Easy Cucumber Salad with Creamy Greek Yogurt Dressing
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A simple Cucumber Salad with Creamy Greek Yogurt is a salad you’ll fall in love with. It’s distinctively crisp, refreshing, and almost sweet. It’s a bit like a yogurt tzatziki that often accompanies spicy dishes.
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The cool, refreshing flavor of a summer cucumber is made extraordinarily delicious when mixed with a creamy Greek Yogurt dressing with fresh dill and red onions.
Such a simple salad to boost any summer picnic, potluck, or dinner.
But first, a delicious salad begins with a perfect cucumber. Watch the Wichita Eagle Newspaper’s tips on picking out a great cucumber.
How to Pick Out a Good Cumcumber at the Farmers Market
Cucumber Salad Ingredients
Here’s what you need to make this easy cucumber salad recipe:
For the salad:
- Cucumbers: Halved and sliced thinly into half moon shapes
- Red onion: Sliced thinly
For the Creamy Greek Yogurt Dressing
- Greek yogurt
- Olive oil
- White wine vinegar
- Sugar or honey for a hint of sweetness
- Minced garlic
- Fresh or dried dill
How to Make Cucumber Salad
This recipe is so easy to make in minutes. Full instructions are in the recipe card below, but here is a quick overview:
- Slice cucumbers and red onion.
- Whisk dressing ingredients together and refrigerate until ready to serve.
- Toss cucumbers with the dressing, season to taste, and serve.
5 Benefits of Eating Cucumbers
Adding cucumber to your diet is easy and healthy! Mostly eaten raw, cucumbers are a low-calorie snack with hummus, olive oil, pickled, or in salads like this one. They also make amazing Afternoon Tea sandwiches.
1. High in nutrients
2. Contains antioxidants
3. Promotes hydration
4. May aid weight loss
5. May lower blood sugar
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Simple Cucumber Salad with Creamy Greek Yogurt Dressing
Ingredients
- 2 cucumbers halved and sliced thinly
- 1/2 red onion sliced thinly
Dressing:
- 1/2 cup plain Greek yogurt
- 1 tablespoon white wine vinegar
- 2 teaspoons sugar
- minced garlic clove
- 1/4 cup olive oil
- 1/2 teaspoon dried dill or a couple of teaspoons of fresh dill
- salt and pepper to taste
Instructions
- Half the cucumbers and slice thin; add to a medium size bowl. Slice the red onion thinly and add to the cucumbers.
Creamy Dressing
- Whisk and combine the dressing ingredients in a bowl. Refrigerate until ready to make the salad and serve. The dressing keeps well in the refrigerator for 3-4 days.
- To make the salad, simply gently mix together the ingredients. Salt and pepper to taste.
Nutrition
Nutritional information is only an estimate. The accuracy of the nutritional information for any recipe on this site is not guaranteed.
