This Paleo, Whole30, Keto, and totally AIP compliant creamy cucumber dill dressing is a refreshing addition to any salad. Plus, it doubles as a dip!
Of course, most store bought dressings and dips are off the menu when following any type of real food, clean eating diet.
So homemade it is! Besides, homemade is better in taste and always better in nutrition!
I love it when a dressing doubles as a dip. And this creamy cucumber dill dressing does just that. It’s great on salads – particularly kale salad. BUT it’s also the perfect dip especially when extra chilled!
Ingredient Highlight
Cucumber
Obviously, there’s gotta be cucumber if it’s called “creamy cucumber dill dressing”, amirite?
Cucumbers are full of water and soluble fiber – just what we need for keepin’ it regular!
And did you know? Cucumbers are also a cooling food, which according to traditional Chinese medicine, helps to clear heat and toxins from the body and nourishes yin energy!
In this recipe, the cucumber seeds are removed and the cucumber patted dry just to remove extra moisture. This helps prevent the dressing from being too runny.
Coconut Cream
I use Aroy-D canned coconut milk for the coconut cream.
What you wanna do is refrigerate the can for several hours or overnight. This will get the coconut cream to separate from the liquid.
Then when ready to use, open it up without shaking, and scoop the top part to use as the coconut cream. Creamy goodness!
Garlic
Fresh garlic is where it’s at! I bought a bag of garlic from a local farmer this year and it’s been amazing! The garlic in the grocery stores does not compare, at all!
I always press my garlic with a garlic press. But if you’re using a high powered blender, you could probably get away with just throwing in the whole cloves for this recipe.
Dill
Dill is a fave herb of mine. I’ve used it in a few recipes on my blog, including dill pickle plantain chips, smoky dill cauli rice soup, and dill beet salad.
Dill not only adds the boost of flavour that I love but it also may help in relieving gas and bloating!
I used a tbsp of fresh dill in this recipe, but you could add more if you like it extra dilly!
Yield: 10 servings
Creamy Cucumber Dressing (AIP/Paleo/Whole30)
5 minutes
5 minutes
Ingredients
- 1/2 cucumber
- 1/2 cup coconut cream
- 2 garlic cloves, pressed
- 2 tbsp olive oil
- 1 tbsp lemon juice
- 1/2 tsp salt
- 1-2 tbsp dill, finely chopped
Instructions
- Remove peel from cucumber.
- Slice in half lenghtwise and remove seeds by scraping a spoon over the seeds making sure not to scrfape the flesh.
- Once seeds are remove, pat cucumber dry with paper towel.
- Chop the cucumber, should have approximately 1/2 cup.
- Place cucumber, coconut cream, olive oil, garlic, lemon juice, and salt in a blender.
- Blend until smooth.
- Remove dressing from blender and mix in dill.
- Enjoy!
Notes
Store in refrigerator for up to 4 days.
thank you for your blog! I got diagnosed 2 years ago at 39 with Lichen Sclerosis, and have had Hashimoto’s thyroiditis for over 10 years. I am now starting the AIP protocol, and so glad I found your blog.
Hi Kelli!
Thank you so much for reaching out and so happy to hear you’re starting AIP – it was such a game changer for me! š
I just found out I have a sensitivity to garlic…so, no fresh garlic for me. š …may try garlic powder, as it is a mild sensitivity. What else would you replace the garlic with in this recipe? Maybe onion powder? I am good to go with onions. Thank goodness!!
Hi Sheri, garlic or onion powder would work. I think chives would also be a great garlic sub in this dressing! Hope this helps š