Food and Recipes Recipes Cucumber-Basil Dressing 5.0 (1) 1 Review Summer tomatoes are at their peak, which means it's time for these red beauties to take center stage. Slice them up and serve with our creamy and cool Cucumber-Basil Dressing for a simple side dish that will take your dinner from ho-hum to company worthy. By Vivian Howard Vivian Howard Vivian Howard is an award-winning cookbook author, tv personality, chef, and restaurateur. Her first cookbook, Deep Run Roots: Stories & Recipes from My Corner of the South (2016), is a New York Times bestseller and was named "Cookbook of the Year" by the International Association of Culinary Professionals Southern Living's editorial guidelines Published on June 4, 2018 Print Rate It Share Share Tweet Pin Email Photo: Hector Sanchez; Stylist: Buffy Hargett Yield: 8 cups Ingredients 4 cups peeled, seeded, and thinly sliced cucumbers 2 teaspoons table salt 1 1/2 cups Greek yogurt 1 1/2 cups mayonnaise (such as Duke's) 2 tablespoons finely grated sweet onion 1 tablespoon finely grated garlic 1/2 cup chopped fresh basil 1/2 cup whole buttermilk 1/4 cup fresh lemon juice 1 tablespoon sugar 1/2 teaspoon kosher salt 1/2 teaspoon freshly ground pepper Directions Toss together first 2 ingredients; drain in a colander 30 minutes. Whisk together yogurt and next 9 ingredients. Stir in cucumbers; let stand 30 minutes. Refrigerate up to 2 days. Rate it Print