Mexican•healthy
Mexican Cucumber Salad with Honey-Lime Vinaigrette
This Mexican Cucumber Salad combines cucumbers, red onions & avocado and Honey-Lime Vinaigrette. So easy to make in just ten minutes.
- Prep time
- 10 min
- Cook time
- No separate cook time
- Yield
- 4 servings
- Difficulty
- MEDIUM
Ingredients
Quantities are shown as originally provided.
- ¼ cup fresh lime juice (2 juicy limes)
- 2 Tablespoons honey
- ¾ teaspoon Dijon mustard (or regular mustard)
- ½ teaspoon garlic powder
- ½ teaspoon kosher salt
- ¼ teaspoon ground black pepper
- ¼ teaspoon ground cumin (optional)
- ¼ cup extra virgin olive oil
- 2 English cucumbers (thinly sliced)
- ½ large red onion (thinly sliced)
- ½ avocado (optional) (thinly sliced)
- Crumbled Queso Fresco (optional)
Instructions
- 1
Make the Honey-Lime Vinaigrette
- 2
Blend lime juice, honey, mustard, garlic powder, salt, black pepper, and cumin together in a bowl; stream olive oil into lime juice mixture while whisking until well combined. (It makes about 1 cup)
- 3
Make the salad
- 4
In a large bowl, add the cucumber and onion with ½ cup of the dressing. Add the chopped avocado, add crumbled queso fresco if desired. Enjoy!