Cucumbers are very essential to be included in your diet because it keeps your body hydrated during hot summer. It keeps your skin glowing and does not let your skin get dry. Check out the list of the top 20 best cucumber recipes to try out!
1.Cucumber Raita
This is a refreshing Indian dessert recipe that you can try out at home easily to relieve and energize your body during sweaty and exhausting summer days! The ingredients are cucumber, salt, roasted ground cumin, yogurt, ground black pepper, chili powder, coriander leaves, chaat masala, and mint leaves. It takes 10 minutes to prepare this dessert.
2.Creamy Pineapple Cucumber Smoothie
This is a vegan, dairy-free, and gluten-free recipe that you can try at home! The ingredients are cucumber, banana, coconut milk, pineapple, lemon juice, water, spinach or kale, lemon zest, and ice cubes. You can make your body glow brighter by having this smoothie once a week. It is prepared really quick as it takes 5 minutes to get ready.
3.Shrimp Cucumber Bites
This crispy and tasty evening snack takes just 15 minutes to prepare and the recipe is easy and straightforward. The ingredients are extra virgin olive oil, lime juice, honey, shrimp, kosher salt, cajun seasoning, red onion, garlic cloves, avocados, cucumber, jalapeno, and chopped cilantro. You can adjust the spiciness of the bites as per your taste and preference.
4.Greek Cucumber Noodles Salad
This is a Mediterranean dish in which the real talent lies in how thinly or finely you can chop the cucumbers to make them look like noodles. The ingredients are garlic cloves, olive oil, lemon juice, red wine vinegar, dried oregano, salt, pepper, cucumber, red onions, cherry tomatoes, kalamata olives, and crumbled feta cheese. You can use the Paderno Spiralizer to chop the cucumbers into noodles.
5.Watermelon Salad With Cucumber And Feta
This is a refreshing salad recipe for you to try at home and it gets prepared quickly within 15 minutes. The ingredients are honey, lime juice, salt, extra virgin olive oil, watermelon, cucumber, fresh mint leaves, fresh basil leaves, and crumbled feta cheese. You can also top the salad using cream cheese or Greek yogurt.
6.Dill Honey-mustard Chicken Salad Pita
This is a healthy and stomach-filling recipe that is prepared using simple and few ingredients that are chicken breasts, olive oil, salt, pepper, Dijon mustard, fresh dill, honey, cucumber, and whole wheat pita pocket. You can store this dish as a make-ahead recipe also which you can have later.
7.Smoked Salmon Cucumber Roll-ups
This unique yet amazing snack recipe takes just 20 minutes to prepare, and the ingredients are cream cheese, lemon zest, capers, lemon juice, smoked salmon, salt, ground black pepper, freshly chopped dill, and cucumbers. It is advised to use tooth-pricks for keeping the roll-ups intact and for avoiding the filling from coming out.
8.Pesto Tuna Caprese Cucumber Bites
This is a flavorful, yummy, and cheesy cucumber appetizer that you can try out at home! It takes just 25 minutes to prepare these bites and the ingredients that you will need are canned tuna, cucumbers, pesto (better if it is store-bought), basil leaves, mozzarella cheese, salt, pepper, balsamic vinegar, and sugar.
9.California Sushi Bites
These delicious mouth-watering sushi bites take just 15 minutes to prepare, and the ingredients we are going to use here are avocado, lemon, avocado, kosher salt, ground black pepper, cucumbers, mayonnaise, lump crabmeat, Sriracha, green onions, and sesame seeds. You can garnish the bites with soy sauce if you want.
10.Bagels And Lox
This is an amazing seafood recipe that you can try out at home, and the ingredients are simple and readily available in the market. They are bagels, cream cheese, capers, smoked salmon, red onions, fresh dill, and cucumbers. You can customize the toppings as per your choice using avocados and tomatoes.
11.Chinese Smashed Cucumber Salad
You can serve this salad recipe as a refreshing side dish along with the main course as it is very tasty Korean pepper flakes, chili flakes, vegetable oil, kosher salt, ginger, garlic cloves, rice vinegar, cucumbers, toasted sesame seeds, sugar, sesame oil, and chili oil with spices. Use soy sauce for garnishing the salad.
12.Rainbow Summer Rolls
These are fantastic summer-special rolls that you can prepare at home easily and quickly using lettuce, cucumbers, carrots, avocado, pomegranate seeds, marinated tofu (tempeh), mango, red cabbage, peanut butter, garlic cloves, hot water, soy sauce, and Sriracha hot sauce. It takes just 30 minutes to prepare this dish.
13.Peanut-sesame Chicken Lettuce Cups
This is a perfect evening snack that you can prepare for your kids or guests. It takes just 45 minutes to prepare this dish, and they are readily available in the market. They are rice wine vinegar, granulated sugar, kosher salt, cucumbers, carrots, shredded purple cabbage, red chili peppers, garlic cloves, peanut oil, ginger, green onions, white sesame seeds, boneless chicken breasts, cold water, peanut butter, lettuce, roasted peanuts, and lime wedges.
14.Herbed Cucumber Salad With Farro
It takes 30 minutes to prepare this dish and the greens contained in the salad supply our body with a lot of vital nutrients. The ingredients are cucumber, fresh basil leaves, flat-leaf parsley, Cilantro, lemon zest, shallots, sugar, cooked farro, olive oil, sherry vinegar, and salt.
15.Tabbouleh
This is a healthy Lebanese salad recipe that you can serve to your kids for breakfast. The ingredients that you will need are extra virgin olive oil, lemon juice, salt, black pepper, cucumber, freshly chopped parsley, tomatoes, mint leaves, and green onions. You can also add broccoli, spinach, or other greens.
16.Salt And Vinegar Cucumber Chips
This is a low-carb crispy chip that you can make and store at home easily to have any time. The ingredients are cucumbers, olive oil, salt, and apple cider vinegar. You have to soak the slices pieces of cucumber overnight in the vinegar and then fry them so that they get tastier and crispier.
17.Homemade Falafel
These are crispy and tasty recipes that you can try at home using cilantro, chickpeas, fresh parsley leaves, cucumber, green chile pepper, onion, garlic cloves, ground cumin, cardamom, salt, pepper flakes, baking soda, black pepper, chickpea flour, and avocado oil. You can use the mustard sauce to serve the homemade baked falafel.
18.Greek Nachos With Cilantro Drizzle
The ingredients used for preparing this are as simple as the recipe. They are can navy beans, grape tomatoes, cucumbers, pita chips, kalamata olives, olive oil, kosher sauce, black pepper, and cilantro sauce, that we are going to drizzle over the crispy nachos.
19.Cucumber Sorbet
This is a mouth-watering refreshing summer-special dessert that you can try at home! The ingredients are cucumber, water, sugar, and lemon juice.
20.Almond Butter Quinoa Salad
The ingredients used for preparing this gluten-free salad are cooked quinoa, carrots, broccoli, red bell pepper, cabbage, green onions, sesame oil, almond butter, peanuts, tamari, brown rice vinegar, water, and lemon juice.
