Creamy Cucumber Dill Salad Recipe

This Creamy Cucumber Dill Salad Recipe is an easy side dish recipe to make for spring entertaining. It takes minimal ingredients and can feed a crowd. It’s also a welcomed side dish during hot weather since it is so refreshing too!

It comes together in minutes and the additional flavors the snap peas and radishes provide are such a welcomed springtime treat! 

Recipe Pairing Ideas:

• Pair with my Ultimate Burger recipe for a wonderful summer potluck
• Serve as a Trio of Salads with my Charred Asparagus Salad and Minty Couscous Salad
• A wonderful brunch item too when served with my Mini Quiche Recipe

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What Type of Cucumbers Are Best? 

Personally, I prefer English cucumbers for this recipe because they have minimal seeds and their skin is lightweight, and unwaxed for preservation. This allows you the ability to keep the skin on, which I think adds a lot of nice color to your salad.

Step #1: Slice Cucumbers with a Mandoline

A mandoline will create nice, even slices of cucumber for your cucumber salad. I think the presentation is so much nicer this way, and frankly, it’s quicker too!

For ease in slicing be sure to cut the cucumbers in half and use at least 3 full-size cucumbers. This will yield enough to serve at least 6 people.

Step #2: Add the Mix-Ins

For the best-ever creamy cucumber salad, you’ll add some sour cream, salt and pepper, fresh dill and sliced radishes, and sugar snap peas.

The additional veggies make this cucumber salad a bit more gourmet and unexpected. It’s also a nice flavor combination between the coolness of the cucumber, the sweetness of the snap pea, and the spiciness of the radish.

Step# 3: Toss gently to coat

Toss the salad gently so that you don’t damage the cucumbers since they are a bit fragile when sliced so thinly.

Step# 4: Transfer to a Platter and Garnish 

This salad is really pretty on a summer buffet table, garnished with an edible flower. I love the color contrast between the green of the salad and the electric orange of the edible nasturtium blossom, but you could also use an edible marigold or pansy.

You can find edible flowers in the produce section of your better grocery store.

More Spring Recipes

• Lavender Creme Brulee
• Lemon Meringue Tart
• Blood Orange Pound Cake
• Cheesy Herby Egg Casserole
• Strawberry Lemon Muffins

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