Creamy Greek Yogurt Cucumber Salad with Shallots

This creamy Greek yogurt cucumber salad with shallots, heirloom tomatoes, yellow peppers, and dill is perfect for summer days and Mediterranean mains.

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Your palette will thank you for using shallots instead of onions and garlic.

I grew up eating it with ćevapčići and ajvar and highly recommend giving it a try with traditional Balkan food!

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Creamy Greek Yogurt Cucumber Salad with Shallots

Servings: Serves 4

Prep Time: 20 minutes

Cook Time: No cooking is required for this recipe! Just prep your ingredients and combine.

Ingredients: You will need the following ingredients to recreate this fresh and colorful cucumber salad.

  • 2 cucumbers
  • 1 tbsp celery leaf
  • 1 shallot
  • 8 heirloom cherry tomatoes
  • 1 green pepper
  • 1 yellow pepper
  • 350g Greek yogurt
  • 3 tbsp mayonaisse
  • 1 tbsp white vinegar
  • 1/4 tsp vanilla sugar
  • 1 lemon
  • 1/2 tsp granulated garlic
  • 1 tsp fresh dill
  • 2 tbsp fresh parsley (1 for dressing, 1 to garnish)
  • salt
  • pepper

We recommend chopping your vegetables first and then making the dressing.

Once the dressing is done, mixing in your vegetables makes it easier to dress them!

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Creamy Greek Yogurt Cucumber Salad with Shallots Recipe

Instructions:

Vegetables

Remove peels of 2 cucumbers lengthwise so that three portions of the peel are in tact.

Finely slice cucumbers into coin shapes (a mandolin will make this much faster)!

Finely mince 1 tbsp of celery leaf – set all celery leaf aside for dressing.

Finely slice 2 tbsp of shallots – set all shallot slices aside for dressing.

Quarter 8 heirloom cherry tomatoes.

Finely dice 3 tbsp each of green and yellow peppers.

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Dressing

In a bowl, combine:

  • 350g Greek yogurt
  • 3 tbsp mayonaise
  • 1 tbsp white vinegar
  • zest of 1 small lemon (zest your lemon before juicing!)
  • juice of 1 small lemon
  • 1/4 tsp vanilla sugar (or sweetener of choice)
  • 1/2 tsp granulated garlic
  • 1 tsp fresh dill
  • 1 tbsp finely minced celery leaf
  • 2 tbsp minced parsley
  • salt and pepper to taste

Whisk into a creamy consistency.

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Create your cucumber salad

Use a spatula to combine your vegetables and salad dressing until all vegetables are dressed.

Decorate with 1 tbsp of parsley.

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