Week Ten Interlude - Garden Fun with Cucumbers

The cucumbers and zucchini are racing to put out... we're headed to an end-of-season barbeque tomorrow, so two end-of-season salads!


Pam's Cucumber Salad (almost)

Cucumbers, sliced super thin.
1/3 cup yogurt
2 tablespoons lemon juice
1 tablespoon honey
Bunch of dill, chopped
3 tablespoons vinegar
Salt and Pepper to taste.

You'll want to make a thin dressing out of the vinegar and yogurt, amounts will vary on the amount of your sliced cucumber. I had two medium and one large cucumber, so I used about 1/3 cup yogurt and a couple tablespoons of vinegar.  I've seen this recipe with mayo, so we tried it that way last time we made it.  I didn't thing the mayo added much to the taste, so we don't use it. I think the mayo is intended to blunt the sharp edges of the yogurt, a bit of honey and lemon juice will do the same thing.

The yogurt mixture will draw a bit of water out of the cucumbers, so make this ahead of time and let it sit a few hours in the fridge.  If it's still a bit "dry" add some more yogurt&vinegar and stir it in.  If it's a bit wet, drain the liquid and add some more yogurt.  But honestly it's going to taste great even if it's super drippy, so don't stress!