Keto Cucumber Salad Recipe – The Best Easy Creamy Low Carb Friendly Side Dish Salads Idea With Cucumbers and Sour Cream – with the video tutorial.

Keto Cucumber Salad

This easy keto cucumber salad has only 4 simple ingredients and is quick to throw together.

You can make the creamy salad, pop it into an airtight container and then take it to a potluck or picnic on a hot summer day or serve as a side dish with your favorite low-carb diet meal.

The salad is naturally low in grams of net carbohydrates and is the perfect dish to include in your keto diet plan to help you stay on track and achieve your own personal health and weight loss goals.

Ingredients For The Great Side Dish

Best of all, all of the ingredients for the delicious salad are easy to find at a local grocery store, and there are lots of ideas for keto friendly ingredients to be able to adapt the salad to your taste and budget. (Especially with the rise of produce prices lately.)

Fresh Cucumbers – you can use any type of cucumber you like including fresh garden cucumbers, regular cucumbers, Persian cucumbers or English cucumbers, and carefully cut the cucumber slices with a sharp knife into round, half moons or cubes for the low-carb cucumber salad.

Red Onion – a quarter to half a red onion is the perfect addition for flavor and crunch to the great recipe, while still keeping is low in g net carbs.

Lemon – fresh lemon juice is added to as a quick salad dressing ingredient in the summer salad.

Feel free to swap the lemon juice for lime juice, apple cider vinegar, red wine vinegar, rice vinegar or white vinegar in the vinaigrette dressing instead.

Sour Cream – is an easy way to add creaminess to the creamy cucumber salad recipe, my choice is to add a luxurious quarter cup of sour cream. You can feel free to swap for mayo or Greek yogurt in the low-carb recipe instead.

Refreshing Side Dish Ingredient Variations

There are lots of other ketogenic diet friendly ingredients that you can add to the low carb salad to adapt the flavors to suit your own tastes and dietary requirements that will complement the crisp cucumbers:

More Fresh Vegetables – consider adding in other vegetables that are low in grams of net carbs such as red peppers, celery, green onions, Kalamata olives or tomatoes to make a cucumber tomato salad.

Cheese –  make a cheesy salad by adding in grated cheese, parmesan cheese or crumbled tangy feta cheese to create a Greek cucumber salad.

Herbs –  add in any fresh herbs you like from fresh dill, fresh parsley or even fresh mint for the best cucumber salad.

Seasoning – season your salad with your choice from salt, black pepper, red pepper flakes or Italian seasoning.

Sweetness – an easy cucumber salad recipe will often include sugar as a great way to balance the sourness of the dressing. So, feel free to add in a half a teaspoon of your sugar substitute of choice, such as stevia or monk fruit sweetener.

Oil – add extra healthy fats to satisfy your taste buds by drizzling over a little sesame oil, avocado oil or extra virgin olive oil for the perfect combination of flavors. 

Nuts & Seeds – elevate the grams of fiber and protein by adding in any nuts and seeds you like including flaked almonds, sunflower seeds or sesame seeds.

Keto Cucumber Salad Recipe

• 1 Cucumber, sliced
• 1/4 to 1/2 Red Onion, peeled and diced
• 1-2 Tablespoons Fresh Lemon Juice
• 1/4 Cup Sour Cream

1. Place the sliced cucumbers into a large bowl.
2. Add the diced onion, squeeze over the lemon and pour over the sour cream as the creamy dressing.
3. Stir well to combine, then serve the crunchy side dish immediately or move to the fridge for a few hours to allow for the flavors to develop, then enjoy within a couple of days.

Low Carb Cucumber Salad Recipe Video

Here’s the video where you can watch the creamy keto cucumber salad being prepared, step by step. Hit play below or click here to watch on YouTube.

More Easy Keto Diet Recipes

Creamy Cauliflower Mash

Keto Sauteed Zucchini

Spinach and Pine Nut Salad

Disclaimer – this post is meant for informational post only and should not be construed as medical advice. Please consult with your health professional before making any dietary changes.

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