Cucumber Macaroni Salad with Dill Recipe

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This cucumber macaroni salad with dill recipe is a great side dish to make with garden cucumbers and fresh dill. It’s light and flavorful, and is a wonderful side dish everyone will love.

A fantastic summer cucumber side for a BBQ, cookout, or party. You can make this year round with store bought cucumbers or homegrown varieties.

Want more tasty pasta salad ideas? Try our Italian bowtie pasta salad, macaroni salad with Greek yogurt, or our cottage cheese pasta salad!

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Summer means loads of cucumbers from our garden, and right now we have so many! I can only make these amazing fresh garlic pickles so many times, so I decided to get a little creative and make this delicious creamy cucumber dill macaroni salad for a wonderful side dish.

This year we are grew Boston picklers and Market More cucumber varities which are great for slicing. I wanted to make this recipe as a mix between my family’s creamy cucumber salad recipe and a classic macaroni salad. It makes such a refreshing lunch and a great side dish with dinner… or anything coming off the grill!

Why This Recipe Works

It’s bright, fresh, and crunchy – a variety of textures!
The dressing is loaded with flavor from the mayonnaise and vinegar.
It’s an easy pasta salad that cooks of any skill level can successfully make!
This pasta salad is a great way to use up garden cucumbers.
It’s vegetarian, and can easily be made gluten free or vegan (see post below).

Side Dish Recipes with Garden Cucumbers

This cucumber macaroni salad is the perfect way to use those extra garden cucumbers. Throughout the summer our garden is overloaded with cucumber plants all ripening at once. I make this easy macaroni salad recipe with my extra cucumbers and dill and a tasty meal is ready in no time.

It makes a great side dish, appetizer, or even a light lunch in the summer.

Enjoy that garden bounty with this bright and fresh pasta salad recipe all summer long. There’s nothing better than seasonal produce right out of the garden – if not your garden, then get fresh cucumbers at your local farmer’s market stand.

Ingredients You’ll Need

ingredients for cucumber macaroni salad with dresh dill carrots onion, macaroni noodles, and white wine vinegar.

Macaroni Noodles: you can use any variety you prefer. To make this gluten free, GF macaroni pasta noodles work perfect in this recipe. If you aren’t gluten free, then you can use normal macaroni, whole wheat, or a veggie pasta.
Cucumbers
Carrots
Mayonnaise: I like to use a dairy free mayo to keep this recipe plant-based, but you can use whatever mayo that you would normally use in recipes. If you don’t normally like mayo, try our dairy free mayo recipe... it’s creamy but still plant based.
Onion
Carrots
White Wine Vinegar, which gives this dressing a little extra tang which is really fantastic!
Granulated Sugar
Fresh Dill
Salt & Pepper

Be sure to visit the recipe card below for full ingredient amounts and recipe instructions!

Dietary Modifications

This recipe is vegetarian, to make it vegan use use a vegan mayonnaise!
To make this gluten free, make sure you use gluten free macaroni noodles, I have some linked above. Also make sure any prepared foods (like mayo) are also certified gluten free before adding.

How To Make This Recipe

cooked macaroni noodles in a pot being stirred with a wooden spoon to make macaroni salad with cucumbers and dill.

Step 1: Cook macaroni noodles according to package instructions. Drain, rinse in a colander under cool water.

cooled macaroni noodles in a bowl to make creamy pasta salad.

Step 2: Place the cooled noodles in a large mixing bowl.

macaroni noodles in a large mixing bowl with chopped cucumbers, carrots, and white onion.

Step 3: Finely chop the carrots, onion, and cucumbers, and add them to the mixing bowl with the macaroni.

creamy cucumber pasta salad with dill carrots onion and white wine vinegar dressing.

Step 4: Add the remaining ingredients: mayonnaise, white wine vinegar, sugar, salt, pepper, and fresh dill.

Step 5: Mix well to combine all ingredients together until the dressing is creamy and coats the pasta salad. Taste and add salt and pepper if desired.

What are the best cucumbers for pasta salad?

I like using English cucumbers or smaller Persian cucumbers for pasta salads, as they are light and cruchy and don’t have as many seeds. Use the freshest cucumbers you can find, as they add a wonderful texture and flavor to this pasta salad.

What’s in this cucumber pasta salad recipe?

I used cooked macaroni noodles, carrots, fresh cucumbers, fresh dill, chopped onions, and a creamy dressing made from mayonnaise, white wine vinegar, sugar, salt, and pepper. Top with fresh dill for a tasty and summery salad.

How long does cucumber pasta salad last?

Store any leftover cucumber pasta salad in an airtight container and refrigerate for up to 3 days. Stir well before serving.

Pro Tips

When chopping the carrots and onions, make them roughly the same size. You want the pieces small enough to be bite-sized and consistent throughout the salad.
For a creamier pasta salad, you can add in extra mayonnaise or a mix of half mayo/half sour cream to the dressing.
If making this recipe ahead of time, cover and refrigerate for at least 1 hour. Stir well before serving.
If the pasta salad gets soggy (it can depending on the water content of the cucumbers), drain it before serving. Mix in a little extra mayonnaise if desired.

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