Trending Cucumber Recipes

It’s August, it’s hot, and cucumber recipes are viral on tiktok – probably because they’re literally the perfect summer snack. (Or maybe because everyone and their grandma has an extra 35 growing in the garden.) Cucumbers aren’t just good for you; they’re also cheap and easy to dress up to taste like something more exciting than a vegetable.

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If you’re looking for ways to get cucumbers into every meal – you know, even just to use ’em up – here’s my top ten favourite trending cucumber recipes right now:

Cucumber and Dill Pinwheels

Pinwheels make the perfect lunch on a hot day, and they’re a lot more exciting than sandwiches, imo. These cucumber dill pinwheels have been seen by more than 400k people on Pinterest in the past month, and there’s a good reason for that!

Creamy Cucumber Salad

Cucumber salad is one of my absolute favourite ways to use extra garden cucumbers – although if we’re honest I usually leave out the onions, and add extra dill.

Ham and Cheese Cucumber Sandwich Bites

Don’t mistake low-carb for low flavour! These cucumber sandwich bites are the perfect lite appetizer for a BBQ or potluck, or they can make a meal themselves. Kinda like salad, but on a stick.

Everything Bagel Cucumber Bites

Everything bagel cucumber bites could not be more simple, and that’s how I like it. These are basically just an excuse to eat cream cheese and feel good about it, and there’s nothing wrong with that, lol.

Salmon Cucumber Bites

You can take it a step farther and add salmon to your cucumber bites, for a more rounded meal.

Fresh Cucumber Sandwiches

And if you want something for brunch, these Fresh Cucumber Sandwiches are perfect. Made with cream cheese, crisp cucumbers, and soft cocktail bread, ready in under 30 minutes.

Mediterranean Orzo Salad with Cucumbers

If you need something a little more substantial then just cucumbers and cream cheese, you can add your cucumbers to pasta. This orzo salad with cucumbers has absolutely no cream cheese… but it does have feta, olives, tomatoes, and tastes like a Greek island vacation.

Avocado Salad with Lemon Dressing

Cucumbers might not feature in the title here, but they definitely feature in this salad with an amazing home made lemon-y dressing. And you can double or triple the cucumbers if it’s not feeling cucumber-y enough for you!

Chopped Chicken Salad

And here’s another salad recipe with cucumber. If you want something hearty, this chopped chicken salad is a must-try.

Zesty Chopped Italian Salad

Full disclosure, I don’t actually know if cucumbers are a particularly Italian thing. I think of tomatoes, olives, onions… I don’t really think of cucumbers when I think of Italy. But they are the perfect addition to this zesty Italian salad, and you can add more if you have more!

Tortellini Pesto Salad

Do you know what I adore even more than cucumbers?

Pesto. And tortellini is a close second. This cold tortellini salad would be a winner with or without the cucumbers, but since we’re trying to use them up, I reccommend you make it with.

Lastly, have you tried cucumber apple salad?

I haven’t, but it’s on my list. My kids love apples, and they love cucumbers, and I saw this one the other day and figured it’d be an instant hit! (Let me know if you try it and love it.)