chopped green onion.
Drizzle with 2 lime juice, 2 Tbsp olive oil, and season with 1 tsp sea salt and 1/8 tsp black pepper or season to taste. Toss salad to coat with dressing and serve. You can also read more about Salad That’s a Meal Best Quinoa With Chicken Salad Recipe.
How do I keep Cucumbers from Getting Soft?
To keep cucumbers from getting soft or becoming too juicy, with any extra steps such as sweating the cucumbers, be sure to add salt just before serving. You can get more from this video.
Cucumber and Avocado Salad Variations
Change up some of the ingredients! Swap the Roma tomatoes for cherry or grape tomatoes and the red onion for white or sweet onion.
Add some protein! Toss in some grilled shrimp or diced grilled chicken, or serve the avocado salad on top of each or some grilled salmon.
Add some cheese! Mix in some mozzarella cheese balls, crumbled goat cheese, or crumbled feta for some bites or creamy goodness.
Add more veggies! Sliced zucchini, squash, or eggplant would work well here, as would diced bell peppers, rinsed chickpeas, or hulled sweet corn.
Make it spicy with some diced, seeded jalapeño or a pinch of dried cayenne pepper.
Add some fruit! Diced mango or pineapple would be great here.
Swap the herbs! Fresh dill, basil, oregano, or rosemary would all be delicious here. In the summer I add whatever herbs I have in the garden. The more herbs the better!
Switch out the lemon juice for lime juice or use a combination of the two!
Cucumber and Avocado Salad Storage and Make Ahead Instructions
Store prepared or leftover Cucumber Avocado Salad in an airtight container in your fridge for up to 3 days. The avocados may brown a bit, but the lemon juice should counteract most of the oxidation process. Best enjoyed fresh, as it will break down over time. Do not freeze.
If you are making this avocado cucumber salad ahead of time simply combine the veggies and dressing and leave out the avocado until you are ready to serve.
Conclusion
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