Cucumber Dill Salad

This simple Creamy Cucumber Salad recipe brings together crunchy cucumbers and sweet red onions with a refreshing sour cream, lemon, and dill sauce that's sure to leave you wanting seconds.

Servings: 6 as a side salad

Ingredients

• 1 1/2 lbs cucumbers, 2 english cucumbers or 7-10 small ones

• 1/2 medium purple or yellow onion, thinly sliced

• 1 Tbsp fresh or frozen dill, chopped

• 1/4 cup sour cream,

• 1/4 cup mayonnaise

• 1/2 Tbsp fresh lemon juice, from 1/2 small lemon

• 1 garlic clove, pressed or grated

• 1/2 tsp fine sea salt and pinch black pepper, or to taste

Instructions

1. In a small bowl, combine sour cream, mayonnaise, lemon juice, garlic, dill, salt and pepper to taste. Stir and set aside while prepping salad.

2. Peel (if necessary) and slice cucumbers into thin rounds or half rounds if using large cucumbers. Place in a large mixing bowl. Add thinly sliced onion.

3. Just before serving, pour the sauce over the cucumbers and onions, and mix to coat. After adding sauce, the salad will stay fresh for about 2-3 hours if refrigerated.

Keep stirring, keep savoring, and always let your taste buds lead the way!

Bon Appétit and Happy Cooking! La Bella Cuoca

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