Cucumber Salad with Radish and Dill

I harvested the first Spring vegetable from the garden today!  Beautiful, tender, spicy radishes.  Rather than simply tuck them in a tossed salad, I featured them in this delicious light side dish.  The crispy cucumber pairs well with the delicate radish slices.  You could easily make this salad all summer long with the summer season's more robust radishes.  This is really simple.  Something that can be made at the last minute.  It is an elegant, healthy side to a light entree of chicken or fish.

Our Bounty of 'French Breakfast' and 'Easter Egg' radishes:

Cucumber Salad with Radish and Dill

printable recipe

1 cucumber, seeded and sliced thin

6 oz. fresh radishes, sliced thin

Zest and juice of 1 lemon

2 T. white wine vinegar

1 T. finely chopped fresh dill

1/2 tsp. sugar

1 garlic clove, smashed with the flat side of a large knife

coarse salt & fresh ground pepper

1/4 c. olive oil

Put cucumber, radish and lemon zest in a medium bowl.

In a small bowl combine the lemon juice, vinegar, dill, sugar, salt & pepper to taste, and garlic cloves.  Whisk until the sugar is dissolved.

Whisk while streaming the olive oil in slowly.

Discard the garlic cloves from the vinaigrette and add dressing to the vegetables and mix well.