Spiralized Cucumber Salad Recipe with Chia Seed Strawberry Vinaigrette {Vegan + Paleo}
This healthy cucumber salad is mixed with fresh herbs, strawberries and a homemade lime-strawberry vinaigrette. It's a fresh, paleo & vegan meal!
Servings 4
Ingredients
For the vinaigrette:
- 3 Tbsp Raw Apple cider Vinegar
- 2 Tbsp Fresh lime juice about 1 large lime
- 1 Tbsp + 1 Tsp Fresh lime zest firmly packed (about 1 large lime)
- 1/2 tsp Salt
- Pinch of pepper
- 2 Tbsp Light agave Honey for Paleo version
- 2/3 Cup Roughly chopped fresh strawberries loosely packed (90g)
- 1 Tbsp Red onion Chopped
- 1/3 Cup Pompeian Extra-Virgin Olive Oil
- 1/2 Tbsp Chia seeds Poppy seeds work well too
For the salad:
- 2 Large cucumbers
- 4 Cups Spinach firmly packed
- 1 1/3 Cups Fresh Strawberries sliced
- 3/4 Cup Red onion thinly sliced
- 2 Tbsp Fresh mint minced
- 1/2 Cup Cilantro roughly chopped
Instructions
- In a small food processor (mine is 3 cups), combine the apple cider vinegar, fresh lime juice, lime zest, salt, pepper, agave, strawberries and red onion until smooth, and the berries and onion are broken down.
- With the food processor running, stream in the olive oil until well combined, the dressing lightens in color, and is thick and creamy. Transfer to a bowl and stir in the Chia seeds.
- Using the 3mm blade on your spiralizer, spiralize the cucumbers until they turn into thin noodles. Gentle squeeze out a little bit of the excess moisture, and divide the noodles between 4 bowls.
- Divide the spinach, strawberries, sliced red onion, mint and cilantro between the bowls, followed by the salad dressing. (You should have ended up with 1 cup of dressing, so 1/4 cup of dressing per salad)
- Toss until evenly coated and DEVOUR.
Notes
This dressing gets even better if you make it ahead and let it sit in the refrigerator overnight.br]If you need a good spiralizer, I LOVE [this one!