Description
This Cucumber Avocado Salad with Lime and Cilantro is a refreshing and vibrant dish that combines crisp cucumbers and creamy avocados with a zesty lime dressing. Perfect as a side dish or light lunch, it’s quick to prepare and bursting with flavor.
Ingredients
Scale
- 2 English or Persian cucumbers
- 1 ripe Hass avocado
- 1 lime (zested and juiced)
- 1/4 red onion, finely diced
- 1/4 cup fresh cilantro, roughly chopped
- 1–2 tablespoons extra virgin olive oil
- Sea salt, to taste
- Freshly ground black pepper, to taste
- Optional: a tiny drizzle of honey or agave nectar
- Optional: a tiny pinch of cumin
- Optional: finely minced jalapeño for heat
Instructions
- Prepare Your Ingredients: Wash the cucumbers thoroughly and dice them into bite-sized pieces, about half an inch. Finely dice about a quarter of a red onion and wash and roughly chop a generous amount of fresh cilantro.
- Zest and Juice the Lime: Zest one whole lime into a small bowl, then cut the lime in half and squeeze out all its juice into the same bowl.
- Make the Simple Dressing: Add 1-2 tablespoons of extra virgin olive oil to the lime juice and zest. Season generously with sea salt and freshly ground black pepper, and whisk until well combined.
- Dice the Avocado: Cut the ripe avocado in half, remove the pit, and cube the flesh right in the skin before scooping it out with a spoon.
- Combine and Gently Toss: In a large mixing bowl, combine the diced cucumbers, red onion, and chopped cilantro. Pour the lime and olive oil dressing over everything and gently toss to coat.
- Add Avocado and Serve: Add the diced avocado to the bowl and gently fold it into the salad to minimize bruising. Taste and adjust seasoning if needed.
- Prep Time: 15 mins
- Cook Time: 0 mins
- Category: Salad
- Method: No cooking required
- Cuisine: American
Nutrition
- Serving Size: 1 bowl
- Calories: 200
- Sugar: 2 g
- Sodium: 150 mg
- Fat: 15 g
- Saturated Fat: 2 g
- Unsaturated Fat: 12 g
- Trans Fat: 0 g
- Carbohydrates: 12 g
- Fiber: 6 g
- Protein: 3 g
- Cholesterol: 0 mg
Keywords: To prevent avocado browning, add it last and coat it with lime dressing. For standard slicing cucumbers, peel and scoop out the seeds to keep the salad crisp. Be gentle when mixing to preserve the avocado's shape.