Cucumber Salad

This homemade cucumber salad is my version of tzatziki sauce which is a Greek cucumber yogurt dip except I use 1/2 Greek yogurt and 1/2 sour cream. My mother has been making this dish since I was little although mine is a somewhat different version. You can have it as a side with lunch or dinner or even jazz up chicken and steak sandwiches or vegetarian dishes with humus and mango salsa and or guacamole…YUM! . It’s really refreshing and bright on your palate. The Vadalia onion, which is the sweetest, is a wonderful addition to a Tzatziki sauce and fresh dill is always best. The cucumber and onion can be grated instead of sliced to make it more of a sauce then a side dish.

I use thinly sliced cucumbers instead of grating here, garlic, onion and cumin granules in this gourmet sauce which really develop nicely in flavor as you let them sit for a bit. This homemade cucumber salad is certainly not for summer only! I promise you will be delighted with my cucumber salad  recipe…let me know what you think. Enjoy.

Ingredients:

• 2 cucumbers peeled with thin stripes left on them (only 3 – 1/4 ” stripes) AND sliced PAPER thin on Mandolin or carefully with a knife
• 1 lg Vadalia onion sliced paper thin with mandolin or sharp knife
• 1/2 c. Greek yugurt
• 1/2 c. sour cream
• 3 tbsp olive oil
• 2 tbsp seasoned rice wine vinegar
• 1 tbsp red wine vinegar
• 1 tsp garlic granules
• 1 tsp onion granules
• 1 tsp ground cumin
• 1/2 tsp salt to release water from cucumbers and onions
• s&p to taste at the end

Directions:

1. Put sliced cucumbers and onion into a lg Ziploc with 1/2 tsp salt and let sit for 1-2 hrs. or over night
2. Gently squeeze cucumber-onion mixture and drain liquid from Ziploc
3. Put into a lg mixing bowl with the next 8 ingredients like in photos
4. Mix with spatula
5. Add desired s&p
6. Can chill and serve or serve immediately …mangia mangia