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December 1, 2016 Recipes

Something Light and Refreshing After the Holidays….

Cucumber Salad
 
Cooking Time: 10 Minutes; Yields 2 People

 

 

Ingredients 
1 cucumber; sliced lengthwise
1 T white onion; diced
1/2 tsp salt
1/2 sugar
1 pinch poppy seeds or black sesame seeds (optional)
1-2 tsp ranch (optional)
Cooking Instructions

1. Remove your cucumber from the refrigerator and give it a good wash.  Take a carrot peeler and slice lengthwise on the cucumber.  (Or you could always just cut your cucumber into disks, I just think they look pretty lengthwise)


 
2. After you have completed slicing your cucumber place the ribbons in a bowl.  Add sugar and salt to the cucumber slices, and give it a big stir to combine all ingredients.  This will start to pickle the cucumber. 

3. Dice up about 1 T of white onion and toss it with the pickling cucumbers and let sit for 3-5 minutes.  I like my cucumbers still crunchy, that’s why I don’t let them pickle too long.

4. You can stop here and just eat them like this or if you are like me….I add a little ranch into the bowl, give it a good stir,  and top it off with either poppy seeds or black sesame seeds.  
***TIP: To make the BEST ranch ever; get a hidden valley ranch dressing package (not dip), 1 cup milk, 1 cup mayo and combine.  This is the equivalent to “good ranch” or “restaurant style ranch” in my house.
***TIP: If you get organic milk, it lasts almost an entire month.  Make your dressings with that, they will last longer.  
***TIP: I have these drinking glasses at home…William Sonoma has white lids to fit this kind of drinking glass, turning it into a storage container.  I normally put dressings in containers like this.  Also I loved the old school carrot peeler, reminds me of home!


5. Plate up and enjoy a light lunch or snack

6. Enjoy!!!

 

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Hey y'all! I'm an ICU nurse by day and busy wife by night. Football consumes my life...my husband plays in the NFL so I'm always hosting our "football family" for dinner too. I'm obsessed with butter, my dogs, and tailgating. Welcome to my playbook for the kitchen!

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