Tzatziki is a Greek and Turkish meze that is often served alone with pita bread. It's also used as a condiment on sandwiches like gyros and shawarma. We even use it occasionally as a marinade and salad dressing.
Bulgur, Cucumber And Tomato Salad
Bulgur, Cucumber And Tomato Salad
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Raita is a common condiment to southeast asian cooking - the yogurt and cucumber can cool the palate after spicy dishes. Try it as a side to spicy foods, or as a dip for sliced vegetables.
Cucumber And Garlic Soup With Mint
Cucumber And Garlic Soup With Mint
This cold soup is a breath of fresh air any muggy summer day - a refreshing sip with a bit of spice.
Cucumber, Carrot And Radish Salad With Creamy Avocado Dressing
Cucumber, Carrot And Radish Salad With Creamy Avocado Dressing
This is a simple to prepare, but complex-tasting salad. The avocado and crème fraîche go so splendidly together, you'll be pouring this dressing over all your favorite salads.
The crunch of cucumber with a bite of vinegar and dill compliments any rich main dish - especially for a summer grill-out. We like it alongside our Yogurt-Mint Lamb Kebabs - but check out "goes with" for other suggestions.
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Here, bites of watermelon taste great with shrimp that has a little heat. If you'd rather use a grill pan on the stove to cook the shrimp, skip the bamboo skewers.
Read more about this recipe at the Washington Post.
Cucumber-Red Onion Salad With Yogurt And Mint
Cucumber-Red Onion Salad With Yogurt And Mint
This is a quick, refreshing salad. Cucumber and yogurt are a natural match. Red onions ground the salad with earthy pungency, and fresh mint completes the flavor spectrum. Seed the cucumber if you want to -- we don't mind the seeds unless the cucumber is really big.
To give this dish a little extra something on the presentation front, you can cut alternating strips of skin away from the cucumber with a vegetable peeler before dicing.
Cucumber And Pear Gazpacho With Mint
Cucumber And Pear Gazpacho With Mint
Even though cucumbers are (obviously) vegetables, their watery texture make them a perfect pair for similarly juicy fruits like pears, where all the clean flavors can blend together. Combined with sour greek yogurt, this is a wonderfully cooling soup.
This is a perfect early-spring soup made from the first promising notes out of the garden. It is pretty too.
Like this recipe? Find more like it in one of Barbara Kafka's many excellent cookbooks.
