In almost every family, from early spring to late autumn, salad with fresh cucumber is an attribute of the daily menu. It is not at all difficult to cook, and the result is a juicy, aromatic and very healthy dish that will be the perfect complement to any meal.

A simple salad with fresh cucumber and eggs

In ancient times, simple food was considered the most delicious and healthy. This is easy to see if you cook a salad with fresh cucumber and egg.

It includes a minimum set of ingredients:

  • 2 large fresh cucumbers;
  • fine salt;
  • 4 eggs;
  • 100 g of green feather onions;
  • some olive oil.

The preparation of such a salad does not require much effort. Everything is done very simply:

  1. Boil the eggs and peel them.
  2. Finely chop the onion with a sharp knife.
  3. Wash the cucumbers, and then crumble them together with eggs in small cubes.
  4. Put the prepared foods on a plate, drizzle with oil and mix.

If you use such a salad with fresh cucumber every day, you can completely provide your body with the right amount of vitamins that are found in basic foods.This dish is ideal for a light but satisfying snack.

With fresh cabbage

Instead of high-calorie eggs, you can add any vegetables to the salad. You get an original vitamin mixture, which will be a good option for a juicy and healthy snack. For example, it is good to make a salad with fresh cabbage and cucumbers. It will differ not only in low calorie content, but also in a pleasant, refined taste.

To work, you will need:

  • 0.5 kg of white cabbage;
  • 50 g of dill;
  • 2 fresh cucumbers;
  • 3-5 g of table salt.

For refueling:

  • 50 g of sunflower oil;
  • 25 g of sugar;
  • 30 g of table vinegar.

The method of preparation of this vegetable salad is also not very difficult:

  1. The first thing to do is finely chop the cabbage.
  2. Sprinkle with salt, mix and mash a little with your hands. Cabbage should let the juice go.
  3. Rinse cucumbers well, cut into thin strips.
  4. Chop the dill with a sharp knife.
  5. Put all products in one bowl and mix.
  6. Combine the oil with vinegar and sugar in a flavoring dressing.
  7. Pour the vegetables with this mixture and mix them again.

This salad looks very beautiful. In addition, it can be a good addition to various types of side dishes.

Cooking with Chicken

Tender poultry can be added to the salad with fresh cucumber. It is best to do it with chicken. There is a fairly simple version of the dish, for which you need only five main components:

  • 300 g chicken;
  • 200 g of fresh cucumbers;
  • salt;
  • 3 chicken eggs;
  • some mayonnaise.

To prepare such a dish you need to step by step:

  1. Boil the chicken first.
  2. After cooling, finely chop the meat.
  3. Cucumber crumble straws. If their skin is too thick and stiff, it must first be cut off.
  4. Boil hard-boiled eggs, and then grind them on a grater with medium cells.
  5. Pour the prepared ingredients into a salad bowl, pour with mayonnaise and mix.

The dish, apart from the cooking stage of the meat, cooks pretty quickly. Even someone who does not have much experience in cooking can easily cope with it.

Winter salad with fresh cucumber

There are a huge number of salads that use fresh cucumbers. There is one recipe that many have been familiar with since childhood. This is a Winter salad. It got its name, probably because for a long time it was prepared for the festive table for the New Year. Some people confuse this salad with the famous Olivier. But there is a significant difference between the French dish and the Russian invention: we cook it with boiled sausage, and they with meat. There are other equally important differences.

In our case, to work you need to take:

  • 3 potatoes;
  • 150 g of cooked sausage;
  • 0.5 cans of canned peas;
  • 3 eggs;
  • 2 fresh cucumbers;
  • salt;
  • 2-3 feathers of green onions;
  • 3-4 tablespoons of mayonnaise.

