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Creamy Dill Cucumbers

Submitted by: Lucia Rich 
'My grown daughter, Jenna, and I love this quick cucumber salad. It's a great side dish for any meal,' writes Lucia Rich from ST. Peters, Missouri. 'I always keep cucumbers and red onion on hand to fix it, but it's the dill that makes it special.' 

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Tomato, Cucumber and Red Onion Salad with Mint

Submitted by: Alison 
This light and delicious salad features fresh cucumbers, tomatoes and red onions with a sweet and sour dressing enlivened with fresh mint. 

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Cucumbers in Cream

Submitted by: Phyllis Kirsling 
'WE HAD an enormous vegetable garden, so we enjoyed freshly picked cucumbers in summer. After the cucumber were sliced and soaked awhile in salt water. Mother added thick cream, which she carefully scooped from the top of some fresh milk.' 

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Cucumbers in Sour Cream

Submitted by: TARAWVU 
Home Town: Wheeling, West Virginia, USA
Living In: South Charleston, West Virginia, USA
This is a yummy side dish we always have on Thanksgiving, but it's great in the summer as well. 

Tomatoes with Seafood Dressing

Submitted by: Wilma Scott 
Pureed shrimp dressing, served over garden fresh tomatoes makes a delicious light lunch. It is so simple to prepare, you will want to keep a can of shrimp in the cupboard to dress up a repast for unexpected company. 

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Mom's Cucumbers

Submitted by: Karen 
Thin, thin cucumbers are doused with sugar, water, vinegar, celery seed and onion, and chilled for an hour or so. Great as a salad or as open face sandwiches on pumpernickel bread. 

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Tomato Cucumber Salad with Mint

Submitted by: TOOS64 
A refreshing and simple summer salad that's perfect for picnics or barbeques. Cucumbers are marinated in red wine vinegar, sugar, salt, chopped tomatoes, red onions, mint, and olive oil; great with a spicy flank steak and potatoes. 

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'I Hate Cucumbers!' Cucumber Salad

Submitted by: Mrs C 
My grandpa frequently sends me veggies from his garden, and the cucumbers always go bad! Though I've never cared for them much, this is an easy recipe that even I can enjoy. 

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Cucumbers with Sour Cream

Submitted by: laksdf 
A creamy sauce of heavy cream, vinegar and dill. A versatile sauce that's great on all your favorites veggies. 

Crookneck Squash and Tomatoes

Submitted by: Rhonda Brock Fuller 
Living In: Empire, Alabama, USA
Tomatoes and squash are two of the finest things summer has to offer! Enjoy them together in this simple baked side dish. 
 
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