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Creamy Cucumber Pasta Salad Recipe
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This quick and easy Creamy Cucumber Pasta Salad combines a creamy dressing – like a mixture of Greek yogurt or sour cream – with freshly sliced cucumbers and red onions along with plenty of chopped dill! It’s the perfect unique pasta salad recipe for your next barbecue party.

Creamy Cucumber Pasta Salad Recipe

Loaded with tender pasta, crisp juicy cucumbers, fresh dill and red onion, this dish will be the hit of every get together. And it comes together within just few minutes and it’s incredibly delicious! The dressing in this salad doesn’t have a lot of ingredients, but that’s really the beauty of this recipe! The fresh Greek yogurt adds a little zip to the dressing while the dill adds summery freshness complementing the cucumber and cooked pasta perfectly!

Creamy Cucumber Pasta Salad Recipe

If you have access to fresh dill, it really makes a huge difference in this salad.

Ingredients in Creamy Cucumber Pasta Salad Recipe?
- Pasta: penne or rotini pasta
- Cucumbers: fresh long English cucumbers work the best for this recipe
- Onion: red onion (can sub white for less of a “bite”)
- Dressing: sour cream or Greek yogurt and vinegar
- Herb: fresh dill
- Spices: salt and pepper
Ist Gather Your Equipment’s:
- a Sharp Knife, for cutting
- a round spoon, to remove seeds
- Spatula, for mixing
- Cutting Board
- Hand Whisker
- Large Glass Bowl
How to Make this Creamy Cucumber Pasta Salad:

This is such an easy recipe, y’all. Seriously. Yes to Summer recipes that don’t require hardly any effort!

1. First, begin by cooking your pasta according to the box instructions! Make sure to salt your water and cook the pasta until al dente. Once it’s done, let it cool! If desired, rinse cold water over top to stop the cooking and speed up the cooling process.

Cook pasta. drizzle with oil

Sprinkle pepper and toss to coat evenly.

2. While the pasta is cooling off, slice up your cucumber! Slice it in half lengthwise and then slice very thin slices of cucumber.

Cut the cucumber in half lengthwise

remove seeds using a spoon

Dice it into thin slices.

and its done !!

3. Do the same thing with the red onion! Thin slices go a long way here, folks! While it’s not required, soaking the onions in cold water for a few minutes takes just a little bit of bite out of them. .

Thinly slice onion

place in a bowl of cold water

4. Next, mix together the delicious Greek yogurt dill dressing! Combine the Greek yogurt with the dill, vinegar, salt (i added the pink salt) and pepper. Mix until deliciously thick and creamy. Set this aside.

Mix dressing ingredients

Taste and adjust seasoning if needed.

5. In a large bowl, add your cooled off pasta. On top, add your cucumbers, onions and all of the Greek yogurt dressing! Mix together gently until fully combined.

Add pasta, cucumber and onion

Pour dressing over it.

6. Taste and adjust the seasoning if necessary. I always love garnishing with a big pinch of extra dill – it makes it taste extra fresh and adds an amazing pop of flavor.

Toss to combine

sprinkle some extra dill (if desired)

7. Let it sit in the fridge for about 20-30 minutes to make sure all of the flavors can melt together and it can stay cold! Enjoy when chilled and eat up! 🙂

Note: If possible try to toss this at least 1 hour before serving to allow the flavors to blend.

Bismillah let’s get started.
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Creamy Cucumber Pasta Salad Recipe

This quick and easy Creamy Cucumber Pasta Salad combines a creamy dressing – like a mixture of Greek yogurt or sour cream – with freshly sliced cucumbers and red onions along with plenty of chopped dill! It’s the perfect unique pasta salad recipe for your next backyard barbecue.

Keyword 30 minutes meals, cucumber, greek yogurt, Pasta, pasta salad, salad, summer salad, veggie salad

Prep Time 10 minutes
Cook Time 10 minutes
Total Time 20 minutes

Servings 6

Author Bushra Waheed

Ingredients
For Pasta Salad:
½ pound medium sized pasta such as penne or rotini
2 large English cucumber thinly sliced
1 medium red onion thinly sliced
For Salad Dressing:
1 cup sour cream or whole fat plain Greek yogurt can substitute mayo if desired
2 tbsp. fresh chopped dill
2 tsp vinegar
1/2 tsp salt
1/2 tsp pepper
For Garnishing
fresh dill

Instructions
Cook pasta according to package directions, until al dente. Drain and drizzle with oil and sprinkle with a couple pinches of salt and pepper. Toss to coat evenly and let it cool.
While the pasta is cooling, Thinly slice onion and place in a bowl of cold water. (see note)
Slice the cucumber in half lengthwise and remove seeds using a spoon then dice it into thin slices.
To Make The Salad Dressing:
In a small bowl, mix the sour cream or Greek yogurt along with the vinegar, fresh dill, salt and pepper. Mix until fully combined. Taste and adjust seasoning if needed.
To Make The Creamy Cucumber Pasta Salad:
In a large bowl, add the cooled rigatoni pasta. Top with the fresh sliced cucumber and red onion.
Pour dressing over pasta and toss to combine.
Place in the refrigerator for 20-30 minutes to let the pasta salad cool off and for the flavors to meld together.
When serving, if desired, add a large handful of dill on top for garnish and an extra pop of flavor!
Delicious Creamy Cucumber Pasta Salad is ready to serve. Enjoy!

