Cucumber-Onion Salad

Name: Cucumber-Onion Salad
Ingredients: 1 medium or 2 small cucumbers, peeled; 1/2 small sweet onion, such as Vidalia, Walla Walla, or Texas 1015; 1/4 cup sour cream or plain yogurt (low-fat is fine, but don’t use nonfat); Dill sprigs, snipped; White wine vinegar, to taste; Salt and pepper

December 14, 2011

If you’re making this salad ahead of time, you’ll want to lightly salt the cucumbers, let them sit in a colander to drain for 10 minutes, drain, then pat dry with a paper towel. If you’re going to serve this salad right away, you can skip that step.

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