{"id":364,"date":"2014-11-19T08:23:25","date_gmt":"2014-11-19T16:23:25","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.auntiepasto.com\/?p=364"},"modified":"2014-11-20T08:21:51","modified_gmt":"2014-11-20T16:21:51","slug":"basics-creamy-cucumber-salad","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.auntiepasto.com\/?p=364","title":{"rendered":"[Basics] Creamy Cucumber Salad"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Last-minute throw-together last night. Simple, easy, refreshing, and fast. No leftovers, so no pictures, sorry!<\/p>\n<h2>Creamy Cucumber Salad<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li>1 large English cucumber<\/li>\n<li>1 large clove garlic, minced<\/li>\n<li>2 generous Tbsp. sour cream<\/li>\n<li>2 generous Tbsp. mayonnaise<\/li>\n<li>juice of half a lime or lemon<\/li>\n<li>one large sprig of basil, minced<\/li>\n<li>salt, pepper, paprika to taste<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Peel the cucumber and slice into thin wheels. I like to peel mine decoratively with a zester. Place the cucumber slices in a colander in the sink, sprinkle generously with salt, and leave to sit while you make the dressing<\/p>\n<p>Mince the garlic and basil. Combine the garlic and basil with the sour cream, mayonnaise, lime or lemon juice, basil, salt, pepper, and paprika to taste.<\/p>\n<p>Rinse the cucumber slices well to eliminate the excess salt, and squeeze them hard to drain excess water. Place the squeezed slices in a bowl. Top with the dressing, stir to combine, and serve promptly.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Last-minute throw-together last night. Simple, easy, refreshing, and fast. No leftovers, so no pictures, sorry! Creamy Cucumber Salad 1 large English cucumber 1 large clove garlic, minced 2 generous Tbsp. sour cream 2 generous Tbsp. mayonnaise juice of half a lime or lemon one large sprig of basil, minced salt, pepper, paprika to taste Peel [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_feature_clip_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":false,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2},"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[8,3,1],"tags":[210,57,211,24,10],"class_list":["post-364","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-basics","category-recipes","category-uncategorized","tag-basics-2","tag-cucumbers","tag-garlic","tag-salad","tag-vegetarian"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p6CUdQ-5S","jetpack_featured_media_url":"","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.auntiepasto.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/364","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.auntiepasto.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.auntiepasto.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.auntiepasto.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.auntiepasto.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=364"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.auntiepasto.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/364\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.auntiepasto.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=364"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.auntiepasto.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=364"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.auntiepasto.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=364"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}