Old Fashioned Creamy Cucumber Salad – Creamy Cucumbers with Mayo Recipe

Everybody loves a classic cucumber salad, but how many people have tried it in the old-fashioned creamy mayonnaise dressing style? Here is a step by step recipe for creamy cucumbers with mayo.

Old Fashioned Creamy Cucumber Salad is a simple summer salad featuring crisp cucumbers and sliced onions. This creamy cucumbers recipe has mayo but no vinegar.

Old Fashioned Creamy Cucumber Salad

It’s cucumber season, and my Dad’s garden is producing tons and tons of cucumbers. I particularly love cucumbers straight from the garden. We tend to pick them early when they are on the smaller side without many seeds.

I actually peel mine and then eat them like I would a banana. Kinda strange, but oh, so yummy.

When I’m not strangely eating my cucumbers, I slice them up with onions in some sort of cucumber salad.

Creamy Cucumbers with Mayo Recipe

For years, I’ve been making Mom’s Cucumbers and Onions which is a vinegar- based cucumber salad; however, I really like creamy cucumber salads too.

I really like this recipe for Creamy Cucumbers using mayo which comes from way up in the mountains of West Virginia. I found the original recipe in the cook book called Heavenly Food from Our Holy Mountain.

Mayonnaise, milk and sugar are combined for a simple, yet creamy dressing.

Ingredient List for Cucumber Salad with Mayo

• Cucumbers
• Onions
• Salt
• Black Pepper
• Mayonnaise
• Sugar
• Milk

How to Make Creamy Cucumbers with Mayonnaise (no vinegar)

Step By Step Instructions

1. Peel (optional) and slice cucumbers. Slice onions. Place both in a large bowl, sprinkle with salt and black pepper. Stir.
2. Let cucumbers and onions sit in the refrigerator for a minimum of 30 minutes.
3. Drain excess water.
4. In a separate bowl, combine mayonnaise, milk and sugar until smooth.
5. Pour over cucumbers and onions, and toss. Cucumber salad will thin out as it sits in the fridge.

Storage Instructions

Transfer to an airtight container, and store in the refrigerator for 3 to 5 days.

For the full ingredient amounts and recipe steps for old fashioned creamy cucumber salad, scroll to the recipe card at the bottom of this post.

Recipe FAQs

• Peeling the cucumber is an optional step. Slice with a knife or a mandolin slicer.
• I particularly like sweet onions; however, any type including red onions would work. Onions could be omitted, if desired.
• Add sliced, ripe tomatoes for another spin on creamy cucumber salad with mayo.
• There’s no vinegar is this cucumber salad.
• Drain off any excess liquid that remains after letting the vegetables sit in salt in the refrigerator.
• The sauce will thin out as it marinates.
• Sour cream would be a suitable substitute for mayonnaise.
• If desired, add fresh dill, dried dill weed, parsley or any other herb.
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How long does cucumber salad last in refrigerator?

It depends on what type of cucumber salad you have. A vinegar based cucumber salad will last for a couple weeks in the fridge, although the cucumbers will tend to become less crisp over time. A creamy cucumber salad with mayonnaise lasts only a few days in the fridge.

Can you make cucumber salad with mayo?

Yes, making cucumber salad with mayo is an old time favorite recipe. Make a creamy dressing with mayonnaise, milk and sugar. Pour it over sliced cucumbers that have been seasoned with salt and black pepper.

Cucumber Salad Recipes

Soy Cucumber Salad 

Simple Sour Cream Cucumbers 

Tomato Cucumber Salad with Dill Dressing

Mom’s Cucumbers and Onions

Favorite Garden Recipes

We love when garden (and farmers market) season is in full swing. There is just something about making dishes with food you’ve grown that makes them that much better! Here are some of our favorite garden fresh recipes.

• Cheesy Cabbage Casserole
• Kentucky Summer Squash Casserole
• Mom’s Chocolate Chip Zucchini Bread
• Green Beans and Andouille Sausage
• Pickled Beets – Small Batch Recipe