Cucumber Salad with Avocado and Feta – Kalyn's Kitchen

This refreshing cucumber salad with avocado and feta is a great combination with lemon and mint that adds so much flavor! And this low-carb vegan salad is perfect for summer.

Cucumber salad with avocado to try later!

I have been involved Low-carb, keto Mexican dinners Last week at Cinco de Mayo, and if you’re still partying, I think so Cucumber salad with avocado and feta It would make an excellent side dish to serve with Mexican food. There’s lemon and creamy avocado, and the pungent feta cheese might remind you a bit of Mexican Cotija cheeseOr you can make a salad with Cotija if you’d like!

And there’s plenty of mint in this delicious salad! I like Cooking with fresh mintAnd I bought my annual mint plants at Trader Joe’s and they are happily growing in my sunny kitchen window.

If you have to buy mint at the grocery store, you can get away with a little less mint than this recipe calls for, but I hope you don’t skip it because the mint flavor really awakens the flavors. And this recipe was a big call for better photos, so I hope the new photos will entice some of you to try it!

What ingredients do you need for this recipe?

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pinch of salt to remove water from cucumber
avocado
Fresh lemon juice, I used my own Fresh and frozen lemon juice
finely chopped fresh mint (see notes)
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olive oil

What type of option did you use?

You can see in the photos that I made a cucumber salad with avocado with a large garden cucumber, which of course tastes great with the ingredients in the salad. But if you don’t have a garden I would use a little Persian cucumber so you don’t have to worry about the skin or seeds.

What kind of feta is better?

I’m a big fan of feta cheese! But I do not buy pre-crushed feta cheese, which almost does not stay well in the refrigerator for a long time. And I have a strong preference for feta sheep’s milk, which is a bit lighter. This is my favorite feta Kirkland Organic Vita from Greece; Check it out if you’re shopping at Costco.

Want more recipes using feta cheese?

I love salads with feta cheese, and my blog contains so many of them that I made a batch with more than 20 Low carb and keto salads with feta cheese. For ideas for other recipes with Feta, check out my collection of Low carb feta cheese recipes.

Tips for making cucumber salad with avocado and feta:

Cut off both ends of the cucumber, peel some or all of the peel, and cut it in half lengthwise, scraping out the seeds with a spoon. Then cut into half moon slices. (If you are using a small cucumber, just slice it.)
Put the cucumbers in a colander and sprinkle a little salt, and let the salt draw a little water from the cucumbers.
Whisk fresh lemon juice and olive oil together to make the sauce.
Wash the mint in cold water, then dry it in a rotary salad (referral link), fine chop.
Crumbled feta cheese.
Slice the avocado and stir in lemon juice.
If the cucumbers look wet, you may need to lay a paper towel on a cutting board and spread the cucumbers on the towel. Cover with another towel and pat dry (this will also remove excess salt).
Stir in drained and dried cucumbers with avocado and salsa. Then add chopped mint and feta cheese and stir gently.
Serve immediately.
This isn’t great after you put it in the fridge overnight because the mint overpowers all the other flavors. If you don’t eat it all at once, I’ll allocate a portion of each ingredient to store it separately and combine it right before you eat it. I was going to keep one avocado and chop it up right before eating the leftovers.

Make it a low carb meal:

This delicious cucumber salad with avocado and feta would be great to serve Grilled chicken with mustard and rosemaryAnd the Chicken cutlets with mustard sauceAnd the Grilled salmon burger with capers mayonnaiseor Baked chicken with parmesan cheese.

More delicious salads with avocado:

Avocado and tomato salad

Chicken and avocado salad with lemon and cilantro

Bacon, lettuce, tomato, and avocado salad

Shrimp salad with avocado, heart of palm and feta

Avocado egg salad

Ingredients

Ingredients:

2 cups chopped cucumber (see notes)
A large pinch of salt to draw water from the cucumber
2 small ripe avocados, peeled and cut into 1/2-inch pieces
1 ton fresh lemon juice (put it with avocado, see notes)
1/2 cup finely chopped fresh mint (see notes)
1/2 cup crumbled feta (more or less to taste)

Sauce Ingredients:

2 tons of extra virgin olive oil
1 ton fresh lemon juice

instructions

If you are not using a small Persian cucumber, I will peel the cucumber, cut it in half lengthwise, scraping the seeds with a sharp spoon. (Persian cucumbers do not need to be peeled and you can keep the seeds in them.)
Cut the cucumbers into 1/2-inch slices and put them in a colander.
Sprinkle with plenty of salt and leave for 20-30 minutes.
While the cucumbers are drying, whisk the olive oil and lemon juice together to make the sauce.
Wash the mint in a rotary salad (affiliate link) with very cold water, especially if even the smallest amount is wilted, and swirl dry. Finely chop the mint with a chef’s knife.
Crumble the feta cheese and measure the required amount.
Peel the avocado and cut it into 1/2-inch pieces. Place the avocado in a large salad bowl and add 1 tablespoon of lemon juice.
After the cucumbers have been watered for 20-30 minutes, check to see how wet they are. If it’s too wet, you may want to lay a paper towel on the counter, spread the cucumber on the towel, and use more paper towels to clean the cucumber to remove the water and salt.
Add the drained cucumber and sauce to the avocado and stir to combine.
Then gently stir the crumbled feta cheese and mint into the salad.
Feet it right away.

Notes

You will need 6 Persian cucumbers or 3-4 medium ones. I used Fresh and frozen lemon juice for this recipe. Measure the amount of mint after chopping. If you’re not a fan of mint, I’ll use thinly sliced green onions to replace it.

If you want a version of this with fewer carbs, use just one avocado.

Recipe created by Kalyn.

Nutrition information:

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serving size:

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Amount per service:
Calories: 289Total fat: 26 gramsSaturated fat: 6 gramsUnsaturated fats: 0 gramsUnsaturated fats: 18 gramsCholesterol: 17 mgsodium: 218 mgCarbohydrates: 14 gramsthe basic: 7 gramssugar: 3 gramsprotein: 5 grams

Nutrition information is calculated automatically by the Recipe Plug-In I’m using. I am not a dietitian and cannot guarantee 100% accuracy, as many variables affect these calculations.

Low Carb Diet / Low Glycemic Diet / South Beach Diet Suggestions:
Cucumber salad with avocado and feta would be the perfect side dish for low-carb or low-glycemic eating plans, including Keto. The salad would also work at any point in the original South Beach diet, although South Beaches may prefer a bit of cheese.

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Historical notes for this recipe:
This recipe was first published in 2007! Updated with better pictures in 2017 and updated again with more information in 2022.