Cucumber Salad

I had plans to make Cucumber Salad over the weekend at the cottage. However, we had no Miracle Whip and the local store closed before I realized it, so I made it on Monday night along with fish sticks (yes, it was an easy dinner night...).

I remember having this often as a child, but mum and dad would LOAD it with white onion. Hot, white onions that I would spend most of my time picking out to get to the cucumber although the ratio of cucumber to onion was limited.

Anyhow, we have yet to "dish" out on some of our recipes, and I thought this one is good to share. 'Tis the summer salad season! It such a great BBQ side dish. Well, it isn't in true recipe format, but our usually text diarrhea...

Cucumber Salad
Peel one cucumber. You can also leave the skins on if they aren't too hard. Thinly slice and then slice again so you have halves (you can cut the slices into quarters if you prefer smaller pieces). Put in bowl and sprinkle generously with salt. Let sit 30-60 min. and then drain (try to press out as much of the excess liquid as possible). For the sauce, whisk together about 1/4 cup sour cream, 1 tbsp of Miracle Whip (not mayonnaise), and 1 tbsp of vinegar. Blend sauce well and mix in with cucumber. For variation you could also add fresh dill, green onion, or thinly sliced onion. For a fusion mix, I would add some wasabi paste with green onion. Serve chilled.

Very refreshing!