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Light Creamy Cucumber Salad

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Light Creamy Cucumber Salad

Light Creamy Cucumber Salad is the perfect summer side dish, and a classic for barbecues, parties, and gatherings. This Light Creamy Cucumber Salad offers a healthier swap for regular mayo that offers the same great taste of mayo with the health benefits of avocado oil.

Serve this cucumber salad with Oven Fried Chicken and Air Fryer Fries for a great meal. And add some Homemade Lemonade to make it even better!

Creamy Cucumber Salad: The perfect side for a BBQ, this garden fresh cucumber salad is amazing.

Have you ever had something so simple and so delicious you wanted to eat the whole bowl yourself? That was this Light Creamy Cucumber Salad for me. I loved the crispy crunchy texture of the cucumbers, whether it is an Easy Asian Cucumber Salad or this Greek Cucumber Salad and the creamy, delicious flavor of the sauce. Add in the distinctive taste of dill weed and some salt, and you’ve got a summer salad perfectly suited to grace the tables of all your summer gatherings.

I don’t know about you guys, but beyond the sunshine and time spent in the water, one of my favorite parts of the summer months is the food! Those garden fresh veggies, grilled meats, and of course all the fun salads and sides. But the problem I often run into is that many of those sides, from the potato salads to the macaroni salads, have mayo.

Creamy Cucumber Salad: The perfect side for a BBQ, this garden fresh cucumber salad is perfect for summer gatherings

This Light Creamy Cucumber Salad is no exception. But don’t let that scare you away from it. Mayo tastes great, and enhances the flavor of foods. And if you pick the right mayo, you don’t have to worry! Here’s another healthy and flavorful take on cucumber salad.

I love the taste of regular mayo, but with the copious amounts of summer salads I consume, I wanted a healthier alternative. That is why I am so excited to share KRAFT Avocado Oil Mayo with you all. It is the perfect healthy swap. A healthier alternative that tastes like regular mayo, but is made with cage free whole eggs*, and avocado oil. And it contains 232 mg of Omega-3 ALA in every serving. Same taste but healthier fat: I call that a win!

Everything you need to make Creamy Cucumber Salad: The perfect side for a BBQ, this garden fresh cucumber salad is amazing.

KRAFT is the first to make Avocado Oil available at an affordable price point. In fact, the 22 oz and 30 oz bottles start at just $3.69, and the 12 oz bottle starts at just $2.69, and it can be found at most major retailers.

Creamy Cucumber Salad: The perfect side for a BBQ, this garden fresh cucumber salad is amazing.

You can use KRAFT Avocado Oil Mayo just like you would any other mayo, on sandwiches, burgers, and the like. My favorite way to use it is in this Light Creamy Cucumber Salad.
Creamy Cucumber Salad: The perfect side for a BBQ, this garden fresh cucumber salad is amazing.

The avocado oil is the perfect compliment to the garden fresh cucumbers and dill weed. In addition to the extremely beneficial fatty acid profile, good levels of antioxidants and other healthy compounds, it just plain tastes good.

My sister in law could not stop raving about how amazing this Light Creamy Cucumber Salad is. Trust me: she didn’t miss regular mayo at all! And I loved that I got the same great taste, but could feel good about eating an extra large helping of this Light Creamy Cucumber Salad.

Creamy Cucumber Salad: The perfect side for a BBQ, this garden fresh cucumber salad is amazing.

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Creamy Cucumber Salad: The perfect side for a BBQ, this garden fresh cucumber salad is amazing.

Creamy Cucumber Salad

Creamy Cucumber Salad with KRAFT Avocado Oil Mayo, garden fresh cucumbers, dill weed and more. This creamy salad is the perfect BBQ side dish.
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Course: Salad
Cuisine: American
Keyword: creamy cucumber, cucumber salad
Prep Time: 1 hour 10 minutes
Total Time: 1 hour 10 minutes
Servings: 4
Calories: 324kcal
Author: Rachael

Equipment

Ingredients

  • 2 Medium-large English Cucumbers
  • 1 tsp Kosher Salt

Sauce

  • 2 Tbs White Vinegar
  • 2 Tbs Fresh Dill Weed
  • 1 Tbs Granulated sugar
  • 1 tsp Garlic powder
  • ½ tsp Black pepper freshly ground
  • ¾ cup Kraft Avocado Oil Mayo

Instructions

  • Cut cucumbers lengthwise.
  • Using a small spoon, scrape the seeds out of the middle.
  • Now chop cucumbers into smaller pieces
  • Toss with salt
  • Lay out flat on a baking sheet, with a paper towel under the cucumbers, and let sit for 30 mins to an hour. This will help draw out moisture.
  • Meanwhile, mix together sauce by combining all sauce ingredients into a large bowl, and whisking until smooth.
  • After the allotted time, take an additional paper towel, and blot the cucumbers dry.
  • Put cucumbers in large bowl with sauce, and stir to coat evenly.
  • Refrigerate until ready to serve.
  • Serve in a pretty Summer Bowl.

