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Home » Recipes » By Meal » Lunch Ideas » The Simplest, Tastiest Cucumber and Avocado Salad Ever!

The Simplest, Tastiest Cucumber and Avocado Salad Ever!

Published: Jan 31, 2015 · Modified: Oct 16, 2020 by greenlitebitescom · This post may contain affiliate links · 5 Comments

I think I've confessed this before but I'm going to do it again because I think it's important to know that everyone doesn't just like healthy things. Some of us work hard on it.

Avocado and I have been on an interesting journey.

When I was a child I don't remember even seeing avocados. Maybe it's because I grew up in the Northeast and they just weren't popular there in the '80s?? But I literally have ZERO avocado memories. When I went away to college, guacamole seemed to be all the rage and it grossed. me. out.  It was green and weird and lumpy.

Why would ANYONE eat that?

When I had Ryan in 2005 I started to incorporate healthier foods into our diet. That's when I bought my first avocado. He was maybe 18 months at the time. We cubed it up, tried it together and...

HATED IT.

The texture actually made us both gag.

I still tried to include them in our diet because they are just so darn healthy, but the only way I could really stomach avocado was mashed and hidden in things like dressings and quesadillas.

Then came Evan.

Their nutritional profile and texture make it a such great baby food, so I decided to try again with him. Glad I did -- he loved them simply mashed -- click here and see how easy it is to feed babies avocado! He still eats plain cubed avocado 1-2 days a week.

The Simplest, Tastiest Cucumber and Avocado Salad Ever!Ryan isn't as adventurous with it but will tolerate avocado in things like tacos. I, on the other hand have been slowly converted. I don't think I could eat plain cubes still but in a salad like this their creamy texture really shines and I love it! Especially balanced with the crunch of some fresh cucumbers.

Here's what I did...

  • ½ tbsp maple syrup
  • ¼ tsp dried mint
  • 1 lime
  • 1 healthy pinch of salt
  • ½ avocado, cut into chunks
  • 2 mini cucumbers, sliced

Put the maple syrup and mint in a bowl large enough to hold all the ingredients. Zest the lime and squeeze the juice into the bowl. If you don't have a lime about a tablespoon and a half of bottled lime juice should be fine. Add salt and whisk.

The Simplest, Tastiest Cucumber and Avocado Salad Ever! - The Dressing

Add the avocado and cucumber to the bowl. Toss to coat everything.

The Simplest, Tastiest Cucumber and Avocado Salad Ever! - Done!

Done.

That's it!

I poured it on a plate and enjoyed it as a snack...

The Simplest, Tastiest Cucumber and Avocado Salad

...but it would make a great side dish to some chicken tenders or even grilled fish.

Hope you like it or are inspired to try something new. 🙂

Approx Nutritional Information per serving
Servings Amount per Serving
1 Entire Recipe
Calories Fat Fiber WWPs
190 11g 7g old: 4 new: 5
Sugar Sat Fat Carbs Protein
11g 0g 23g 0g
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  1. Jenn says

    February 13, 2021 at 11:13 pm

    how many servings does this make?

    Reply
  2. Barbara says

    February 11, 2015 at 8:28 pm

    I couldn't find a print button for recipe did I miss it

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    • roni says

      February 16, 2015 at 2:43 pm

      I don't have a special print button, you can just use the browser print and it will only include the recipe, not all the photos.

      I'll work on getting one added.

      Reply
  3. Tanja says

    February 08, 2015 at 5:14 am

    Hi Roni, have you ever tried avocado in smoothie? Just mix avocado, honey, cinnamon and blend it - it's delicious. I don't like avocado in salty foods or alone, but this smoothie is perfect. I'm sure you'd like it. Let me know if you try it. Love, T.

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    • roni says

      February 09, 2015 at 11:36 am

      I have! SO GOOD! I'll try yours thought... it's really simple!

      Reply

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