TikTok Bagel and Lox Cucumber Salad

The latest food fad on TikTok was inspired by a guy named Logan posting videos of his cucumber salad experiments. The gimmick is that he uses plastic takeout containers and always adds MSG to his dishes. We can do without the MSG — if you want to fool your brain into thinking something is more flavorful than it actually is just use salt — but this kid is a really good cook and his cucumber salad recipes are mostly healthy. Logan has over 200 million views and four million followers, and makes some great Asian-inspired cold noodle dishes too.

Trying to get a family member who has been following these TikTok food crazes to jump on the cucumber salad bandwagon. A great, quick alternative to the time consuming Birria trend, and definitely a sane replacement for the Buldak (1360 mg of sodium per package!) noodle craze.

My favorite recipe of Logan’s is his cream cheese cucumber salad. Cucumbers, red onion, whipped cream cheese, sesame seeds, capers, avocado and smoked salmon. Incredible.

—Alex