Cucumber Vinegar Salad

Cucumber Vinegar Salad has thinly sliced cukes, red onions, seasonings, and a sweet vinegar dressing. This healthy cucumber salad is easy, crisp, and refreshing.

Cucumber salads should be a staple at picnics and get-togethers on lazy summer days. You know, like a tradition.

I’ll admit I never had a cucumber salad until I was in my 20s, but as soon as I took my first bite, I was hooked.

I bet you love them, too. Not especially the mayonnaise kind but the fresh and light marinated kind. Marinated with distilled white or apple cider vinegar that has been sweetened with sugar and spices.

Salads are such a welcoming treat, too. Whether leaf salads or made from other vegetables, they always seem like a great addition.

And this healthy cucumber salad is right in keeping with my theme of beautiful, tasty, and unique salads. Cucumbers and red onions are the stars.

What is an English cucumber?

An English Cucumber has a thinner skin than a regular cucumber, and its seeds are smaller.

They are mild in taste with no bitter taste.

English Cucumbers do not cause you to burp, so their other handle is burpless cucumbers. I’ve seen them as hothouse cucumbers, too.

Sometimes, each cucumber comes in its own tight, clear wrapper. Just look at those smooth, long, and thin English cucumbers in the photo below.

Ingredients

• English or young regular cucumbers are this salad’s main crispy flavored vegetables.
• Red onion – gives a flavor contrast in a milder way than other onions.
• Celery seeds – are surprisingly flavorful and are often used in brines.
• Salt – a little bit goes a long way for this seasoning.
• Vinegar – is acidic and helps the flavors become infused into the vegetables.
• Water – helps dissolve the sugar when it is heated.
• Sugar – counterbalances the acidic flavor of vinegar and makes the best dressing when combined.

Instructions

• Bring vinegar, water, and sugar to a boil in a small saucepan and stir until the sugar is dissolved.
• Take off the heat and let it cool while preparing the vegetables.
• Slice cucumbers and onions and place in a large bowl.
• Sprinkle on celery seed and salt.

• Pour the vinegar mixture over the cucumbers and mix well. You can enjoy the recipe right now, but it gets even better after it has rested and marinated in the dressing overnight.
• Place in an airtight container, cover, and seal.
• Place in refrigerator. to meld.

Cucumber salad variations

• Even though I consider this cucumber vinegar salad recipe perfect there are additions and changes that you can make.
• I quickly mentioned this above but you can use apple cider vinegar instead of white distilled vinegar. It is slightly less acidic.
• You can substitute coconut sugar for the granulated sugar. It is a wonderful flavor and that is what I did for this Mildly Marinated Cauliflower recipe.
• You can switch out the celery seed for fresh dill or dill seed.
• Sprinkle in a little black pepper.
• There are many more things that can be done including adding more seasonings and maybe even chopped tomatoes but then you’d have to change the salad name.

More great raw salads

• Apple Pecan Salad with Raisins
• Superfood Salad with Maple Vinaigrette