Cucumber Dill Salad Recipe

This cucumber dill salad recipe features crunchy cucumbers, sweet oranges, red onion, and fresh dill, all topped with an easy-to-make dressing. Enjoy this refreshing salad as a side to your favorite grilled dinner or as a light lunch on its own.

All about this Cucumber Dill Salad Recipe

This cucumber dill salad is the perfect combination of textures and flavors. It starts with cucumbers, oranges, and red onion as the base. The vegetables are then mixed with fresh chopped dill and drizzled with a simple dressing of olive oil, fresh squeezed lime juice, and salt.

The result is a light salad to serve as a side dish or picnic meal. The combination of flavors is both simple yet complex – the sweet oranges pair with the tangy lime juice in the dressing and the fresh dill adds an unmistakable herbal flavor.

This recipe is vegan, gluten free, dairy free, easy to make, and takes only minutes to prepare. And it’s full of vitamins, minerals, antioxidants, and healthy fats.

Ingredients You’ll Need for this Recipe

• Cucumbers
• Red Onion
• Orange
• Olive Oil
• Fresh squeezed lime Juice
• Fresh Dill
• Salt

How to Make this Cucumber Dill Salad Recipe

Prep the fruit and veggies:

1. Wash the cucumbers and cut them into thin slices.
2. Cut the red onion into thin slices.
3. Peel the orange and cut it into wedges.

Prepare the dressing:

1. Mix the olive oil, fresh squeezed lime juice, and salt in a bowl until well blended. Set aside.
2. Chop the fresh dill.

Assemble the salad:

1. Combine the cucumbers, red onions, oranges, and chopped dill in a large bowl.
2. Pour the dressing over the top.

How to Serve Cucumber Dill Salad

This cucumber dill salad is a great side dish for grilled chicken, steak, or fish. It also makes a light and refreshing lunch all on its own. You can add a small amount of fresh cracked pepper to the top of the salad prior to serving for a little extra spice.

If you’d like to make this salad a bit heartier, top it with grilled shrimp, tofu, diced avocado, or feta cheese. This will add more flavor and texture to the dish.

Tips and Variations for this Salad

There are lots of ways to change up this recipe and make it your own. Here are some suggestions:

• Use fresh dill if possible. It makes a difference in the flavor of the dish. If you cannot find fresh dill, you can substitute with 1/3 of the same amount of dried dill.
• Leave the skin on the cucumbers so they will keep their crunch.
• Experiment with different types of cucumbers, such as Persian, English, or mini.
• Substitute sweet onion, sliced shallots, or green onions for the red onion if desired. If the red onion is too strong, you can also allow it to sit in cold water before adding it to the salad.
• Swap out the oranges for other sweet fruits, like chopped mangoes or pineapple chunks.
• Add in other fresh herbs, such as parsley or mint, for extra flavor.
• Sprinkle with crunchy nuts or seeds, like almonds, walnuts, or sunflower seeds.
• Mix in some cooked and cooled quinoa for added protein and texture.
• For a spicier salad, add in some sliced jalapenos or chili peppers.
• Add in additional fresh vegetables, such as tomatoes, bell peppers, radishes, or carrots.

How to Store Leftovers

It is best to eat this cucumber dill salad right after you have prepared it. Because cucumbers contain a lot of water, they will turn mushy over time. If needed, you can store leftovers in an airtight container in the fridge for 1 or 2 days. If possible, don’t add the dressing until right before serving. To help the cucumbers hold their texture longer, toss them in a small amount of salt and allow them to sit for 10 minutes before rinsing off the excess salt.

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Cucumber Dill Salad Recipe

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Cucumber Dill Salad is a fresh vegetarian side dish that is perfect for any dining or potluck situation.

Ingredients

• Cucumbers
• Red Onion
• Orange
• Olive Oil
• Lime Juice
• Fresh Dill
• Salt

Instructions

1. Prep the Veggies. Wash the cucumbers and slice them thinly into circles. Slice the onions thinly as well.
2. Prep the Orange. Peel the orange and slice it as well.
3. Prepare the Dressing. In a bowl mix the olive oil, lime juice, and salt together until well blended. Set this aside and chop the dill.
4. Mix all of the veggies, the orange, and the dill in one large bowl. Pour the dressing on top.

Notes

You can switch out the red onion for sweet onions if you find them to be too strong.

Another way to lower the potency of the onion is to let it sit in cold water before adding it to the salad.

You can add a small amount of ground pepper to the top of the salad prior to serving for a little extra spice.

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