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Jalapeño Cucumber Avocado Lime Dressing

A bright, cool and pourable avocado dressing with crisp cucumber, a gentle jalapeño kick and plenty of lime and cilantro, made for crunchy cabbage slaws.

Jalapeño Cucumber Avocado Lime Dressing

Ingredients

  • ½ whole110 gAvocadopitted and scooped
  • 1 cup sliced100 gCucumberpeeled and roughly chopped
  • 2 oz60 gPlain Greek yogurt, nonfat
  • 1 lime, juiced40 gLime juice
  • 1 cup chopped16 gFresh cilantroleaves and tender stems
  • 2 tbsp sliced10 gJalapeñoseeded and roughly chopped
  • 2¼ tsp10 gOlive oil
  • 2 tbsp30 gWatercold
  • 1 clove3 gGarlicpeeled
  • ½ tsp1 gGround cumin
  • ¼ tsp2 gSalt

Steps

  1. Prepare everything first: peel and chop the cucumber, seed and chop the jalapeño, peel the garlic, and pit and scoop the avocado.
  2. Put the cucumber, lime juice, jalapeño and garlic in the blender and blend until the cucumber is liquefied, about 20 seconds.
  3. Add the avocado, Greek yogurt, cilantro, olive oil, cumin and salt, then blend until smooth and creamy.
  4. With the blender running, pour in the cold water a little at a time until the dressing is pourable; you may not need it all.
  5. Pour into a jar and toss with crunchy slaw just before serving, or refrigerate covered with plastic pressed onto the surface for up to 2 days.

Contains: Milk.

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Saved in the Every Helping recipe book on October 24, 2026.

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