Recipe: Cooling Cucumber Salad

Cooling Cucumber Salad

One of the easiest things to make with a heap of cucumbers and a fantastic accompaniment to burgers and other heavy meat dishes. 

Ingredients:

2 to 3 cucumbers (depending on size)

1 bunch radishes 

Fresh mint (any variety will work here)

Red wine vinegar 

Salt and pepper

Directions: 

1. Wash and dry the cucumbers and radishes 
2. Slice the cucumbers thinly (really as thin as you can comfortably cut them) and place directly into a bowl (ideally metal)
3. Slice the radishes from their leaves and slice thinly; add to bowl with cucumbers 
4. Dowse the mixture with 1 to 2 Tbs of red wine vinegar, add the salt and pepper to taste and mix the whole thing together 
5. Let sit for at least 10 min, in the refrigerator for extra cooling 
6. Tear the mint into small pieces or slice into strips
7. When the mixture is done sitting, add in the mint, toss again and serve immediately 

Submitted by Madeleine Livingston