Nutrition

Calories: 324kcal | Carbohydrates: 9g | Protein: 1g | Fat: 31g | Saturated Fat: 4g | Cholesterol: 17mg | Sodium: 851mg | Potassium: 229mg | Sugar: 6g | Vitamin A: 200IU | Vitamin C: 4.2mg | Calcium: 27mg | Iron: 0.5mg

Our recipe card software calculates these nutrition facts based on averages for the above ingredients, different brands, and quality of produce/meats may have different nutritional information, always calculate your own based on the specific products you use in order to achieve accurate macros for this recipe.

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What to make with it

Mains that go with cucumber salad

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This Light Creamy Cucumber Salad offers a healthier swap for regular mayo that offers the same great taste of mayo with the health benefits of avocado oil.

Now that I have shared this awesome healthy swap, what summer salad are you going to use KRAFT Avocado Oil Mayo in? 

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*Contains at least 70% cage free whole eggs

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Comments

  1. Linda A Boswell says

    i am going to add some grape tomatoes and a bit of green onion. Can’t wait to make this. And serve it with grilled pork tenderloin skewers!

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  2. Sara Glover says

    This sounds so refreshing! I am a huge fan of cucumbers and I’m always looking for new way to prepare them. This looks so promising! I’ll probably eat it the whole summer long! YUM!

    Reply

  3. Bailey Davis says

    I typically don’t love cucumbers, but this mix sounds really good and it’d be a good way to get my veggie fix in that I usually don’t get enough of!

    Reply

  6. susan says

    I am a huge fan of cucumbers, they are my favorite! I would love to try this recipe, it seems light and delicious.

    Reply

  12. Meagan says

    Yum! Looks like the perfect side to take to a BBQ! Totally going to try this – we love cucumbers at our house!

    Reply

  16. Amy Desrosiers says

    This looks so good! I love cucumber salad in the summer! We always have so many grow around here!

    Reply

  18. Claudia Krusch says

    This looks so delicious and easy to make. I will have to get the ingredients I need to make some this weekend. I am sure it will be a hit.

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    • Rachael says

      Me too, but I can attest to the fact that it is not too mayo-y and is super fresh and light tasting!

      Reply

    • Rachael says

      Toni, Please try this, I am sure that you will love it and add it to your summertime meals. Enjoy!

      Reply

    • Rachael says

      LaShawn, I love a cucumber salad in the summer too, there is something about the freshness and the crispiness of cucumber that screams summer to me. This recipe is a new favorite for me, I am sure that you will enjoy it.

      Reply

  23. Janeane Davis says

    I do not know what recipe I will use this mayo to make. I am looking forward to using it on some picnic food.

    Reply

    • Rachael says

      Janeane,

      I love it in the Light Creamy Cucumber salad. Last night my husband made BLT’s for dinner and I had it on my sandwich. It was so good! I think this is going to be my go to mayo.

      Reply

  37. Maria Beas says

    Since I love avocado I will be making Tripe CREAMY CUCUMBER SALAD for this summer season. Thanks for the chance to win such an amazing giveaway.

    Reply

  40. heather says

    I am going to use Kraft avocado oil mayo in my summer potato salad and also in some cobb salad.

    Reply

  70. Margaret Smith says

    I’d love to try this with my homemade macaroni salad. This really sounds like a great alternative and healthier choice. Thanks so much.

    Reply

  73. Madeline says

    I’d use KRAFT Avocado Oil Mayo in potato salad, or even in a dressing for a regular leafy green salad.

    Reply

  78. Allison Swain says

    I would use it to make a salad dressing for taco salad.

    Thank you for the chance to win!

    allisonrsdswain(AT)gmail(DOT)com

    Reply

  81. Gina M says

    I would love to use it in my macaroni salad.

    Thanks for the chance to win!
    wildorchid985 at gmail dot com

    Reply

  96. April V. says

    While I like the idea of this creamy cucumber salad, I’d use this Avocado Oil Mayo in my homemade potato salad and chicken salad and egg salad. They would all benefit I’m sure!

    Reply

  108. Tina W says

    I would love to try the Kraft Avocado Oil Mayo in macaroni salad (gotta have mac salad for my fiance’s favorite Hawaiian-style plate lunch!)

    Reply

  119. Anastasia says

    I admit, I was at a loss at first b/c I have no idea what to use this dressing on… but after seeing the pics of this recipe, now I KNOW that THIS is the salad I’d make! YUM!!! I can’t pass up the chance to try it 🙂

    Reply

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