Creamy Cucumber Dill Salad

Name: Creamy Cucumber Dill Salad
Prep time: 15 min
Total time: 15 min
Yield: 2 servings
Ingredients: 1 cup cashews (raw, soaked for at least 4 hours and drained. Alternatively, add boiling hot water to raw cashews and let soak for 30 minutes); 1 tbsp lemon juice (freshly squeezed); 2 tbsp organic apple cider vinegar; 1 tbsp white vinegar (+1 Tbsp as desired); 1 tsp ground cumin; ½ tsp salt (optional); ¾ cup water (+¼ cup as desired); 4 cups cucumber (optional peeled and thinly sliced, about 3 cucumbers. See Chef’s Notes); ½ cup red onion (chopped); 2 tbsp dill (+1 Tbsp as desired, chopped); ¼ tsp pepper (optional)

Nichole Dandrea-Russert, MS, RDN

3 years ago

Yields2 ServingsPrep Time15 minsTotal Time15 mins

Ingredients

Cashew Sour Cream

1 cup cashews (raw, soaked for at least 4 hours and drained. Alternatively, add boiling hot water to raw cashews and let soak for 30 minutes)

1 tbsp lemon juice (freshly squeezed)

2 tbsp organic apple cider vinegar

1 tbsp white vinegar (+1 Tbsp as desired)

1 tsp ground cumin

½ tsp salt (optional)

¾ cup water (+¼ cup as desired)

Cucumber Salad

4 cups cucumber (optional peeled and thinly sliced, about 3 cucumbers. See Chef’s Notes)

½ cup red onion (chopped)

2 tbsp dill (+1 Tbsp as desired, chopped)

¼ tsp pepper (optional)

Directions

Make the sour cream: Add the soaked and drained cashews, lemon, apple cider vinegar, 1 tablespoon of white vinegar, cumin, salt if using, and ¾ cup of water to a food processor or blender.

Blend until smooth. Taste for additional white vinegar. Add another tablespoon if desired. Depending on your preferred consistency, you might want to add an additional ¼ cup of water. Set aside.

Combine the salad ingredients into one medium bowl: sliced cucumber, sliced onion, dill, and pepper (if using).

Stir well.

Pour the sour cream mixture on top of the cucumber mixture and stir well.

Chill for two hours before serving (it gets more flavorful with time!). Serve with an additional dash of dill or smoked paprika, if desired.

Chef's Notes

Substitutions
Instead of dill, use mint, parsley or cilantro.

In place of red onion use shallots or yellow onion.

Note about the cucumbers
Once you mix the cucumbers with the sour cream dressing they will lose their water content into the sour cream dressing, causing the dressing to be more watery. You can either add less water to the dressing initially or you can drain the cucumbers ahead of time by slicing them, sprinkling salt on top of them evenly, letting them sit for 20 minutes, and squeezing the water out with clean hands. Then you can add them as instructed in step 3.

Prep ahead
Make the sour cream ahead of time and store in an airtight container in the refrigerator for up to 3 days.

Storage
Store the assembled salad in an airtight container in the refrigerator for up to 5 days.