Best Cucumber Salad Recipes

This fresh and delicate spring cucumber salad makes a great side dish for fish, lamb, veal, chicken, or smoked meat. The combination of cucumber and dill is hardly new, but it’s very, very good.

I'm a soba noodle fanatic. In Japan, the noodles are often served as is with a dipping sauce of soy, dashi, and scallions. Why not, I wondered, use them in soup? Here's the result of my self-interrogation, a great soup, enhanced with sake, and served with a cool cucumber salad. This makes a great — and healthy — light lunch or first course. Click here to see Beam Ming Tsai into the Kitchen.

To be honest, I’ve never really liked cucumbers — until now. This light salad is both refreshing and flavorful, and makes the perfect side dish for dinner. The vinegar provides just enough kick to keep you reaching back for more, and the soy keeps blandness at bay. It can be made in less than 10 minutes, so there’s no excuse not to try it! Click here to see 6 Cool and Creative Ways to Use Cucumber.

"A refreshing salad with a kick." — Pets'R'usThis recipe is courtesy of Pets'R'us via Food.com

"My family really loves both meat and poultry, but I do serve them fish occasionally as a healthy alternative, and this is one of our favorites. This method is easy and foolproof and it brings out the savory sweetness of salmon. You can use regular lemons here, but if you can find Meyer lemons when they’re in season (usually from winter into early spring) it’s definitely worth it to pick up a few. Generally smaller and more deeply colored than regular lemons, Meyer lemons’ juice is more sweet than acidic, like a cross between a lemon and an orange. Even their zest is distinct—flowery more than citrusy—and they work so perfectly here." - Joanna GainesFrom Magnolia Table by Joanna Gaines. Copyright © 2018 by Joanna Gaines. Reprinted by permission of William Morrow, an imprint of HarperCollins Publishers.