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Spiralized Cucumber Summer Salad

Spiralized Cucumber Summer Salad

A cool and refreshing spiralized cucumber salad with mango, avocado, and lime. Perfect on a hot summer day for lunch or dinner. Serves 2 as a main or 4 as a side dish.

Ingredients

  • 1 large cucumber, spiralized
  • 1 firm-ripe mango, peeled and cut into ½-inch cubes
  • 1 large avocado, peeled, pitted, and diced
  • ⅓ cup red onion, finely diced
  • ¼ teaspoon salt
  • 1 lime, juiced (plus lime wedges for serving)
  • ½ cup crumbled goat cheese (about 2 ounces) (optional for vegan)

Instructions

  • In a large serving bowl combine spiralized cucumber, mango, avocado, red onion, salt, and lime juice. Toss to combine.
  • Sprinkle crumbled goat cheese on top of the salad. Lightly toss again to combine.
  • Serve immediately.

Some fun cucumber tips:

  • Cucumber is one of America’s top five garden vegetables.
  • They are part of the Cucurbitaceae family. Other important members of this family include watermelon, muskmelon, pumpkin and squash.
  • Native to India, cucumber is another one of our most ancient vegetables.
  • Popularity was bolstered considerably when, in 1876, Henry J. Heinz added pickles to the list of products made by the food processing company that bears his name.

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