Notes
Soaking the onions in cold water is optional but takes a bit of the “bite” out of the onion.
Serving Suggestions:
Goes great with BBQ Chicken Wings.
Want more Pasta Salad Inspiration?

Here are some other Pasta Salad recipes on my blog:
- Chicken Pasta Salad Recipe
- Creamy Shell Pasta Salad
- Russian Macaroni Salad
- Macaroni Egg Salad
Hope you guys loved this one and are having a great Summer. Let me know what your favorite garden produce is this time of year in the comments below!

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March 10, 2021
Recipe: The BEST EVER Vegetarian Lasagna
Vegetarian Lasagna

For all those out there that say a Vegetarian Lasagna can’t be as good as one made from meat, you’re wrong. So wrong.
Once you have a good lasagna recipe under your belt, you know you’re getting somewhere in the culinary world.

I will agree that lasagna needs a certain type of ‘meaty’ flavour, after all it was originally a meat dish. But that’s easily possible thanks to spelt grains or freekeh (very easy to find), which take on an amazing, smoky, deep flavour when cooked in stock. The pleasingly-chewy texture feels like the consistency of meat too, and is more than a replacement – it’s even better.

As much as I love Meaty lasagna, when I had a slice of this veggie version, I really didn’t miss the meat. And so I now have one thing to say – to the veggie haters, this is the best lasagna ever. Best. Lasagna. Ever.
Don’t believe me? That’s fine, taste is subjective anyway. But make your decision after you’ve tried it.

Just find ready made lasagna sheets and this great lunch or dinner dish bursting with carrot, zucchini, eggplant, mushrooms, pepper and herbs is all yours!

This Vegetarian Lasagna doesn’t require too much time, either. While water boils and noodles cook, you can get through making most of the vegetable sauce. Then, all you do is finish the sauce, assemble and bake for 30 minutes or so.

Bonus — I actually found this Vegetarian Lasagna is better the next day – score for make-ahead meals.

Here’s how I made mine yesterday, but keep in mind you can use any lasagna recipe you love! Just roll the cheesy filling inside the noodles as shown below, place them in a pan (small or large, depending on your needs), and top them with whatever sauce you want.

Photo: Vegetarian Lasagna Recipe

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Vegetarian Lasagna Recipe

Having a good lasagna recipe under your belt means you’re really getting somewhere in the culinary world. And this the Best Lasagna Ever. Go on, shine.

Prep Time 30 minutes
Cook Time 30 minutes
Total Time 1 hour

Servings 8

Author Bushrah | Recipestable

Ingredients
1 pound box lasagna noodles
6 cups marinara sauce halal
24 ounces low-fat cottage cheese
32 ounces shredded mozzarella cheese
1/2 cup chopped herbs basil, oregano, or thyme
2 eggplants cut into circular slices
6 zucchini cut lengthwise into slices
6 portobello mushrooms thinly sliced
2 red onions thinly sliced
4 tbsp olive oil
4 cloves garlic crushed
3/4 cup chopped onions
2 cans diced tomatoes
1/3 cup chopped basil
salt and pepper to taste

Instructions
Saute or oven-roast the vegetables until they are cooked through. Set aside.
To make the marinara sauce, begin by heating the olive oil in a pan over medium heat.
Add the chopped onions and stir until golden brown.
Add the garlic and tomatoes and simmer for 25 minutes.
Stir in the basil and add salt and pepper to taste, then simmer for 10 minutes.
Preheat the oven to 350°.
In the bottom of a 16″ x 12″ pan, place a layer of dry noodles.
On top of that, add about 1/3 of the marinara sauce, about 1/2 of the cottage cheese, and about 1/3 of the mozzarella cheese.
Sprinkle herbs over the top, and add a layer of vegetables. Repeat the process.
Finish with a layer of noodles, then top with tomato sauce and a thick layer of mozzarella cheese.
Cover the pan with plastic wrap, then wrap tightly with aluminum foil.
Bake for 35 minutes, or until a knife pokes easily through the lasagna.
Remove the plastic and foil and bake at 450° for 10 minutes, or until the top is browned.
Remove lasagna from the oven and let set for 20 minutes.
Garnish with fresh basil leaves or other fresh herbs. The most awesome Vegetarian lasagna ever is ready to serve.

Notes
Serving Suggestions:
Serve warm.
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- Our Easy Cheesy Lasagna Recipe is so simple to make.
- These easy, cheesy Lasagna Rolls are addictive. They are perfect to serve with dinner or just as an afternoon snack.
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Happy Dinner Making!!
June 4, 2014