Cucumber Salad

This is a simple summer salad. It’s quick, easy, has hardly any calories, and (most importantly) it’s actually tasty!

Serves 6 people and is better after a few hours in the refrigerator.

INGREDIENTS

• 2 large cucumbers
• 1/3 cup fresh cilantro, chopped
• ½ cup Trader Joe’s white balsamic vinegar
• ½ cup Trader Joe’s rice vinegar
• ¼ cup Trader Joe’s extra virgin olive oil
• ¼ teaspoon – fresh ground black pepper (Best grinder in the world—The Khun Rikon from Switzerland, found at Williams Sonoma)
• ¼ teaspoon – Trader Joe’s sea salt
• ½ teaspoon – Dried dill weed
• Optional: squeeze of lime

DIRECTIONS

1. Peel both cucumbers. Slice them down the middle and de-seed with a small spoon. (baby spoons work great!) Cut into u-shaped bites.
2. Chop up your cilantro, make sure that you have no stems.
3. Add both vinegars, olive oil, dill weed, salt and pepper.

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