This fresh keto strawberry cucumber salad captures all of your favorite summertime flavors – covered in a tangy balsamic dressing.
Strawberry Cucumber Salad
Whether you have a backyard garden or enjoy buying fresh fruit and veggies from the Farmer’s Market, this salad is a delicious way to use fresh cucumbers and strawberries.
In fact, this recipe uses only whole, fresh ingredients. There is nothing frozen, canned, or freeze-dried in it (except the olive oil and balsamic vinegar). When you use fresh ingredients, you can literally taste the difference!
It’s like you just gave the flavors a megaphone, each note and intricacy is magnified.
Strawberry Balsamic Salad
Have you ever noticed that you bring home fresh strawberries and they seem to go bad almost immediately? How do you make strawberries last longer? Here are some tips that will help.
First, don’t wash them until you are ready to eat them. The water will cause them to rot quicker. Next, line the plastic tub with paper towels. This will absorb the moisture from the strawberries and help them last even longer.
Finally, keep them in a single layer. Strawberries that are in a pile on top of each other will go bad faster.
Keto Summer Salad
This is the perfect keto-friendly salad to eat for lunch on a hot summer day. It’s also perfectly refreshing and tastes amazing when you bring it to a picnic, BBQ, or cookout.
In fact, you can make this ahead of time and not have to worry about lettuce or spinach leaves wilting. The cucumbers might soak up some of the dressing, but they will still taste perfect.
If you want to add a pop of flavor, sprinkle in some fresh mint leaves. This will brighten all the flavors and make it taste a bit sweeter without adding sugar.
Keto Strawberry Salad
Do you love strawberries? I know I do! I could make an entire meal with strawberry recipes and still enjoy every bite. If that sounds like you, then serve this keto strawberry salad with some keto strawberry lemon blondies.
They are sweet bars that are surprisingly keto-friendly. Or serve this with a southern classic – low-carb strawberry pretzel salad. There are three layers of strawberry goodness.
Then, wash it all down with some sweet keto strawberry smoothies. These smoothies are rich and smooth and satisfy your sweet tooth.
Cucumber Feta Salad
The feta cheese is the perfect topping for this delicious keto strawberry cucumber salad. It’s tart but soft and brings out the salty notes in the balsamic dressing. If you need to make this recipe dairy-free, then use crumbled goat cheese instead.
The good news is that feta cheese has less lactose than other types of cheese.
Keto Strawberry Cucumber Salad Recipe
Here’s the list of ingredients to make this scrumptious keto strawberry cucumber salad. Exact measurements and instrucions are located in the printable recipe card, just a little bit further below.
Prep Time: 20 minutes
Cook Time: 0 minutes
Servings: 6
Net Carbs: 5 net carbs per serving
Ingredients:
Sliced strawberries
Medium cucumber
Red onion
Crumbled feta cheese
Fresh basil
Olive oil
Balsamic vinegar
Lemon juice
Salt and pepper
Instructions:
Add strawberries, cucumber, red onion, feta cheese and basil to a mixing bowl. Toss to combine.
In a bowl, whisk together the balsamic vinegar, olive oil, lemon juice and salt and pepper to taste.
Pour the dressing over the salad, and toss to coat well.
Serve immediately, or chill before serving if you desire.
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Keto Strawberry Cucumber Salad
Equipment
- Mixing Bowl
Ingredients
- 1 1/2 cups Strawberries sliced
- 1 medium Cucumber chopped
- 1/4 cup Red Onion chopped
- 4 ounces Feta Cheese crumbled
- 2 tbsp Fresh Basil chopped
- 2 tbsp Olive Oil
- 2 tbsp Balsamic Vinegar
- 1 splash Lemon Juice
Instructions
- Combine the strawberries, cucumber, red onion, feta cheese and basil in a mixing bowl, and toss to combine.
- In a small bowl, whisk together the olive oil, balsamic vinegar, lemon juice and salt and pepper to taste.
- Pour the dressing mixture over the salad ingredients, and toss to coat well.
- Serve immediately, or chill before serving if you desire.
Notes
Net Carbs: 5 Net Carbs Per Serving
The nutritional information for this recipe is calculated as a courtesy and is an approximate only. I cannot guarantee the accuracy of the nutritional information for any recipes on this site.
Keto Salad Recipes
If you enjoyed this recipe for keto strawberry cucumber salad, then I have some more incredible low-carb salads you should make next. They are some of my favorites!
