It's Garlic Time

I harvested my garlic and braided it yesterday. I couldn't wait to use it. The smell was overwhelming so I had to make something as fast as I could.


I don't know about the rest of you but I am HOT! It is perfect weather for a light summer salad so I boiled some pasta shells.


Then peeled a bunch of fresh garlic. i think I ended up using about 6 cloves as they were on the small size.


I diced them really fine.


And I cut a bunch of dill from my garden and diced it.


I thought I would saute' the garlic a bit to take the bite out of it. I only cooked it for about a minute in a bit of butter then removed it from the butter and kept the butter to be used as garlic butter in another recipe.


I combined yogurt, a bit of sour cream, a small amount of mayonnaise and about a cup of buttermilk in a bowl.


I threw in the dill and added the zest of one lemon.


Then I added the juice.



Then the garlic.


Some freshly cracked black pepper and sea salt to taste.


Then mixed it all together.


I seeded and chopped a cucumber into small dice.


Then added it to the sauce mixture.


Then stirred in the shells.


Stir it around until the pasta is coated.


Shells are perfect for this salad because they cup the cucumber along with the sauce mixture. I served this along side alder planked salmon which I forgot to photograph. It made a wonderful summer meal.

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