To make such a salad, you must:

  1. Finely chop and lightly add onion.
  2. Gently cut the cucumbers into small cubes.
  3. Grind sausage in the same way.
  4. First boil the potatoes and eggs, and then cool, peel and cut into cubes of the same size.
  5. Collect all the ingredients in a bowl and add peas to them.
  6. Season with mayonnaise and mix thoroughly.

Many of us remember this dish well, and prepare it with pleasure for every holiday.

With smoked sausage

A salad with the scent of fresh cucumber will become even tastier if cooked with smoked sausage. There is one interesting option, which is popularly called the "Straw". This is because this is how the three main ingredients of the dish are cut.

To make a salad you will need:

  • 200 g of cervelat (or any smoked sausage);
  • 3 cucumbers;
  • 1 can of corn;
  • 4 eggs;
  • mayonnaise.

The whole process takes just a few minutes:

  1. First you need to put eggs to cook.
  2. Gently cut the sausage into strips.
  3. Do the same with cucumbers. Previously, of course, they need to be washed.
  4. After boiling, cool eggs, peel, and then crumble straws.
  5. Open a jar of corn and drain the brine from it.
  6. Collect all ingredients according to the recipe on a plate.
  7. Add mayonnaise to them and mix it all well.

Such a salad can be safely attributed to whip up recipes. Each hostess should remember him in case the guests suddenly rush into the house.

"Olivier" - an unchanging classic

About Olivier salad in Russia learned only at the end of the 19th century. At that time, meat, potatoes, boiled eggs, fresh cucumbers and, of course, mayonnaise were traditionally used for its preparation. Today, this dish must be supplemented with boiled carrots and green peas. True, the French used pickled cucumbers and capers instead.

Nowadays, for the preparation of the classic Olivier you must have in stock

  • 300 g chicken;
  • 4 potatoes;
  • 2 carrots;
  • 30 g feather green onions;
  • 4 eggs;
  • 2 fresh cucumbers;
  • 200 g of green peas;
  • 250 g of mayonnaise.

Methods for making a popular salad:

  1. The first thing you need to do is cook potatoes, eggs, carrots and meat.
  2. At this time, you can, slowly, chop the onion and cut the cucumbers into small cubes.
  3. Grind boiled potatoes, carrots and eggs in the same way. Before that, they must be cleaned.
  4. Cut the meat into cubes.
  5. Put the ingredients in one bowl, add peas to them.
  6. Immediately before serving, you need to season the dish with mayonnaise and mix thoroughly.

Salting such a salad is not necessary, otherwise the cucumbers will immediately start the juice, and the dish will turn into an unsightly mess.

Crab salad with fresh cucumber

Fans of simple recipes will definitely like crab salad with fresh cucumbers.

To prepare it, you need only four main ingredients:

  • 20 crab sticks;
  • 4 cucumbers;
  • 5 eggs;
  • 125 g mayonnaise.

To make such a dish you will need no more than half an hour:

  1. First you need to boil, and then peel and finely crush the eggs.
  2. Grind cucumbers and crab sticks in the same way.
  3. Season salad with mayonnaise.

The dish is light, and, most importantly, low-calorie. This is especially important when it comes to healthy eating for the whole family.

With canned pink salmon

A combination of fish and fresh cucumber may seem unusual to some. Nevertheless, there is such a dish in which both of these ingredients are in good harmony with each other.

According to the recipe for such a salad you need:

  • 1 fresh cucumber;
  • 1 can of pink salmon;
  • 2 eggs;
  • 110 g of rice;
  • salt;
  • 20 g of lemon juice;
  • mayonnaise.

Step-by-step instruction:

  1. Cook washed rice for 20 minutes over low heat.
  2. Open a jar, get pieces of fish and carefully knead them with a fork.
  3. Chop onion finely.
  4. Dice the cucumber.
  5. Fold the products in a salad bowl and add the cooled rice to them.
  6. Season the mixture with mayonnaise.

It turns out a light and nutritious salad with fresh cucumber and fish. One has only to cook it once, immediately you want to see such a dish on the table every day.