Friday, July 17, 2020

Cucumber Salads for the Weekend - Weekend Recipe

Today I have two cucumber salad recipes to share.  Both are quick and easy and will help use up a cucumber surplus, or just those two extra you bought at the farmer’s market! You can peel or score the cucumbers with a fork if you want a bit of green.

Sweet, yet tart Cucumbers
The first is a slightly sweet cider vinegar dressed cucumbers that is both sweet and sour. It came from The Little Herb Shop in Pennsylvania.
3 medium cucumbers
¼ cup sugar
½ cup cider vinegar
¼ cup water
½ tsp salt
¼ tsp black pepper
1 Tbsp minced salad burnet (or parsley)

Directions: 
Slice the cucumbers thinly and layout on paper towel to blot dry.  Combine sugar, vinegar, water, salt, pepper and parsley.  Add cucumbers and toss lightly.  Chill for several hours before serving.

Cucumbers with Dill
This recipe is from Alloway Gardens and Herb Farm also in Pennsylvania.  It is one of my favorite for creamy dill salad.

2 cups thinly sliced cucumbers
½ cup sour cream
2 tsp vinegar
½ tsp sugar (I used a sugar substitute)
2 tsp chopped fresh chives
2 tsp chopped fresh dill

Directions:
Mix all items together in a bowl and chill for several hours before serving.





RECIPE THEME

Each month a theme is chosen and a number of recipes on that theme from my massive archive will be shared.  This year we have 12 new topics, different from the topics of last year.  To find the recipes of last year, check out this recipe link or search the blog with the topic Recipe2018, or Recipe2019 

You can search the monthly theme by looking for the theme keyword in the search box and it will pull up the recipes on that theme as posted, so look at the bottom of the recipe in each posting for the KEYWORD in the () to search for each  month.  All recipes this year will be tagged Recipe2020 so you can find them all.

The themes are:

Feb 2020 - Footbal Tailgate Favorites (AppFeb)
March 2020 - Kabobs (KabobMar)
April 2020 - Brunch (BrunchApr) more in 2021 also
May 2020 - Non-Traditional Pizza (PizzaMay)
June 2020 - Stir Fry Dishes (StirJun)
July 2020 - Salads with no lettuce (SaladJul)
August 2020 - Pickled things (PickleAug)
September 2020 - Quiche (QuicheSep)
October 2020 - Squash Soups (SquashOct)
November 2020 - Pumpkin (again) (PumpNov)
December 2020 - Turkey Recipes (TurkDec)

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