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♡ Summer Salads - Creamy Cucumber Salad & More ♡

Chi-town girl — Sun, 20 Jun 2021 22:19:06 GMT

Time to pull out the summer salad recipes! Please share your favorites

Fresh dill and sour cream turn the summer staple into something cool, creamy and refreshing. Try this classic Midwestern salad with black bread and smoked salmon, or as a simple side for chicken or fish

Level: Easy

Total: 1 hr 10 min (includes standing time)
Active: 10 min

Yield: 4 servings

Ingredients

4 cucumbers (about 2 1/2 pounds), peeled and sliced into 1/4-inch rounds

1 small sweet onion, thinly sliced into rings

Kosher salt

1/2 cup sour cream

1/4 cup chopped fresh dill

2 tablespoons white vinegar

Freshly cracked black pepper

Directions

Put a large colander in a large bowl. Add the cucumbers and onions to the colander, sprinkle with 1 tablespoon salt and toss until the salt is evenly distributed. Let stand at room temperature for at least 1 hour and up to 2 hours.
Transfer the cucumbers and onions from the colander to a paper towel-lined baking sheet and pat them dry with another layer of paper towels.
Whisk together the sour cream, dill, vinegar and a few cracks of black pepper in a medium bowl. Add the cucumbers and onions and toss until coated.
To make ahead: Salt and pat dry the cucumbers and onions as above, then keep separate from the dressing until ready to serve

Re: Creamy Cucumber Salad

Chi-town girl — Fri, 18 Jun 2021 17:24:05 GMT

Ina Garten's recipe:

Level: Easy
Total: 6 hr 10 min

Prep: 10 min
Inactive: 6 hr

Yield: 8 servings

Ingredients

4 hothouse cucumbers, thinly sliced (3 to 4 pounds)

2 small red onions, thinly sliced in half rounds

Kosher salt

4 cups (32 ounces) plain whole-milk yogurt

1 cup (8 ounces) sour cream

2 tablespoons champagne vinegar or white wine vinegar

1/2 cup minced fresh dill

1 1/2 teaspoons freshly ground black pepper

Directions

Mix the cucumbers, red onions, and 1 1/2 tablespoons of salt in a bowl. Pour them into a colander and suspend it over a bowl. Wrap the bowl and colander with plastic wrap, and place in the refrigerator to drain for at least 4 hours or overnight. Discard the liquid that collects in the bowl.
Pour the yogurt into a sieve lined with a paper towel and suspend it over another bowl. Wrap the bowl and sieve in plastic wrap and refrigerate for at least 4 hours or overnight. Discard the liquid that collects in the second bowl.
When the cucumbers are ready, roll them up in paper towels or a kitchen towel and press the towel lightly to remove most of the liquid. Place the cucumbers and yogurt in a large bowl with the sour cream, vinegar, dill, 2 teaspoons salt, and the pepper. Toss well and refrigerate for a few hours to allow the flavors to blend. Sprinkle with 1/2 teaspoon salt and 1/2 teaspoon pepper and serve chilled.

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Chi-town girl — Fri, 18 Jun 2021 17:26:06 GMT

Asian Cucumber Salad

Level: Easy
Total: 10 min

Prep: 10 min

Yield: 4 servings

Directions

Whisk 3 tablespoons rice vinegar, 1 tablespoon sesame oil, 1/2 teaspoon sugar and 1/4 teaspoon kosher salt. Toss with 1 pound thinly sliced Persian cucumbers, 1/4 cup chopped cilantro, 2 thinly sliced scallions, 1/2 minced red jalapeno, 2 tablespoons thinly sliced pickled ginger and 1 tablespoon sesame seeds. Top with more cilantro.

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AuntG — Fri, 18 Jun 2021 17:26:13 GMT

My cucumber plant is growing.

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Chi-town girl — Fri, 18 Jun 2021 17:28:00 GMT

Cucumber-Walnut Salad

This cool and crunchy cucumber salad is loaded with walnuts, onions, herbs and vinegar, making it the perfect accompaniment for almost any main course. ...

Level: Easy

Total: 15 min
Active: 15 min

Yield: 4 servings

Directions

Soak 1/2 thinly sliced red onion in ice water, 5 minutes; drain and pat dry. Combine 1 cup chopped toasted walnuts, the red onion, 6 chopped Persian cucumbers, 1/2 cup chopped parsley and 2 tablespoons chopped dill in a bowl. Add 1 teaspoon sugar, 1/2 teaspoon kosher salt and a few grinds of pepper. Drizzle with 2 tablespoons each white wine vinegar and olive oil and toss.

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shoptilyadropagain — Fri, 18 Jun 2021 17:28:40 GMT

These look soooo good!

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Chi-town girl — Fri, 18 Jun 2021 17:30:29 GMT

Cucumber and Tomato Salad

This recipe from Rachael Ray is a riff on choban salad, a refreshing chopped salad from Turkey that is also popular throughout the Eastern Mediterranean. You only need a handful of ingredients to make this easy side, which you may already have in your kitchen. A fistful of Italian parsley gives this salad a fresh, green perfume that reminds us of summer

Level: Easy
Total: 10 min

Prep: 10 min

Yield: 4 servings

Ingredients

1/2 English or seedless cucumber, diced

2 vine-ripe tomatoes, diced

Handful flat-leaf parsley, chopped

1/2 medium red onion, chopped

2 tablespoons red wine vinegar, a couple of splashes

3 tablespoons extra-virgin olive oil, eyeball it

Salt and pepper

Directions

Combine all ingredients in a bowl. Dress with vinegar and oil, salt and pepper, to your taste.

Re: Creamy Cucumber Salad

simplyfriends — Fri, 18 Jun 2021 18:02:11 GMT

This is one of my favorites to bring to a barbecue...

