Monday, November 16, 2009

Kid-Friendly Sweet & Sour Cucumber Salad

This is a very easy salad to prepare, can be made ahead and easily refrigerated and served the next day.  Great little salad for a pot-luck, just 'doll up' with some green onions and sesame seeds.  Perfect picnic salad.  Toddlers really like this salad as it has a sour-sweet flavour.  Can add some steamed cooled peas and/or canned corn kernels.  

2 tbsp white sugar
2 tbsp white vinegar
2 tbsp freshly squeezed lime juice
2 tbsp olive oil
1 tsp dark sesame oil
1/2 tsp salt

In a bowl or sealing jar, stir sugar with vinegar, lime juice, olive oil, sesame oil and salt until dissolved.

2 English cucumbers (peeled then sliced in half - use spoon and scrape out seeds and discard seeds then thinly chopped the cucumber half into thin slices)
1 red pepper (finely chopped)
1/4-1/2 red onion (finely chopped)
1/2 cup chopped
(can add a chopped jalapeno, if child likes some heat)

Mix above with dressing.  Refrigerate for awhile for the flavours to blend.

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