East European Cucumber Salad

"This is the perfect side dish for grilled meat. My family eats it with grilled spicy meatballs. You can adjust the ingredients to make it as creamy or as sweet as you want."
 
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Ready In:
10mins
Ingredients:
9
Serves:
2-4
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ingredients

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directions

  • Half the cucumber lengthwise and slice thin. Half the onion and slice really thin. (I always use the mandolin).
  • To a small bowl add : garlic, yogurt, vinegar, oil, salt, pepper and sugar.
  • Mix thoroughly with the cucumber and onion. Taste and adjust seasoning. You could eat it now or put in the fridge for a while.
  • Before serving fold in the dill.

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Reviews

  1. This is a good and refreshing recipe. I left out the oil. It is not needed. I used light sour cream. I also used dried dill, about 1 teaspoon. I used two packets of Splenda instead of sugar. I will make this again for sure. Thank you for posting, Bellinda.
     
  2. We really enjoy cucumber salads and this one was great! I did double the recipe, used sour cream instead of yogurt, olive oil instead of sunflower oil and dried dill. Added about a teaspoon of sugar and eyeballed the amount of dill. Very yummy and easy to make! Thank you *Bellinda* for sharing this recipe. Made and reviewed for the Vegetarian/Vegan forums Veg* N Swap #13.
     
  3. Made as directed except for using 1 tablespoon dill. And it was plenty good! Thanks for a delish side. Thanks!
     
  4. This was very tasty! I think my cucumber and onion must have been huge, though, as the amount we had could easily serve 4-6 as a side!! I used homemade yogurt, which is a bit runnier than storebought and/or sour cream, and next time I won't as my dressing was a bit watery. Thanks for posting, this is a great variation on my usual vinegar/salt/sugar cucumbers :). Made for Veg*n Swap #13.
     
  5. Mmmm, this salad is a definite winner! I luv how simple, easy and quick it is to put together and its OUTSTANDING taste! The yoghurt, garlic and cucumber go great together and make for a creamy, crisp, spicy salad experience. :) I used only 1 clove of garlic, but after letting the salad marinate in the fridge for half a day that gave the salad quite some bite. Yum! Im sure this will be made time and time again in my house. THANKS SO MUCH for sharing this winner of a recipe with us, Bellinda! Made and reviewed for Veg'n'Swap#13 August 09.
     
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  1. We really enjoy cucumber salads and this one was great! I did double the recipe, used sour cream instead of yogurt, olive oil instead of sunflower oil and dried dill. Added about a teaspoon of sugar and eyeballed the amount of dill. Very yummy and easy to make! Thank you *Bellinda* for sharing this recipe. Made and reviewed for the Vegetarian/Vegan forums Veg* N Swap #13.
     
  2. Good and easy to make. I followed the recipe as written, using sour cream instead of yogurt as I had sour cream in the fridge. I also used olive oil instead of sunflower as that is what I had. Very tasty cucumber salad.
     

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I grew up in Germany but my background is German/Spanish/Irish/Native American. I would say my cooking style is a mix of all of them. I like to cook simple clean food. I usually don't use any packaged or processed products. Most of the time I make everything from scratch. I use only organic meat and dairy products and many other organic products and I believe it makes a big difference not only healthwise but also in taste. We have two kids. A 3 year old and a 9 year old. I try not to adapt the food for them too much. They are used to eating what we eat. Growing up I didn't really learn how to cook. At least I didn't care enough to remember anything.But living centrally in Germany I was able to travel and eat European food in it's respective Countries: Italian food in Italy, Spanish food in Spain, French food in France and so on. I really missed that when I moved to the States. I started cooking the week after I got married and have been cooking and teaching myself ever since. Now cooking is not only one of my two hobbies (photography being the other one)but I also see it as therapy. It calms me down after a stressful day, it cheers me up when I feel down and it helps me center my thoughts when I have a lot on my mind. :) Thank you so much to whoever gave me the gift of premium membership. I really appreciate it :) <img src="http://i23.photobucket.com/albums/b399/susied214/permanent%20collection/participantbannerzwt5.jpg" border="0" alt="Photobucket"> <img src="http://i80.photobucket.com/albums/j166/ZaarNicksMom/Animation6.gif"> <img src="http://i80.photobucket.com/albums/j166/ZaarNicksMom/PACsticker-Adopted.jpg"> <a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/26630178@N05/3510953178/" title="banner3 by *sparkly*, on Flickr"><img src="http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3387/3510953178_b35b3086a8.jpg" width="500" height="250" alt="banner3" /></a> <img src="http://i23.photobucket.com/albums/b399/susied214/permanent%20collection/IWasAdoptedfall08.jpg" border="0" alt="Photobucket"> <img src=http://i335.photobucket.com/albums/m445/mliss29/vegn%20swap/vegnswap.jpg> <img src="http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v726/annacia/pt-shutterbug-banner-1.jpg" border="0" alt="Photobucket"> <img src="http://i147.photobucket.com/albums/r317/j_welcome/pics2/food/PRMRcopy.jpg"> <img src="http://i13.photobucket.com/albums/a254/Sharon123/Copyoftag300-banner.jpg" border="0" alt="Susie's Banner for Newest Zaar Tag"> <img src="http://i13.photobucket.com/albums/a254/Sharon123/NZT-2-AnnaciasZaarTagbanner.jpg" border="0" alt="Annacia's banner for Zaar Tag"> <img src="http://i270.photobucket.com/albums/jj81/HokiesLady65/Recipezaar%20Album/iplaytagin.jpg">
 
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