Cucumber and Avocado Salsa

Cucumber and Avocado Salsa
Cucumber and Avocado Salsa

You can use this Cucumber and Avocado Salsa the traditional way with tortilla chips, but I also love it as a topping for baked potatoes, especially sweet potatoes! It’s very tasty and offers a nice alternative to the regular tomato-based salsa.

If you make this recipe, I’d love to see it. Please tag @LivityGardens on Instagram and use the hashtag #LivityGardens.

For another great and unique salsa recipe, check out this Mango-Strawberry Salsa.

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Cucumber and Avocado Salsa

  • Author: livitygardens
  • Prep Time: 30 minutes
  • Total Time: 30 minutes
  • Yield: 4 servings 1x

Ingredients

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  • 1 cucumber, peeled and finely chopped
  • 1 green bell pepper, seeded and finely chopped
  • 1 jalapeรฑo, seeded and minced
  • 1 bunch green onions, trimmed and finely chopped
  • 1 tablespoon pure maple syrup
  • 3 tablespoons olive oil
  • Grated zest and juice of 1 lime
  • 2 avocados, pitted, peeled, and finely diced
  • Bunch of cilantro, chopped
  • 1/4 cup basil leaves, sliced thin
  • Sea salt

Instructions

Place the cucumber in a sieve and sprinkle with some sea salt. Let stand over a bowl or the sink for about 30 minutes. Meanwhile, prepare the rest of your ingredients. Once everything is chopped, place the bell pepper, jalapeรฑo, green onions, maple syrup, olive oil, the lime zest and juice, and the avocados in a medium bowl. Mix well. Squeeze the water out of the cucumber with your hands and place in between two clean kitchen towel, removing as much water as possible. Add the cucumber to the bowl, along with the cilantro, and mix well. Place in the refrigerator for several hours, to allow the flavors to blend. Before serving, mix in the basil and season to taste with sea salt.

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Salsa avocat et concombre

Cette salsa peut รชtre servie de faรงon traditionnelle avec des tortillas, mais je l’aime bien servie comme accompagnement avec des patates douces rรดties ou sur le grill.ย 

  • Author: livitygardens
  • Prep Time: 30 minutes
  • Total Time: 30 minutes
  • Yield: 4 portions 1x

Ingredients

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  • 1 concombre, pelรฉ et coupรฉ en dรฉs
  • 1 poivron vert, sans les graines, coupรฉ en dรฉs
  • 1 jalapeรฑo, sans les graines, รฉmincรฉ
  • 1 botte d’oignons verts, parรฉs et รฉmincรฉs
  • 1 c. ร  soupe de sirop d’รฉrable pur
  • 3 c. ร  soupe d’huile d’olive
  • Jus et zeste de 1 lime
  • 2 avocats, pelรฉs et coupรฉs en dรฉs
  • 1 grosse poignรฉe de coriandre fraรฎche, รฉmincรฉe
  • 1/4 tasse de feuilles de basilic frais, รฉmincรฉes
  • Sel de mer, au goรปt

Instructions

Placer le concombre dans une passoire, et saupoudrer de sel de mer. Laisser รฉgoutter pendant 30 minutes. Pendant ce temps, prรฉparer le reste des ingrรฉdients. Une fois tous les ingrรฉdients prรชts, mรฉlanger le poivron vert, le jalapeรฑo, les oignons verts, le sirop d’รฉrable, l’huile d’olive, le jus et le zeste de lime, et les avocats dans un bol. Retirer l’eau du concombre en le tordant bien entre les mains et en le plaรงant ensuite entre deux linges de cuisine propres, retirant ainsi le plus d’eau possible. Ajouter le concombre au bol, ainsi que la coriandre fraรฎche, et bien mรฉlanger. Placer au rรฉfrigรฉrateur pendant quelques heures, afin de permettre aux saveurs de bien se dรฉvelopper. Avant de servir, ajouter le basilic et assaisonner, au goรปt, de sel.

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Mango-Strawberry Salsa

Mango-Strawberry Salsa
Mango-Strawberry Salsa

This Mango-Strawberry Salsa is refreshing, zesty, and so easy to put together. Use the best ingredients you can find. This becomes important in raw and simple recipes. This is great served on coconut rice, for a simple lunch, with tortilla chips, or as a side for grilled vegetables. The possibilities are endless.

If you make this recipe, I’d love to see it. Please tag @LivityGardens on Instagram and use the hashtag #LivityGardens.

Here’s another great idea. A Refreshing Twist on the Regular Tomato Salsa: The Cucumber and Avocado Salsa

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Mango-Strawberry Salsa

  • Author: Karine K
  • Prep Time: 10 minutes
  • Total Time: 10 minutes
  • Yield: 4 servings 1x

Ingredients

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  • 3 ripe mangoes, in small cubes
  • 8 large strawberries, in small cubes
  • 1/2 cup red onion, minced
  • 1/3 cup red bell pepper, in small cubes
  • 1/3 cup packed cilantro, minced
  • 34 tablespoons fresh lime juice
  • Sea salt and pepper, to taste

Instructions

Mix all the ingredients delicately in a medium bowl. Place in the fridge until ready to use. Bon appรฉtit!

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Salsa mangue et fraise

  • Author: Karine K
  • Prep Time: 10 minutes
  • Total Time: 10 minutes
  • Yield: 4 portions 1x

Ingredients

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  • 3 mangues mรปres, en dรฉs
  • 8 grosses fraises, en dรฉs
  • 1/2 tasse d’oignon rouge, รฉmincรฉ
  • 1/3 tasse de poivron rouge, en dรฉs
  • 1/3 tasse de coriandre fraรฎche, รฉmincรฉe
  • 3 ร  4 c. ร  soupe de jus de lime frais
  • Sel de mer et poivre, au goรปt

Instructions

Mรฉlanger tous les ingrรฉdients dรฉlicatement dans un bol moyen. Placer au rรฉfrigรฉrateur jusqu’au moment de servir. Bon appรฉtit!

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