Easy Healthy Cucumber Dill Salad Recipe With Red Onion
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If you haven’t been using fresh dill in your salads, you need to try this dill cucumber salad recipe to see what you’ve been missing! Dill and cucumber are made for each other – dill pickles, anyone? Thinly sliced cucumber is combined with fresh dill and red onion slices, and dressed with fresh lemon juice and extra virgin olive oil. So healthy and delicious!
This crunchy refreshing cucumber dill salad will surely get you out of a salad rut! If all your salads include lettuce leaves in some form, step outside the box and hold the lettuce on this one. Lemony cucumber with aromatic dill and zippy onions will be a perfect accompaniment to any meal. Serve this cucumber dill salad with meat, chicken, fish or pasta – this salad is so healthy and flavorful, and it will be a great addition to your dinner.
I always wonder why dill is not a commonly used herb in the United States, as it’s healthy, tasty and easy to grow. Parsley and cilantro are super popular and get their own shelf in a supermaret, while dill is usually tucked away with the “gourmet” herbs. This is a huge difference from Russia where I spend the first 16 years of my life – there dill is extremely widely used and added to salads, soups and sprinkled as a garnish on many savory dishes. So because I grew up with dill, I love to add this tasty herb to my food and I hope you too will start using it more after you try my easy cucumber dill salad recipe!
Like most herbs, dill is very nutritious and good for you. Dill has numerous health benefits – it is a great source of Vitamin A, C, Folate, Riboflavin, Manganese, Iron, Calcium and Potassium, as well as anti-oxidants. So here’s another reason to make yourself some cucumber dill salad :)
Cucumber Dill Salad Recipe With Red Onion
Ingredients
- 2 long seedless English cucumbers or 4 regular cucumbers
- 1 bunch fresh dill
- 1 small red onion
- 1 tbsp freshly squeezed lemon juice
- 1 tbsp extra-virgin olive oil
- 1/2 tsp salt
- 1/4 tsp pepper
Instructions
- Peel the cucumbers and cut into thin slices. Put in a large bowl.
- Chop the fresh dill and add it to cucumber slices.
- Peel the onion and slice it as thinly as possible. Add onion slices to cucumbers.
- In a cup, whisk the lemon juice and olive oil to make a dressing.
- Add the dressing to the salad.
- Sprinkle the cucumber dill salad with salt and pepper.
- Toss the salad with your hands until all the cucumbers are coated with the dressing.
- Add more salt to taste if needed.
I loveee cucumber salads! And I also love using dill! It’s so underused! This looks wonderful!
Yes, “underused” is a perfect word to describe dill ?
This salad looks so fresh! I love the lemon in there, is sounds like it gives it the perfect flavor with the cucumbers and dill.
Lemon goes great with cucumber, it makes it so refreshing!
My mom loved dill and she taught me to love it too. I could eat this salad with everything, it’s great with Middle Eastern dishes, too!
I also love dill in Middle Eastern dishes, especially dill rice!
This looks so yummy and fresh, Melanie! I don’t really use dill much in my cooking – not sure why – but it looks like it would go so well with cucumber and red onion, two flavours I adore. Interesting that you spent quite some time living in Russia. I know absolutely nothing about Russian cuisine but am really intrigued by it! It doesn’t seem to be very mainsteam in Western cuisine, or at least not here in Australia. I’m keen to try Borscht to begin with and see how I go from there!
If you are trying Russian cuisine for the first time, I recommend making Russian potato salad Olivier (I have a recipe on this site). That particular salad is always a hit with people not familiar with Russian cuisine!
Thanks for the recommendation, I’ll have a look! :)
I love using dill in my cooking. At the moment I have so much fennel that I might substitute the fronds in this recipe ?
I think fennel should work too ?
This is such a handy recipe as we often buy dill but it is in such a big bunch that we never get a chance to use it all! :D
There you go, this salad is a great way to use up all this dill!
Mmmmm. It’s been so long since I’ve had fresh dill and it’s almost always available at the grocery store so I don’t know why I don’t use it more often!! Love this fresh salad :)
Next time you go to the store, get some of that fresh dill – now you have a new recipe to use it ?
I love cucumber salads, and you are right – cucumber and dill is such a delicious combination! LOVING this salad! Flavorful, crunchy, light and seriously scrumptious! I’ll take two big bowls, please! Cheers!
Thanks Cheyanne! It’s so easy to crunch through 2 big bowls in one sitting!
You are totally right! Dill just isn’t that common of an herb here in the States. You can find it, but you do have to search for it. But it smells (and tastes) so good. This post reminds me that I haven’t used fresh dill in a long time. I’m digging this salad, though…and it looks like a super delicious (and healthy) side dish!
In a new supermarket that opened by my house they sell dill in huge bunches, so I’m really excited! In some other supermarkets unfortunately they only have dill in tiny overpriced plastic packages. Fresh dill is so tasty and healthy, I wish there was more demand!
So fresh and crunchy! I love the combo of flavour, Melanie.
Thanks Angie! Glad you like it!
Dill is one of my favorite herbs. I love it with fish. I make a salad very similar to this with cucumbers, onion, tomatoes, and a tart vinegar dressing. I can’t wait to try your version.
Dill with fish is a great idea, and your version of this salad sounds really yummy!
I just made a dill and potato salad. I didn’t know dill was so easy to grow – I must add some to my herb garden. I think dill and cucumber work together really well. In fact, I nearly added cucumber to my dill and potato salad – will try that next time xx
I love potato salad with dill – yum!
So simple and so delicious, Melanie. I really love fresh dill, especially in the winter months. Something green!
Fresh green herbs in the winter also remind me that spring is near! They are so cheerful, bright, healthy and tasty!
This looks so good! I love cucumbers & dill but never tried them together!
Give them a try – there is a reason there is dill in dill pickles ? You’ll like it!
I always forget how much I love dill – thanks for the reminder! Plus, totally Whole 30 compliant – win!!
This is super healthy – totally compliant with any diet ?
I’ve never made a cucumber salad — can you believe it? This looks flavorful and refreshing with the dill!
You are not alone – most people just make lettuce-based salads! I hope you’ll give this cucumber dill salad a try!
I have never used dill in salads before! Perhaps I need to try, this looks lovely and fresh!
Give dill a try, it’s so tasty and refreshing – you’ll like it!
I adore dill and you is in fish a lot but yeah so will try it in a salad soon. It must give plainer cucumbers quite a bit of flavors. Thanks for this salad recipe!
Yes, dill gives a lot of flavor to otherwise plain cucumbers! Dill with fish is also great!
I’m a huge dill fan too. It’s such a fresh, delightful flavor. I could make a meal from this salad, yum!
Yes, if you add protein, this salad with make a complete meal! I think it will go well with shrimp as a protein, or chickpeas for a vegan main dish!
I LOVE dill! I think it’s such an underrated herb. It goes so well with salmon and I love using it in rice/quinoa dishes. This salad is so simple but I imagine it tastes amazing! :D
You are right, dill is great with salmon and rice too! I love dill rice, it’s a classic Mediterranean dish, I have the recipe here on the site.
This combination sounds so flavorful and delicious :-)
Thank you, glad you liked the recipe!
So easy and so delicious! It’s just like the cucumber salads my Mom used to make.
Such a great way to use up dill. This salad is a winner!
I never used dill before, but this salad has me hooked!