Raw Zucchini Salad (with Bacon, Tomato, and Feta)

This Raw Zucchini Salad with Bacon, Tomato, and Feta has a lot of tomato and zucchini, and just enough bacon and Feta to make it amazing. And if you have fresh garden zucchini and haven’t ever tried using it raw in a salad, I hope you’ll give this a try!

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Raw Zucchini Salad (with Bacon, Tomato, and Feta) is a recipe I recently found hanging out back in the archives and it went immediately to the top of the list for new photos. It actually took me two tries to get a photo I thought was okay, so I made it once with Jake and again with Kara, and we enjoyed the flavors and the crunch factor in this salad both times.

And I think Raw Zucchini Salad is a perfect late summer salad idea, when you can get crisp garden zucchini, and if you’re a gardener this will help you use your zucchini instead of sneaking it on to your neighbor’s porch! The recipe is loaded with flavor from the bacon, tomatoes, and Feta, and it has an interesting dressing with white balsamic vinegar, spices, and Dijon mustrd. No matter how you adapt the recipe to your own tastebuds, if you like these ingredients and the idea of using raw zucchini in a salad I hope you’ll give it a try!

What ingredients do you need for this recipe?

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• cherry tomatoes
• small zucchini
• bacon
• crumbled Feta
• fresh-ground black pepper to taste
• mayo
• Olive Oil (affiliate link)
• white balsamic vinegar (affiliate link)
• Monkfruit Sweetener (affiliate link) or sweetener of your choice
• Garlic Powder (affiliate link)
• Onion Powder (affiliate link)
• Dijon mustard (affiliate link)
• Vege-Sal (affiliate link), or use slightly less table salt
• fresh ground black pepper to taste

What makes the Raw Zucchini Salad extra flavorful?

Of course bacon is an important flavor here, and there’s bacon in the creamy dressing and some crumbled bacon in the salad, but you can use more or less bacon depending on your taste and dietary preferences. And I used a generous amount of Feta Cheese, but you can use more or less Feta to taste as well.

How low in carbs is the Raw Zucchini Salad?

This amazing zucchini salad idea has only 5 net carbs per serving, with 9 grams of protein!

What if you don’t like the idea of raw zucchini?

We liked the crunch of the raw zucchini in this salad, but I’ve made some good salads with cooked zucchini as well. If that appeals to you more, just heat a little olive oil in a frying pan and briefly saute the zuccchini, let it cool for about 5-10 minutes, and then assemble the salad.

How to make Raw Zucchini Salad with Bacon, Tomato, and Feta:

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1. I used pre-cooked bacon from Costco that I cut into short strips and crisped in the microwave, but if you’re using raw bacon you need to cook in a pan until crisp.
2. Cut cherry tomatoes in half and let them drain in a colander while you prep other ingredients.
3. Cut zucchini into bite-sized pieces, cutting away some of the seeds if they’re large.
4. Use a food processor (affiliate link) or the bowl attachment of an immersion blender (affiliate link) to blend together half the bacon, mayo, olive oil, vinegar, Golden Monkfruit Sweetener (affiliate link) or sweetener of your choice, garlic powder, onion powder, Dijon, and salt to make the dressing.
5. Crumble the rest of the bacon,  and crumble desired amount of Feta.
6. Mix ingredients together with enough dressing to moisten and season to taste with fresh-ground black pepper.
7. Serve the Raw Zucchini Salad right away and devour!

Make it a Low-Carb Meal:

Enjoy this Raw Zucchini Salad with one of these low-carb summer main dishes:

• Garlic, Lemon, and Herb Grilled Chicken Breasts
• Grilled Sausage and Peppers
• Rosemary Mustard Grilled Chicken
• Greek Lamb Souvlaki
• Grilled Chicken with Balsamic Vinegar

More Tasty Salads with Zucchini:

You can find more zucchini salad ideas from Kalyn’s Kitchen in my collection of Amazing Zucchini Salad Recipes.

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Yield: 6 servings

Raw Zucchini Salad (with Bacon, Tomato, and Feta)

Prep Time 25 minutes

Total Time 25 minutes

This Raw Zucchini Salad (with Bacon, Tomato, and Feta) is so flavorful, and this is great for a summer dinner when you have lots of zucchini to use!

Ingredients

Salad Ingredients

• 2 cups cherry tomatoes, cut in half and drained into a colander
• 4 small zucchini, diced in 1/2″ pieces
• 6 slices bacon (more or less to taste)
• 3/4 cup crumbled Feta
• fresh-ground black pepper to taste

Dressing Ingredients

• 1/4 cup mayo
• 1/4 cup olive oil
• 2 T white wine vinegar
• 1/2 tsp. Monkfruit Sweetener or sweetener of your choice 
• 1/4 tsp. garlic powder
• 1/4 tsp. onion powder
• 1 tsp. Dijon mustard
• 1/2 tsp. Vege-Sal (or use slightly less table salt)
• fresh ground black pepper to taste

Instructions

1. Cut bacon into short strips and cook the bacon until it’s very crisp, draining the fat as needed. (I use pre-cooked bacon just crisped it in the microwave.)
2. Dice tomatoes let them drain in a colander while you prep the other ingredients.
3. Cut stem and blossom end from zucchini, cut lengthwise into strips, cut away the seeds if there are a lot of seeds, and then cut the strips into pieces about 1/2 inch long.
4. Use a food processor (affiliate link) or the bowl attachment of an immersion blender (affiliate link) to blend together half the bacon, mayo, olive oil, vinegar, Golden Monkfruit Sweetener (affiliate link) or sweetener of your choice, garlic powder, onion powder, Dijon, and salt to make the dressing.
5. Crumble the rest of the bacon,  and crumble desired amount of Feta.
6. Mix ingredients together with enough dressing to moisten and season to taste with fresh-ground black pepper.
7. Season the Raw Zucchini Salad to taste with fresh ground black pepper and devour!

Notes

This recipe created by Kalyn.

Nutrition Information

Yield

6

Serving Size

1
Amount Per Serving Calories 276Total Fat 24gSaturated Fat 7gTrans Fat 0gUnsaturated Fat 17gCholesterol 32mgSodium 453mgCarbohydrates 7gFiber 2gSugar 4gProtein 9g

Nutrition information is automatically calculated by the Recipe Plug-In I am using. I am not a nutritionist and cannot guarantee 100% accuracy, since many variables affect those calculations.

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Low-Carb Diet / Low-Glycemic Diet / South Beach Diet Suggestions:
This Raw Zucchini Salad would be great for low-carb eating plans, including Keto. The original South Beach Diet doesn’t recommend bacon due to the amount of saturated fat, but this salad doesn’t have a huge amount of bacon per serving, and I think it could be an occasional treat for any phase of South Beach. Or use turkey bacon for South Beach if you prefer.

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Historical Notes for this Recipe:
This recipe for a salad with raw zucchini was first posted in 2005, without a single photo! The photos were updated in 2015 and the salad was last updated with more information in 2025.

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