Artificial Flavors Free Vegan Fresh Avocado Cucumber Salad
This vibrant salad is everything a warm-weather dish should be — creamy, crisp, bright, and just a little bit spicy. Buttery avocado cubes sit alongside cool cucumber half-moons, juicy cherry tomatoes, and sharp slivers of red onion, all brought together with a punchy lime and cumin dressing. Every single ingredient here is whole and real, so there's no need to squint at a label hunting for artificial flavor additives hiding in a bottled dressing or seasoning blend. The dressing comes together in seconds by whisking fresh lime juice, extra-virgin olive oil, ground cumin, salt, and pepper — nothing synthetic, nothing mysterious. Fresh cilantro and optional jalapeño round out the flavor with genuine heat and herbal lift that no lab-made shortcut could replicate. The key to keeping it gorgeous is folding the avocado in last and serving right away, so the cubes stay intact and the colors stay vivid. It's the kind of salad that looks impressive on the table but takes almost no effort to pull off.
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4 servings
- 2 large avocados, pitted, peeled, and cut into ¾-inch cubes
- 1 large english cucumber, halved lengthwise and sliced into ¼-inch half-moons
- 1 cup cherry tomatoes, halved
- ¼ red onion, thinly sliced
- ¼ cup fresh cilantro leaves, roughly chopped
- 3 tbsp fresh lime juice (from about 2 limes)
- 2 tbsp extra-virgin olive oil
- ½ tsp ground cumin
- ½ tsp salt, or to taste
- ¼ tsp black pepper, or to taste
- 1 jalapeño, seeded and finely diced (optional)
Instructions
- 1
In a large mixing bowl, whisk together the lime juice, olive oil, ground cumin, salt, and black pepper until combined.
- 2
Add the cucumber, cherry tomatoes, red onion, and jalapeño, if using, to the bowl and toss gently to coat in the dressing.
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