cucumber recipes

PHNII

So my garden is coming in with a lot of cucs. I'm not quite ready to make pickles yet. Anyone have any good recipes???

CDMay2006

Growing up my mom always made "cucumber salad" which had a creamy dressing.  I don't have the recipe (though i'm pretty sure it contained mayo), but it was yummy.

 The only ways i normally eat cucumbers is in garden salad, a greek-ish salad or gyros, with a sort-of taziki sauce.  For gyros i mix plain yogurt, lemon juice, dill, pepper and feta (if i have it; if not, add some salt; i also like adding a little mint), mix together and add sliced or cubed cucumber.  Serve over/in warm pita.  For the greek salad i do the same thing, but put on top greens/cut romaine.  Serve w/ tomatoes and/or olives.  I leave the skin on, but you can peel them.  Another variation of this would be to shred the cucumber and allow to drain, then mix into the yogurt mixture; serve with meat or falafal, or if you use greek yogurt it would make a good dip for other veggies.

ETA: There's also onions in the taziki.

NikiLynn

Cucumber Sandwiches (My H LOVES these and he is a big meat eater)

Ingredients

• 1 (8-ounce) package cream cheese, softened
• 1/3 cup mayonnaise
• 1 medium cucumber, peeled, and finely sliced (I use a vegetable peeler and only peel small alternating sections so that it has green "stripes" around the cucumber--it's prettier this way )
• 1/4 teaspoon garlic salt
• 1/2 teaspoon chopped fresh dillweed
• 1 loaf of party rye

Preparation

• Process cream cheese and mayonnaise in a blender or food processor until smooth, stopping once to scrape down sides.
• add garlic salt, and dillweed to mixture and process again
• Spread mixture evenly onto bread slices and top each bread slice with 1 cucumber slice. 
• Store cucumber sandwiches in fridge in an airtight container for at least 1 hour before serving.