Minted Cucumber Salad

Recipe Ingredients

3 tablespoons	45ml	Olive oil
2 tablespoons	30ml	White wine vinegar
1 tablespoon	15ml	Chopped fresh mint leaves
1 teaspoon	5ml	Sugar
1/2 teaspoon	2.5ml	Salt
1/4 teaspoon	1.3ml	Freshly-ground black pepper
1 teaspoon	5ml	European hothouse cucumber - thinly sliced (large)
1 teaspoon	5ml	Red onion - thinly sliced (small)

Recipe Instructions

Whisk together the olive oil, vinegar, mint, sugar, salt and pepper in large bowl. Just before serving, toss the cucumber and red onion with the vinaigrette.

To use a regular cucumber in this crunchy, colorful salad, peel, quarter, seed and slice it into bite-sized pieces.

This recipe yields 4 servings.

Each serving: 112 calories; 297 mg sodium; 0 cholesterol; 10 grams fat; 1 gram saturated fat; 5 grams carbohydrates; 1 gram protein; 0.94 gram fiber.

Source:
The Los Angeles Times, 10-03-2001

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