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by Katie Webster
July 18, 2014 (updated 6/28/23)
Here are 25 Healthy Cucumber Recipes to inspire you all summer long. Cucumbers are one of those summer vegetables that I anticipate with great happiness every year. I just love them so much. And then once the first tender baby cukes arrive, it is suddenly like the floodgates have been opened and the cucumbers just won’t stop coming in! Sometimes I need a little inspiration. So I gathered up more than thirty healthy recipes for cucumbers for inspiration!
Just like cucumber season, this is one of those round-up posts that just kept going and going. There were so many great recipes out there. I love to make a simple skinny cucumber salad (see number 1 below) on a busy weeknight since it only takes a few seconds to get it on the table.
I also love adding cucumbers to big power salads, like recipe number 2. But cucumbers aren’t just for salads, as you know. I found lots of great recipe ideas that go beyond salads on other food blogs, and I included those here as well as my favorites from Healthy Seasonal Recipes.Please be sure to pin away and share the love!
25 Healthy Cucumber Recipes
Cucumbers, when in season, are one of the best green vegetables you could add to a recipe. They're nutritious and tasty, and always add freshness to any dish. However, sometimes even I can run out of ideas for what to do with my cucumbers. So, here are 30 Healthy Cucumber Recipes to inspire you all summer long.
Simple Cucumber Salad
This Simple Cucumber Salad is made with chives and rice vinegar. Very easy to make and only 19 calories per serving.
Mediterranean Quinoa Salad
This is a healthy and tasty side dish for summer parties. It is popping with flavor and loaded with cucumbers, feta and olives with the addition of parsley and mint. It's like a cross between Greek salad and quinoa tabbouleh!
15 Minute Greek Cucumber Salad
What's not to adore about this easy-as-can-be 15-Minute Greek Cucumber Salad with feta, olives and cherry tomatoes? It's the absolute best!
Healthy Cobb Salad
This Cobb Salad is bursting with fresh vegetables (such as cucumber) and protein-rich chicken, hard-boiled eggs, creamy avocado and smoky crumbled bacon. It is also topped off with a simple homemade Blue Cheese vinaigrette.
Greek Salad Cucumber Appetizer Party Bites
These adorable Greek Salad Cucumber Appetizer Party Bites taste just like Greek salad!
Grilled Za'atar Chicken Burgers with Cucumber Mint Tzatziki
Next up I have some juicy burgers made from ground chicken, seasoned with za’atar and topped with cucumber mint tzatziki, lettuce and tomato!
Healthy Green Smoothie
This Healthy Green Smoothie features Cucumber, Celery and Swiss chard and is high in fiber and low in sugar.
Chicken and Chickpea Green Goddess Power Salad
My Chicken and Chickpea Green Goddess Power Salad is made with carrot ribbons, chunks of cucumbers, chickpeas and feta cheese.
These Japanese Quick Pickled Cucumbers are made with black sesame seeds, scallions, and chili paste for some extra spice.
Photo Credit:lovelylittlekitchen.com
Cucumber Sandwiches With Whipped Goat Cheese
French baguette is topped here with the most delicious whipped goat cheese and cucumbers. You can't go wrong with this recipe!
Photo Credit:www.savorysimple.net
Bread and Butter Pickles Recipe
This recipe for Bread and Butter Pickles is made with mustard seeds, celery seeds and turmeric. They are the perfect sandwich topping!
Cucumber and Napa Cabbage Coleslaw
This Cucumber and Napa Cabbage Coleslaw is a yummy, refreshing, vegan and low carb recipe that will be the star of your plate!
Photo Credit:www.whatmegansmaking.com
Crisp Cucumber Salsa
This quick and easy cucumber salsa is made with red onion, tomato, jalapeno, cilantro and more. It tastes so great with tortilla chips on the side!
Photo Credit:www.howsweeteats.com
Cucumber Vodka Soda.
What better way to end a long week than with a refreshing Cucumber Vodka Soda. I mean... come on!
Photo Credit:www.cookincanuck.com
Spicy Chicken Thigh Recipe with Cucumber Avocado Salsa
The freshness of the cucumber avocado salsa pairs so well with the spicy chicken thighs. It's such a great combo.
Tzatziki with Za'atar Pita Chips
This creamy Tzatziki with Za'atar Pita Chips is a healthy snack or appetizer to try.
Photo Credit:www.blessthismessplease.com
Quick Pickled Cucumbers
These Quick pickled Cucumbers seriously only take 5 minutes to make. All you need is cucumber, water, vinegar, salt, and a few other simple ingredients.
Photo Credit:www.nutmegnanny.com
Chicken Souvlaki Pizza
Have you ever had a Chicken Souvlaki Pizza? I didn't think so! This blogger took a whole wheat pizza dough and topped it with tzatziki, feta, chicken, and cucumbers and it's so delish.
Clean Eating Cucumber Noodles with Lemon Basil
These Clean Eating Cucumber Noodles with Lemon Basil are a light and healthy summertime salad alternative.
Photo Credit:www.thebellevieblog.com
Hoisin Lime Pork Lettuce Wraps with a Cucumber Mango Salsa
These lettuce wraps with hoisin lime pork are seriously restaurant quality. They're simple to make, nutritious, and so tasty.
