Creamy Basil Cucumber Salad

This creamy basil cucumber salad is a fresh and amazingly delicious salad that will be a hit every time you serve it! Enjoy!

Fresh basil takes this creamy basil cucumber salad over the top in favor! This is a perfect salad for barbecues, parties, potlucks, and get togethers of all kinds. We combine cucumbers, tomatoes, and red onions with an amazingly delicious dressing. I hope you’ll love this salad as much as our family does!

Let’s talk about our main ingredients!

The main ingredients for our salad are cucumbers, tomatoes, and red onion. This is such a simple but delicious combination. I used regular cucumbers to make my salad, but English cucumbers are a great choice as well. I sliced, then halved my cucumbers. If you’d like larger pieces, you can simply slice yours. One of the great things about this dish is that you don’t have to peel the cucumbers! For tomatoes, you can use Roma or vine ripened tomatoes. For a fun change up, you could even use cherry or grape tomatoes. I love the color and flavor that red onions bring to this dish, but you could substitute with a yellow onion if you’d prefer. I diced my onions, but if you’d like, you could cut yours into thin slices.

What ingredients go into the dressing for this creamy basil cucumber salad?

You’ll be amazed at the amount of flavor that comes from the simple dressing we make for this salad. To create the creamy base for our dressing, we combine keto mayonnaise and sour cream. When choosing mayonnaise, you want to check nutrition labels to make sure there is no added sugar or oils you don’t want. Chosen Foods makes a good avocado oil mayonnaise and that’s what I used to make my dressing. For the keto granulated sugar, I used the Swerve brand. It contains zero calories and zero net carbs and is amazingly similar in its sweetness level to regular sugar. We then add a little apple cider vinegar to give our dressing a bit of acidity. You can substitute with white wine vinegar or champagne vinegar if you’d like. Last, we add salt, pepper, and fresh basil. You can always add more salt to taste if you’d like.

What are some ways I can serve this creamy basil cucumber salad?

You have some awesome low carb options for serving this salad. It makes a perfect addition to barbecues, parties, potlucks, and all kinds of get togethers. You can serve this salad immediately or can make it a day or so ahead of time and refrigerate until ready to serve. It’s a perfect salad to serve for lunch, brunch, or dinner. This salad pairs well with any kind of meat including beef, chicken, pork, and seafood. You can serve it with anything from burgers and brats to roasts and seafood mains. It pairs well with pulled chicken, pulled pork, and with keto meatloaf. We enjoy grilling, and this salad is a great side to add to any grilled meat. You can also serve it with keto casseroles.

Need some more keto cucumber salads? Here are a few I think you’ll enjoy!

Creamy Keto Tomato Cucumber Salad

Creamy Ranch Cucumber Zucchini Salad

Keto Cucumber Yogurt Salad

Marinated Keto Cucumber, Tomato, and Onion Salad

Helpful Hints:

*For this salad, there is no need to peel the cucumbers.

*I use herb scissors to cut my basil into ribbons, alternately you can roughly chop them or tear them.

Main Kitchen Equipment and Utensils:

• Mixing bowls
• Measuring spoons

Splash of Encouragement:

***Fresh and simple ingredients are the basis for the most amazingly delicious salads***