Jump to RecipeA cool and refreshing summertime staple, Creamy Italian Cucumber Salad is a perfect lunch or healthy snack option made with pantry staples and ready to eat in under 10 minutes. Fresh, crisp cucumbers are thinly sliced and served with a simple dressing of mayo, lemon juice, red wine vinegar, olive oil, honey, and Italian seasonings.
Looking for a quick way to magically turn a lone cucumber lurking in your produce drawer in to a legitimate snack?? Well, this incredibly easy recipe for Creamy Italian Cucumber Salad is your answer!
My youngest son sent me an Instagram reel where this pretty young lady (gee ..I wonder how this showed up in his algorithm :)) effortlessly mixed thinly sliced cucumbers with some on hand pantry staples, shook it all up and BOOM- lunch was served. It’s late August right now and I feel like I’ve made about a million lunches at this point so if my boy wants to get excited about slicing up a cucumber and calling it a meal, I’m all in!
This recipe is incredible simple, and it really is good- tangy, creamy, low carb, cool and refreshing for another hot humid August afternoon!
Creamy Italian Cucumber Salad
Ingredients
- 1 large English Cucumber thinly sliced with mandolin
- 1/2 juice lemon fresh squeeze
- 1 clove garlic grated
- 3 tbsp mayo `
- 1 tbsp red wine vinegar
- 1 tbsp olive oil
- 1 tsp Italian Seasoning blend
- 1 tsp honey
- salt and pepper
Instructions
- Use Mandolin to thinly and uniformly slice the cucumber.
- Combine all ingredients in container and mix (or shake if it has a lid)
- Ready to serve or refrigerate for up to 24 hours.
