Original salad with fresh cucumbers

Cucumbers have a pleasant flavor and contain over 90% water, so the salad with the vegetable will be juicy and delicious. In Russia the most popular is a simple salad of cucumbers and tomatoes. But besides him there are more original recipes of salads with fresh cucumbers.

Salad with cucumbers, avocado and carrots

To prepare the salad will need the following ingredients: 2 avocados, 2 large cucumber, 1 medium size carrot, 2 tbsp of pumpkin seeds, mayonnaise. Pumpkin seeds can replace the pine nuts.

Scrape the flesh of the avocado from the skin. Boil the carrots. Slice the avocado, carrot and cucumber cubes. Combine all salad ingredients, season it with mayonnaise and mix. Ready salad and sprinkle with pumpkin seeds.

Salad with cucumbers and tuna

To prepare the salad will need the following ingredients: 1 can of tuna, canned in its own juice, 3 small cucumber, a few sprigs of parsley, 1 tbsp lemon juice and 2 tbsp. of vegetable oil.

Drain the cans of liquid, put the fish in a bowl and mash it with a fork. Add the tuna, sliced cucumber and finely chopped parsley. Season the salad mixture of oil and lemon juice, mix well.

Salad with cucumbers, Chinese cabbage, squid and eggs

To prepare the salad will need the following ingredients: small forks Chinese cabbage, 2 carcass squid, 2 large cucumber, 2 eggs, some green onion, 70 ml of yogurt without fruit filling, 1 tbsp lemon juice, salt and black pepper. Cabbage can replace lettuce.

Clean the carcass of the squid from the films and wash them under running water. Dip the squid in boiling water and boil for 2 minutes. When squid has cooled, cut the carcass thin strips. Boil eggs and cut them into wedges. Cut into strips cucumbers. Shred a cabbage.

Connect eggs, squid, cabbage and cucumbers. Sprinkle salad finely chopped green onion, add salt and pepper. Dress the salad with yoghurt and lemon juice and gently stir.

Layered salad with cucumbers, chicken, eggs, and prunes

To prepare the salad will need the following ingredients: 250 grams chicken, 3 medium size fresh cucumber, 2 boiled eggs, 100 grams of prunes, 100 grams of walnuts, mayonnaise, salt and black pepper.

Soak the prunes in sweet black tea for 1 hour. When the dried fruit will get soggy, cut them in slices. Boil chicken until tender. The cooled meat cut into cubes. Eggs and cucumbers grate. Walnuts grind in a blender. If no blender, chop the nuts as fine as possible.

Salad laid layers. The first layer put the chicken breast, the second layer — prunes. Brush the plums with a thin layer of mayonnaise. The next layer, lay the cucumbers. Top of cucumbers put the eggs and grease them with mayonnaise. Sprinkle salad with walnuts.