Monday, March 25, 2013


See? What did I tell you. More time for baking, cooking, and cleaning. It sounds lame that those are the things that I'm really excited to do over my break, but it's not. I love a clean home and making yummy food. I'm lazy. I work a lot. Therefore, when do I have the time and energy to do this stuff? That's right, during my vacations (#AdultLife).

Yesterday was an ultimate frisbee day (as a note: we killed the opposition to the point where it wasn't even fair anymore) and I tend to enjoy eating a little lighter on those day; a salad, sandwiches, soup, stuff like that. Unless Matt is in the "let's order a pizza and die" mood; then I eat fruit all day, go to ultimate, and then gorge.

But I digree. Yesterday was an ultimate frisbee day and I didn't feel like dying from food. So instead I made some biscuits and one of my favourite salads: cucumbers in sour cream. This is a salad that I enjoyed all my childhood. It's an Eastern European dish, so therefore, Shoes' family also eats it (for which I am eternally grateful). I finally dug up the recipe in an old Slovak cookbook (though I added the note about the dill myself). Enjoy this taste of the old country!

Cucumbers in Sour Cream

Ingredients
1 medium cucumber, sliced thin
1 small onion, sliced very thin
1/2 tsp salt
Pinch of pepper
2 dashes of paprika
1-1/2 tsp sugar
1 tbsp vinegar
1/2 cup or more of sour cream
1 tbsp green onion tops, cut in 1/2 inch pieces
fresh dill, to taste

Slice cucumber and onion. Combine all other ingredients and pour over cucumber and onion. Cover and chill about 15 minutes before serving.

2 comments:

  1. Yum! I'll have to try this out for sure! Jesse adores cucumber salads, so I know he'll love this!

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    1. Ooh, neat fact! I have another good cucumber salad recipe that I will be posting when the weather gets a little warmer! PS - Excited to see you tomorrow!

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