Creamy Cucumber Salad

by Sabrina Snyder

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5 from 1 vote
6 Servings
Prep Time 40 minutes
Cook Time 0 minutes
Chill 2 hours
Total Time 2 hours 40 minutes
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Creamy Cucumber Salad is the ideal blend of fresh and crispy vegetables with a rich and tangy dressing. Enjoy this refreshing recipe today!

Creamy veggie Salads are perfect side dishes for cookout season. You and your guests are sure to love simple recipes like The Best Chopped Salad, Broccoli Salad, and this cucumber salad at your next BBQ or picnic. 

Sabrina’s Creamy Cucumber Salad Recipe

I love how Creamy Cucumber Salad blends indulgent and light flavors. While the fresh cucumbers are mild, crisp, and refreshing, the creamy dressing has a tangy, creamy flavor that contrasts with it beautifully. Every bite is the perfect blend of fresh summer veggies and smooth, rich dressing. This recipe takes a few hours to make because it’s important to let it cool, but it’s absolutely worth the reward. If you want cucumber salad now, try my easy Cucumber Tomato Salad or Asian Cucumber Salad for a lighter yet well rounded dish.

Dinner, then Dessert

Creamy Cucumber Salad Recipe

Creamy Cucumber Salad is the ideal blend of fresh and crispy vegetables with a rich and tangy dressing. Enjoy this refreshing recipe today!
Yield 6 Servings
Prep Time 40 minutes
Cook Time 0 minutes
Total Time 2 hours 40 minutes
Course Side Dish
Cuisine American
Author Sabrina Snyder
Sliced cucumbers, red onion, and creamy dressing on serving plate.
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Ingredients
 

  • 2 cucumbers , peeled and thinly sliced
  • 1 red onion , thinly sliced
  • 2 teaspoons Kosher salt

Creamy Dressing:

  • 1 1/2 cups mayonnaise
  • 1/2 cup sour cream
  • 2 tablespoons red wine vinegar
  • 1 tablespoon sugar
  • 2 cloves garlic , minced
  • 2 teaspoons dill weed
  • 1/2 teaspoon ground black pepper

Instructions

  • In a large bowl toss together the cucumber, red onion and salt.
  • Let sit for 30 minutes.
  • Drain excess liquid, pat dry with paper towels.
  • In a small bowl whisk together mayonnaise, sour cream, red wine vinegar, sugar, garlic, dill weed and black pepper.
  • Add the dressing to the cucumbers and toss to combine.
  • Refrigerate 2 hours before serving.

Nutrition

Calories: 449kcal | Carbohydrates: 8g | Protein: 2g | Fat: 46g | Saturated Fat: 9g | Polyunsaturated Fat: 25g | Monounsaturated Fat: 10g | Trans Fat: 0.1g | Cholesterol: 35mg | Sodium: 1140mg | Potassium: 207mg | Fiber: 1g | Sugar: 5g | Vitamin A: 232IU | Vitamin C: 5mg | Calcium: 45mg | Iron: 0.5mg

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About the Author: Sabrina Snyder

Sabrina is a professionally trained Private Chef of over 10 years with ServSafe Manager certification in food safety. She creates all the recipes here on Dinner, then Dessert, fueled in no small part by her love for bacon.

Sabrina Snyder is a professionally trained personal and private chef of over 10 years who is the creator and developer of all the recipes on Dinner, then Dessert.

She is also the author of the cookbook Dinner, then Dessert – Satisfying Meals Using Only 3, 5 or 7 Ingredients, published by Harper Collins.

She started Dinner, then Dessert as a business in her office as a lunch service for her coworkers who admired her lunches before going to culinary school and becoming a full time personal chef and private chef.

As a personal chef Sabrina would cook for families one day a week and cook their entire week of dinners. All grocery shopping, cooking and cleaning was done along with instructions on reheating. As a private chef she cooked for private parties and cooked in family homes in the evenings for families on a nightly basis after working as a personal chef during the day.

Sabrina has been certified as a ServSafe Manager since 2007 and was a longstanding member of the USPCA Personal Chef Association including being on the board of the Washington DC Chapter of Chefs in the US Personal Chef Association when they won Chapter of the year.

As a member of the community of food website creators Sabrina Snyder has spoken at many conferences regarding her experiences as a food writer including the Indulge Food Conference, Everything Food Conference, Haven Food Conference and IACP Annual Food Professionals Conference.

Sabrina lives with her family in sunny California.

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    1. You can’t go wrong with easy and delicious. Thank you for the 5 stars, Lupe!

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