Quick! Get those cucumbers out! Summer is almost over.
Peel it.
Notice how long the French cucumbers are? The seeds are tiny in this variety.
Slice it up thinly.
Hey kids – get outa there.
Put half a yoghurt container, 2 tablespoons of sour cream (or crème fraiche), 1/4 t salt and just a pinch of white pepper.
And then add 1 1/2 teaspoons of fresh or frozen chives. Or dried, if you really have no choice.
So easy.
So creamy.
Creamy Chive Cucumbers
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Creamy cucumber salad with chives.
From: Lady Jennie
Recipe type: Sides
Serves: 2-4
Ingredients
- 1 cucumber
- ½ pot of yogurt
- 2 T sour cream or crème fraiche
- ¼ t salt
- pinch of white pepper
- 1.5 t chives
Instructions
- Peel and slice cucumber.
- Mix sauce.
- Stir together and serve.
So creamy.
How much does a pot of yogurt hold in France?
Mama D recently posted…Fiesta, Numero Dos
It’s 125 grams. I think it’s the same as the States.
I love cucumbers and I love yogurt. Win-win.
Yum!
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I chop the remove seeds and chop the cukes and serve as a dip.
What do you mean, Cynthia? Do you mean that instead of slicing the cucumbers and mixing the sauce in, you cut them in little sticks? Is your dressing the same?
Delish! We make something similar to this but add in a bit of vinegar.
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I meant to ask what other people did with their cucumber salad recipe. Thanks for chiming in!
You can’t hear me (which is probably a good thing), but I am singing the “Mmm Mmmm Mmmmmm! This looks good song” right now.
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Hmmmm… that sounds really good. I just need to go get some plain yogurt and chives.
Caren with a C recently posted…Maintaining Sanity While on a Long Road Trip
I seriously hate cucumbers, but I’m totally pinning this on the board “Things my husband would love, but too lazy to pin” 🙂
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How can anyone hate cucumbers? 😀 And how funny that you have a board with that title.
OH, Yes! Mama mmmm.
Lady J, you could do a cooking blog, too.
Fabulous. this looks healthy and deelish!!
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Thanks chiquita, I am planning on having the recipes take a more prominent place in my blog. (Once a week).
Yum! I will have to try this! I bet it would make heavenly tea sandwiches! 🙂
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With crustless bread! You’re right!
Damn, I wish we could get chives around here! That looks delicious!!
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Dried would do, but specially ordering dried to be sent? Maybe not worth it.
Mouth is watering over here.
My grandmother used to combine cucumber slices with water, vinegar and a little bit of sugar. Simple and delicious.
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That does sound good too.
Cukes and sour cream. You’re singing my song. 🙂
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This looks delicious – perfect for that last gasp of summer!
(And here’s something embarrassing: it never occurred to me to freeze fresh herbs. I’ll often only need a pinch in a recipe and I’m reluctant to buy a whole little pouch so I often use dried or, alas, do without. But freezing…what a revelation! I need to look into that before I head to the store later to buy some dill (or not) for an egg salad.)
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I’m not so sure I would have thought of it, but frozen herbs are such a big thing here. Now it seems natural, because they are just like fresh. (By the way, I do this with ginger too – I peel it and cut it in chunks, and freeze what I don’t use).