Cucumber Sour Cream Salad

3 cucumbers, thinly sliced
2 tablespoons chopped fresh chives
1 cup sour cream
9 slices bacon, cooked crisp and crumbled
pepper to taste

Place the cucumbers in a bowl.
Mix chives, sour cream, and pepper together and pour over cucumber slices.
DO NOT SALT!
Refrigerate several hours.
Just before serving, add salt to taste.
Pile cucumber mixture on torn lettuce leaves and sprinkle with crumbled bacon.
Serves 6 @ approximately 2.6 grams of carbohydrate per serving.

Cucumber Chips

Our neighbor gave us some cucumbers from her garden. I'm not a big fan of store-bought cucumbers, since they often have a rather bitter taste. But fresh from the garden, they have an entirely different taste, crisp, and sort of sweet.
I wash them, peel them, and slice into thin "chips" which work well with any kind of low carb dip, or for adding to salads.

Another way to use cucumbers: "instant" pickles. Bring half a cup of apple cider vinegar and a cup of water to a boil. Add half a cup of Splenda (the bulk powder). Pour over the cucumber slices and refrigerate until cold. Crispy, sweet/sour, cold--a great hot-weather snack.