![]() Would you like more Homesick Texan? Well, I’ve started offering additional recipes for paid subscribers to help with the costs of running the site. Whether it be for Father’s Day, Juneteenth, Fourth of July, or any get-together where you reconnect with family and friends, it will be a invigorating addition to your summertime table. Here is this creamy cucumber salad, which if it’s new to you, I highly recommend it for your upcoming gatherings. It’s a vibrant, zesty foil to anything roasted or grilled. As they soften, they absorb the other flavors and become tangy and savory. While it’s not a full-on buttermilk dressing or ranch dressing, it’s certainly in the same family.Īfter you toss the cucumbers with the rest of the ingredients, they soften and release their sweet and refreshing juice into the mix. I also changed the name, adding the adjective “creamy” to differentiate it from other cucumber salads that are made with a non-dairy vinaigrette, such as this cucumber and tomato salad.Īs the new name implies, the dressing is indeed creamy and can be made with either sour cream or thick Greek yogurt, making it versatile. When I prepared it again recently, I also tweaked a couple of the ingredients, bumping up the garlic and dill to give it even more flavor. To bring it up to date, there’s also jalapeño, cumin, and cilantro included, which gives it a Tex-Mex edge. It was inspired by an old Texas dish that uses the same. It’s not complicated as it’s just a bowl filled with sliced cucumbers, onions, garlic, dill, and sour cream. When she reminded me of this salad’s appeal on a sultry day, I went back to it to see how it tasted. This isn’t a terrible thing, however, as it tells me that creativity is endless and instead of ruminating on my past works, I am so busy exploring and making new things that I sometimes lose track of past recipes. The salad was one of her potluck mainstays.īecause it’s been over ten years now since I wrote my first book (which is incredible for me to think about), there are some recipes in it that I haven’t made in quite some time. I asked her about the recipe and she laughed saying that it was my recipe. When discussing what was going to be shared, one friend said she’d be bringing a cucumber salad. The hosts were providing the main course and they asked their guests to bring a side dish. ![]() One weekend, friends were getting together for a backyard barbecue.
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