Photo Credit:cafejohnsonia.com
Chilled Pesto Cucumber Buttermilk Soup
This Chilled Pesto Cucumber Buttermilk Soup only has 4 ingredients in it–can you believe it? The only one not listed in the title is fresh basil.
Chickpea Salad with Creamy Avocado Dressing
This 20-minutechickpea saladhas a creamy avocado dressing with basil and lemon. It is a great protein source for plant-based diets and is perfect to serve at potlucks, summer cookouts, picnics and barbecues.
Green Salad with Pita, Feta and Mint {Spring Fattoush}
This easy Spring Salad with Pita, Feta and Mint is a seasonally inspired twist on classic Lebanese Fattoush salad. Our version is made without tomatoes, and instead uses the abundance of spring vegetables including snap peas, radishes and tender lettuces. We’ve added in feta cheese, crispy pita and olives for a savory twist on a classic.
The BEST Easy Healthy Panzanella Salad Recipe
This colorful Panzanella Salad has tomatoes, peppers, onion and cucumbers to give it loads of flavor, crunch and color. The bread is toasted then soaks up the garlic dressing and tomato juices which make it better and better as it sits. Perfect for summer potlucks and events!
Mediterranean Black Lentil Salad
This Mediterranean Black Lentil Salad with cucumbers, spinach and feta is super easy to whip together. Just toss the lentils together with a little dressing and veggies, and you have the perfect summer side dish or gluten-free vegetarian main course.
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Happy Cooking! ~Katie
About the Author
Katie Webster
Katie Webster studied art and photography at Skidmore College and is a graduate of the New England Culinary Institute. She has been a professional recipe developer since 2001 when she first started working in the test kitchen at EatingWell magazine. Her recipes have been featured in numerous magazines including Shape, Fitness, Parents and several Edible Communities publications among others. Her cookbook, Maple {Quirk Books} was published in 2015. She launched Healthy Seasonal Recipes in 2009. She lives in Vermont with her husband, two teenage daughters and two yellow labs. In her free time, you can find her at the gym, cooking, stacking firewood, making maple syrup, and tending to her overgrown perennial garden.
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16 comments on “25 Healthy Cucumber Recipes”
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canary @ women beauty tips — July 25, 2014 @ 6:31 am Reply
Great recipes!I always eat cucumber salads for my breakfast.can’t wait gonna to try other recipes.
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sara@ latest health tips — July 25, 2014 @ 4:19 am Reply
So colorful.cucumber contains lot of health benefits.I recently tried cucumber co*cktail.It’s really amazing!
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EA-The Spicy RD — July 22, 2014 @ 12:29 am Reply
Fabulous round-up! I too love cucumbers, and both my kids do, so they always get eaten in our house. So hard to pick which one of these recipes to start with…perhaps your Chicken and Chickpea Power Salad. Yum!!
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Katie — July 22, 2014 @ 5:34 am Reply
Yes! I agree. I love to cut wedges of cucumbers and stick them in my daughters’ lunchboxes. I hope that means they will enjoy some of the recipes from this list.
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Thalia @ butter and brioche — July 19, 2014 @ 8:56 pm Reply
great round up of links.. love cucumber. thanks for the ideas + inspiration!
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Katie — July 22, 2014 @ 5:32 am Reply
I am so glad these ideas inspired you too Thalia. I am making a few of these this weekend.
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KalynsKitchen — July 18, 2014 @ 10:09 pm Reply
So many good ideas; I am crazy about cucumbers!
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Katie — July 22, 2014 @ 5:31 am Reply
Me too Kalyn! Thanks for coming by to check it out.
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Lindsey | Cafe Johnsonia — July 18, 2014 @ 9:01 pm Reply
I love this! Cucumbers are my absolute favorite. Thanks for including my soup in your round-up. Can’t wait to check out all these other recipes!
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Katie — July 22, 2014 @ 4:47 am Reply
Your photography is so lovely Lindsey. And your soup looks amazing. Looking forward to trying it soon. My inlaws are coming for the weekend, so I may make it for lunch 🙂
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Angie — July 18, 2014 @ 11:23 am Reply
I love cucumber raw in salads…that’s probably the only way I enjoy the cucumbers. Love your cucumber cabbage slaw!
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Katie — July 22, 2014 @ 4:45 am Reply
Raw in salads is probably my favorite too Angie. Though I have to say, now I am inspired to try these other ideas.
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David @ Spiced — July 18, 2014 @ 7:56 am Reply
Dude, this list is going to keep me busy…at least for a week! We love cukes over here, so thank you for all of the inspiration! And thanks for including my Smoked Salmon and Chive Canape on the list…you’re the bestest. 🙂
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Katie — July 22, 2014 @ 4:43 am Reply
I know it’ll keep me busy too David. I love your canapes. I love how simple they are, yet they look so fancy!
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Taylor @ Food Faith Fitness — July 18, 2014 @ 6:22 am Reply
Seriously, thank you for this! I adore cucumbers, but I never know what to do with them…so I eat them with salt and pepper. BORING. This will keep me going for awhile! Fist pump! Pinned 🙂
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Katie — July 22, 2014 @ 4:42 am Reply
I don’t know, salt and pepper is pretty great too. Thank you so much for Pinning Taylor!
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