Spaghetti Salad

1 lb box spaghetti

1 c Italian Salad Dressing

2 T Salad Supreme Seasoning

1 cucumber cubed

1 red onion cubed

1 green pepper cubed

Optional: olives, tomatoes, cubed ham, cubed cheese

Cook spaghetti and drain - run under cold water

Add salad dressing, seasoning and veges. Toss well and refrigerate overnight if time allows.

This is my most requested side dish in the summer.

Re: Creamy Cucumber Salad

Chi-town girl — Fri, 18 Jun 2021 18:11:00 GMT

@simplyfriends wrote:
This is one of my favorites to bring to a barbecue...

Spaghetti Salad

1 lb box spaghetti
1 c Italian Salad Dressing
2 T Salad Supreme Seasoning
1 cucumber cubed
1 red onion cubed
1 green pepper cubed

Optional: olives, tomatoes, cubed ham, cubed cheese

Cook spaghetti and drain - run under cold water
Add salad dressing, seasoning and veges. Toss well and refrigerate overnight if time allows.

This is my most requested side dish in the summer.

Thank you @simplyfriends - I'm going to try this soon!

Re: Creamy Cucumber Salad

Imaoldhippie — Fri, 18 Jun 2021 18:24:09 GMT

@simplyfriends ............I make this spaghetti salad a lot.

I add things like black & green olives, cheese cubes or shreaded, mini pepperoni slices, small tomato's or larger tomato's quartered.

I also found that using pasta such as bowties or small shells makes it easier to eat.

I use a lot more of the Salad Supreme Seasoning and use zesty italian dressing.

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Leggett28 — Fri, 18 Jun 2021 18:39:09 GMT

@Chi-town girl I'm going to make this for dinner tonight to go with the peel and eat shrimp my husband's making. Thank you 😊

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Chi-town girl — Fri, 18 Jun 2021 18:50:54 GMT

@Leggett28 wrote:
@Chi-town girl I'm going to make this for dinner tonight to go with the peel and eat shrimp my husband's making. Thank you 😊

@Leggett28 - sounds like a great summer dinner 😍 would love your hubby's shrimp recipe!

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tablescape — Fri, 18 Jun 2021 18:52:01 GMT

Love tricolor pasta with cukecumbers, fresh red bell pepper diced, celery, black olives, cherry tomatoes and Ken's Zesty Italian salad dressing. I eyeball how much dressing, probably 1/2 a small bottle of dressing.

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deepwaterdotter — Fri, 18 Jun 2021 19:24:00 GMT

No matter what sort of dressing I use, I make sure to spread peeled. halved, seeded, and thinly-sliced cucumbers in a single layer on paper towels. I refrigerate the slices for 20 minutes. At the same time, I stir some red onions slices and vinegar in a bowl and marinate them for 20 minutes.

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Leggett28 — Fri, 18 Jun 2021 20:11:07 GMT

@Chi-town girl Here's the Peel and eat shrimp recipe. And if you don't eat all of the shrimp they're really good cold 😊

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Leggett28 — Fri, 18 Jun 2021 20:13:37 GMT

@Chi-town girl Sorry I forgot to send the re

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Chi-town girl — Fri, 18 Jun 2021 20:29:24 GMT

@Leggett28 - THANK YOU 🙏

I'm drooling...😋😘 going to make the shrimp recipe and the cucumber salad next weekend.

Re: Creamy Cucumber Salad

Icegoddess — Sat, 19 Jun 2021 01:17:16 GMT

There's a German restaurant we go to on occasion and I always get the Cucumber Salad, Jaegerschnitzel, and pan-fried potatoes. Just picked my first cucmber of the season today too. This recipe is a very close dupe.

Cucumber Salad

1/4 Cup Sour Cream or Greek Yogurt

2 Tbs Mayonnaise

2 Tbs Dill

1 1/2 tsp Vinegar

1 1/2 tsp Lemon Juice

1/4 tsp Sugar

Salt to taste

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MJDinVegas — Sat, 19 Jun 2021 03:01:29 GMT

Hi, @Chi-town girl !

We live in Henderson, NV outside of Vegas and have a favorite salad we've adapted from Bella Vita Restaurant in Green Valley Ranch. It's an Avocado Caprese Salad over dressed greens. No specific recipe since I just go by how I viewed the plate but basically it's the following:

Take mixed greens (I like Arugula and Spring Mix) and dress with a small amount of olive oil, salt and pepper. Divide among chilled plates.

Slice a large tomato, one or more, into 1/2 inch slices and top dressed greens.

Place a slice of burrata/fresh mozzarella on each tomato slice. (Belgioso has a great presliced fresh mozzarella in our deli section; one ounce slices).

Thinly slice a fresh avocado and top each mozzarella round with 2-3 slices of avocado.

Drizzle each salad with balsamic glaze (Kroger's Private Selection is a really good one).

This salad is light and refreshing. Can also be filling depending on how many of the tomato, mozzarella and avocado stacks you have per serving.

Re: Creamy Cucumber Salad

Chi-town girl — Sun, 20 Jun 2021 19:08:19 GMT

@Icegoddess wrote:
There's a German restaurant we go to on occasion and I always get the Cucumber Salad, Jaegerschnitzel, and pan-fried potatoes. Just picked my first cucmber of the season today too. This recipe is a very close dupe.

Cucumber Salad
1/4 Cup Sour Cream or Greek Yogurt
2 Tbs Mayonnaise
2 Tbs Dill
1 1/2 tsp Vinegar
1 1/2 tsp Lemon Juice
1/4 tsp Sugar
Salt to taste

Thank you for sharing @Icegoddess now I'm craving Weiner schnitzel!