{"id":1178,"date":"2026-07-28T10:24:18","date_gmt":"2026-07-28T09:24:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.curdhome.co.uk\/recipes\/?p=1178"},"modified":"2026-07-28T10:24:18","modified_gmt":"2026-07-28T09:24:18","slug":"cucumber-and-dill-salad","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.curdhome.co.uk\/recipes\/?p=1178","title":{"rendered":"Cucumber and Dill Salad"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"bodytext\">This goes nicely with the Turkish Spiced Chicken, which it was paired with in the original recipe. Cucumber skin can be hard to digest so I prefer to skin the cucumber.<\/p>\n<div class=\"recipePlanning\">\n<h2 class=\"recipe\">Planning<\/h2>\n<table class=\"recipeTiming\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td class=\"recipeTimingTitle\">serves:<\/td>\n<td class=\"recipeTimingData\">\n\t  2\n\t  <\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td class=\"recipeTimingTitle\">preparation time:<\/td>\n<td class=\"recipeTimingData\">\n\t  5 mins\n\t  <\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td class=\"recipeTimingTitle\">cooking time:<\/td>\n<td class=\"recipeTimingData\">\n\t  n\/a\n\t  <\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"recipeIngredients\">\n<h2 class=\"recipe\">Ingredients<\/h2>\n<ul class=\"ingredients\">\n<li>\n\t  1 cucumber\n      <\/li>\n<li>\n\t  4 tbs olive oil\n      <\/li>\n<li>\n\t  1 tbs white balsamic vinegar\n      <\/li>\n<li>\n\t  1 tbs lemon juice\n      <\/li>\n<li>\n\t  2 tbs fress dill, roughly chopped\n      <\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"recipeMethod\">\n<h2 class=\"recipe\">Method<\/h2>\n<p class=\"bodytext\">If you are like me, peel the skin off the cucumber with a vegetable parer. There is, of course, nothing wrong with leaving the skin on if you prefer. Quarter the cucumber lengthwise, then cut it into modestly sized dice.<\/p>\n<p class=\"bodytext\">Whisk together the oil, vinegar, lemon juice and dill. Let this infuse for a while.<\/p>\n<p class=\"bodytext\">Just before you are ready to eat, add the cucumber dice to the dressing and stir well. Don&#8217;t do this too far ahead of sitting down to eat.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p class=\"bodytext\"><a href=\"pdf\/CucumberAndDillSalad.pdf\" type=\"application\/pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><br \/>\n\tGet a pdf version of this recipe.<br \/>\n\t<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>This goes nicely with the Turkish Spiced Chicken, which it was paired with in the original recipe. Cucumber skin can be hard to digest so I prefer to skin the cucumber. Planning serves: 2 preparation time: 5 mins cooking time:<span class=\"ellipsis\">&hellip;<\/span><\/p>\n<div class=\"read-more\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.curdhome.co.uk\/recipes\/?p=1178\">Read more &#8250;<\/a><\/div>\n<p><!-- end of .read-more --><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[15],"tags":[18],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p1bxnG-j0","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.curdhome.co.uk\/recipes\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1178"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.curdhome.co.uk\/recipes\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.curdhome.co.uk\/recipes\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.curdhome.co.uk\/recipes\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.curdhome.co.uk\/recipes\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=1178"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.curdhome.co.uk\/recipes\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1178\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1179,"href":"https:\/\/www.curdhome.co.uk\/recipes\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1178\/revisions\/1179"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.curdhome.co.uk\/recipes\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=1178"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.curdhome.co.uk\/recipes\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=1178"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.curdhome.co.uk\/recipes\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=1178"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}