In the middle of the cucumber season, you can't get enough of the vegetables?
Cucumbers are crisp, fresh and low in calories and this salad is particularly delicious.
These days people with their own garden don't necessarily have to ask themselves which cucumber to buy - shrink-wrapped or not.
The cucumber season is in full swing and with lots of water and little effort you can harvest juicy, crunchy cucumbers almost every day.
There are many uses for the vegetables in the kitchen, but the most common use of cucumbers is in salads.
A cold, crunchy cucumber salad is great refreshment on a hot summer's day.
The following recipe is totally simple, full of flavor and best of all: you hardly need any ingredients.
Usually cucumber salad is made with
vinegar and oil
or
sour cream
.
In this variant, you use a different ingredient that actually places the salad between the two variants mentioned in terms of taste.
Fresh cucumber salad: you need these ingredients
1 large cucumber
optional: 1 tomato
1 large tablespoon of mayonnaise
2 teaspoons of red wine vinegar
0.5 teaspoon milk, 3.5%
1 pinch of salt
1 pinch of pepper
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How to prepare the quick cucumber salad
When the cucumber has a firmer skin *, wash and peel it.
Cut the cucumber into fine slices.
Mix the mayonnaise, vinegar and milk and season with salt and pepper to taste.
Stir the dressing into the cucumber slices.
Now you can add a tomato cut into cubes to add a little flavor and color to your taste.
The salad is tasty enough even with cucumber alone.
Let the salad sit in the fridge for about 15 minutes before serving so that it tastes particularly fresh.
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The
few
,
simple ingredients and the easy preparation
make this cucumber salad seem a bit too banal, but give it a try anyway.
It is made so quickly and so delicious that it becomes a secret salad weapon after a stressful day at work, at a spontaneous barbecue or as a souvenir at the party buffet.
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