Name: Gaby's Cucumber Salad
Prep time: 5 min
Total time: 5 min
Ingredients: 3 tablespoons extra-virgin olive oil; 2 tablespoons balsamic vinegar; 2 small-to-medium cloves garlic, pressed or minced; Kosher salt and freshly ground black pepper, to taste; 1 ripe avocado, pitted and sliced or diced; 4 Persian cucumbers or 2 medium English cucumbers (12 ounces), thinly sliced; Optional additions: 1 to 2 cups arugula, 1/2 cup halved cherry tomatoes, and/or 1 to 2 chopped radishes

Gaby's cucumber salad recipe is the best cucumber salad I've ever had! It's made with crisp cucumber and creamy avocado tossed in a simple balsamic vinegar dressing. Recipe yields 4 servings.

Gaby's Cucumber Salad

olive oil

balsamic vinegar

small-to-medium garlic, pressed

salt and black pepper,

avocado,

Persian cucumbers or 2 medium English cucumbers (12 ounces), thinly sliced

additions: radishes

In a medium bowl, whisk together the olive oil, balsamic vinegar and garlic until blended. Season with salt and pepper.

Add the avocado and cucumbers to the bowl and toss to combine. Season with additional salt and pepper if necessary. Serve immediately.

My mom gave me some cucumbers from her garden so I went looking for ideas last night and came across this recipe. It turned out AMAZING! Since the cukes were standard ones and humungus I used only one. I spiralized it with my KitchenAid spiralizer and sweated it with a little salt for about an hour. Also to make a light but full meal, i doubled the sauce to marinate and bake some tofu sticks and I threw in a little extra Italian seasoning. I did add the cherry tomatoes and radish but left out the arugula. Thank you for sharing, this is a great recipe!!

5 min!!?   Caught my eye!
Have all ingredients, caught my other eye! 
Your suggestions always spruce up the finished product.  Thanks for my cold veggie plate for tonite's supper!

Ok, this is delicious and so so easy to make. I used standard cucumbers from my garden as that’s what I have an abundance of right now. I did use the specialty balsamic that I love that is manufactured by Veronica Foods and sold by lots of independent oil and vinegar stores. I cut down oil to two Tbsp and vinegar kept at 2 Tbsp. Good shake of salt and grind of pepper. Two yummy cloves of German red garlic, avocado, fresh sungold tomatoes from my garden, and a small handful of arugula. It’s divine, delicious, and a new easy favorite.

Made this immediately last night and loved it - my daughter as well!  Quick and easy for when you get home from work - served alongside pasta.

This salad just screams FRESH, but I have to admit...I love your photos just to see what vintage utensil you are using.

Amazing.  I did dice up some white onion and grape tomatoes.  Nice addition to an already perfect salad.

Wow, I never thought to combine cucumbers and avocado.  This also caught my eye because I happened to have all the ingredients and an avocado that needed to be used before it got too ripe.  I also included the radishes and halved grape tomatoes.  Voila, a terrific cucumber recipe.  Trader Joe's is midtown in my city so I picked up an English cucumber from Whole Foods downtown since they didn't look like they had Persian cucumbers.  Thanks as usual!!!

I love the Cucumber Salad.  I put radishes on mine.  I'm thinking next time I make it (which will probably be in the next few days, that's how good it is), I may put the Quick Pickled Onions in for the sweet.  I like those too! Keep it up.

Yum! How can something so good be so easy?? my refrigerator is in a sorry state right now so this bit of inspiration came during desperate times, haha. Cherry tomatoes would go so well, but sadly didn't have any, so my add-ins became Siracha and cilantro.

This was sooooo good and fresh for a healthy weeknight meal. I served it over cooked quinoa and added chopped arugula as you suggested. Even my hubby gobbled up two helpings. Thanks for a great salad recipe!

oh my goodness. this salad is SO addictive! I made a 4 person serving and my husband and I ate the whole thing up. We added some arugula and radishes to make it more of a dinner salad with a side of protein.

Made this last week for the family and it was a huge hit! Very delicious!

Made this salad and ate the whole thing by myself :)  It was fast and delicious.  Are these side dish recipes available on your website?  Or do I bookmark this page?  I want to try more of these recipes.

This cucumber salad is AMAZING!  I made it tonight for the first time and I could just eat only this for dinner.  This will be one of my go to salads from now on!  Thank you!

I made this one for the first time 12 days ago and have since made it 4 more times. So simple and tasty!

This dish was so tasty!  I added radishes, arugula and cherry tomatoes to make it a little more hearty.  Served alongside some vegan carrot dogs!  Thanks for another winner!

Just made this after finding your website a few hours ago looking up seasonal produce. Went down a rabbit hole on your site and pinned about 80 things Then I found this amazing salad and it needed to be tried. So happy I did because I’m currently sitting on the couch with this on my belly enjoying every bite! Also, great name 

LOVE this salad! Super easy to make and always a hit at dinner! Very easy to customize. I tend to add mozzarella balls and cherry tomatoes along with the cucumbers and avocado. My husband and I usually race to grab the leftovers (if there are any) after dinner to see who the lucky winner is to bring the rest to work the next day. Definitely would recommend.

Amaaaaazing! I couldn't stop myself from eating the whole lot. From now on I am going to double this recipe because I couldn't stop going back for a little more until it was all gone. This will be a permanent side from now on in my house. Thanks Kate, and thanks Gabby x

Fantastic salad! I made it with sweet cucumber produced in Holland and organic cherry tomato.Its addicting!

Gaby's Cucumber Salad

Prep Time: 5 minutes

Total: 5 minutes

Servings: 4

Author : Cookie and Kate

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