Strawberry Cucumber Salad
Take a break from the usual salads with this refreshing 5-ingredient strawberry cucumber salad with a mix of colors, flavors, and textures, which is perfect for summer.
While it’s common to make fruit salads or vegetable salads, it always provides a refreshing and exciting twist when the two are combined. That’s what I did in this pretty and tasty twist on a cucumber salad that includes luscious strawberries.
With the combination of cucumbers and strawberries in this snack or side dish, you get a blend of soft and sweet strawberries with crisp and light cucumbers. The mix of deep red and light green adds to the display, which I like to enhance by overlapping slices with an alternating pattern between fruit and vegetable.
If you’re not overly fond of strawberries or cucumbers, feel free to substitute one or even both with the same concept of fruit plus vegetable. For instance, you could combine cucumbers with mango or strawberries with sliced celery.
To finish this light and healthy salad, I drizzle on a sweet and savory dressing that combines balsamic vinegar with your choice of maple syrup or honey, plus a dash of salt.
The end result is complete refreshment that’s ideal to serve for a summer party, to provide as a snack for your kids or to make a side dish within a meal. Since this cucumber salad is so simple yet refreshing and elegant, it’s also a great choice to bring to a get-together.
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Strawberry Cucumber Salad
- Prep Time: 15 minutes
- Total Time: 15 minutes
- Yield: 4 servings 1x
- Category: Salad
- Cuisine: American
Description
Take a break from the usual salads with this refreshing strawberry cucumber salad with a mix of colors, flavors, and textures, which is perfect for summer.
Ingredients
- 16 ounces fresh strawberries, sliced
- 1 large cucumber, peeled and thinly sliced
- 2 tablespoons balsamic vinegar
- 2 tablespoons maple syrup or honey
- 1/4 teaspoon kosher salt
Instructions
- Trim off the top of strawberries and slice them horizontally into thin circles. Peel and slice cucumbers.
- Arrange slices on a serving platter, overlapping layers.
- Whisk vinegar and maple syrup together until blended; drizzle over the salad. Then sprinkle with salt. Serve.
Notes
Gluten Free | Vegan
Nutrition
- Serving Size: 1
- Calories: 75
- Sugar: 12.8g
- Sodium: 151mg
- Fat: 0.4g
- Saturated Fat: 0
- Trans Fat: 0
- Carbohydrates: 18.2g
- Fiber: 2.7g
- Protein: 1.3g
- Cholesterol: 0
About the Author
Sharon Chen is an Integrative Nutrition Health Coach and author of the Complete Sous Vide Cookbook. She believes food not only brings healing but also connection. As the creator of StreetSmart Kitchen, she aims to make meal prep easier than ever and help you find balance, ease, joy, and simplicity in the kitchen as you improve your well-being.
Confession: I would NEVER have thought to put these two things together but now I’m on a mission to try it!! I bet it’s so refreshing!!
This looks delicious! I never would have thought to make a salad just of strawberries and cucumbers, but it looks so refreshing! Thanks for sharing!
Yummy!! My kids will devour this!
This sounds like a great combo, and I especially love balsamic with both strawberries and cucumbers!
Yum! This look delicious and so healthy!
I would never think to put those two together! Looks delicious, will try!
Yum! Looks amazing! Need to try this!
Belle | One Awesome Momma
I’m always looking for new salads to try. This one looks amazing!
I would never have thought to put these flavors together, but this looks really yummy!
Can’t wait to try this!! I love every ingredient and would have never thought about putting them together ?
Love that this is vegan! Looks delicious! Can’t wait to try it.
What a simple but delicious (and refreshing) salad!
This looks so pretty and sounds delicious! Love the addition of balsamic vinegar!
This looks absolutely delicious. Thank you so much for sharing!