{"id":1466,"date":"2025-08-24T15:39:51","date_gmt":"2025-08-24T20:39:51","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/elainecarroll.ca\/wordpress\/?p=1466"},"modified":"2025-08-25T11:41:53","modified_gmt":"2025-08-25T16:41:53","slug":"cucumber-salad","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/elainecarroll.ca\/wordpress\/?p=1466","title":{"rendered":"Cucumber Salad"},"content":{"rendered":"\r\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\r\n\r\n<p>We have a bumper crop of cucumbers this year!\u00a0 This turned out very nicely and may now be one of my summer favorites!\u00a0 All vegetables and dill came from our garden, added bonus!<\/p>\r\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/elainecarroll.ca\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/cukesalad.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-medium wp-image-1496\" src=\"https:\/\/elainecarroll.ca\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/cukesalad-300x174.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"174\" srcset=\"https:\/\/elainecarroll.ca\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/cukesalad-300x174.jpg 300w, https:\/\/elainecarroll.ca\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/cukesalad-768x446.jpg 768w, https:\/\/elainecarroll.ca\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/cukesalad-800x464.jpg 800w, https:\/\/elainecarroll.ca\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/cukesalad.jpg 968w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\r\n<p><strong>Ingredients<\/strong>:<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n<div class=\"wp-block-group\">\r\n<div class=\"wp-block-group__inner-container is-layout-flow wp-block-group-is-layout-flow\">\r\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\r\n<li>2 large cucumbers (sliced thinly)<\/li>\r\n<li>1 thinly sliced red onion<\/li>\r\n<li>500 g cottage cheese (yogurt or sour cream would work too)<\/li>\r\n<li>1\/3 c mayonnaise (Hellmann&#8217;s is best)<\/li>\r\n<li>3 tbsp white wine vinegar<\/li>\r\n<li>2 tsp sugar (I use baking Splenda)<\/li>\r\n<li>1 tsp ground dill<\/li>\r\n<li>1\/2 tsp salt<\/li>\r\n<li>some fresh dill for garnish (optional)<\/li>\r\n<li>onion greens for garnish (optional)<\/li>\r\n<\/ul>\r\n\r\n\r\n<\/div>\r\n<\/div>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n<p><strong>Preparation<\/strong>:<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\r\n<li>Mix cottage cheese, mayo, white wine vinegar, sugar, ground dill, and salt together<\/li>\r\n<li>Add cucumbers and red onion, mix well to coat them<\/li>\r\n<li>Optional &#8211; garnish with onion greens and dill<\/li>\r\n<li>Enjoy!<\/li>\r\n<\/ul>\r\n<div class=\"wp-block-group\">\r\n<div class=\"wp-block-group__inner-container\">\r\n\r\n<\/div>\r\n<\/div>\r\n<!-- \/wp:post-content -->\r\n\r\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\r\n<p><strong>Note<\/strong>:\u00a0 I will be trying this at some point with a bit of apple, just because I think it&#8217;ll be very nice. \u00a0<\/p>\r\n<!-- \/wp:paragraph -->","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&nbsp; We have a bumper crop of cucumbers this year!\u00a0 This turned out very nicely and may now be one of my summer favorites!\u00a0 All vegetables and dill came from our garden, added bonus! Ingredients: 2 large cucumbers (sliced thinly) &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/elainecarroll.ca\/wordpress\/?p=1466\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":"","_links_to":"","_links_to_target":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1466","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-saladsetc"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/elainecarroll.ca\/wordpress\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1466","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/elainecarroll.ca\/wordpress\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/elainecarroll.ca\/wordpress\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/elainecarroll.ca\/wordpress\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/elainecarroll.ca\/wordpress\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=1466"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/elainecarroll.ca\/wordpress\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1466\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1498,"href":"https:\/\/elainecarroll.ca\/wordpress\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1466\/revisions\/1498"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/elainecarroll.ca\/wordpress\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=1466"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/elainecarroll.ca\/wordpress\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=1466"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/elainecarroll.ca\/wordpress\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=1466"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}