Easy Pineapple & Cucumber Salad

  

 

Sometimes the best things are just plain easy. For a fast and tasty side dish during the summer heat, try an easy Pineapple Cucumber Salad. It works well with a cookout or a sit-down dinner. Spend 5 to 10 minutes to throw it together. Chill it.  Then devour it.

This makes a great lunch or snack too. Yum!  Halve the cucumber lengthwise and slice. Dice the pineapple in cubes. Add cilantro and lime juice with zest. Easy peasy. (If you don’t like to cut up a pineapple, buy it sliced at the grocery store and just cut in smaller pieces.)  Hate cilantro? Drop it and substitute fresh mint for a great flavor.

 

 

 

 

Pineapple Cucumber Salad

Use organic when available; serves 4 to 6

 

Ingredients

• 1 pineapple peeled & chopped (2 1/2 to 3 cups)
• 1 English cucumber halved & sliced
• 2 limes – zest and juice
• 1/3 cup fresh cilantro diced
• 1/4 cup Optional fresh mint diced
• 3 tbsp olive oil
• salt and pepper to taste
• Optional tomatoes

Instructions

• Combine pineapple, cucumber in bowl
• Mix lime zest & juice, olive oil, and cilantro separately
• Drizzle dressing over salad
• Toss gently
• Add salt and pepper to taste
• Chill until served  

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Cucumber, Corn, Black Bean & Avocado Salad

 

 

 

 If you love vegetables, today’s recipe is a tasty, filling salad that has great flavor from the mix of ingredients. It’s perfect for using up summer produce from the garden or farmer’s market. It’s topped with a lemon vinaigrette. You can easily adapt it with what you have on hand with additions or subtractions.

 

 

 

 

Cucumber, Corn, Black Bean & Avocado Salad

Use organic when available. Serves 4

Ingredients

Salad

• 1 seedless cucumber diced
• 15 oz can black beans, rinsed and drained
• 1 cup cherry tomatoes, halved
• 1 1/4 cup corn (frozen and defrosted or leftover cooked corn cut from cob)
• 1/2 red onion, chopped
• 1 avocado diced
• 1/2 cup fresh cilantro or parsley chopped

Lemon Vinaigrette

• 3 tbsp extra-virgin olive oil
• 2 tbsp lemon juice
• 1 tbsp finely chopped cilantro or parsley
• 1 tsp honey
• 1/2 tsp ground cumin
• salt and pepper to taste
• dash of hot sauce optional

Instructions

• Toss cucumber, black beans, tomatoes, corn, avocado, and onion together in a large salad bowl.
• Whisk olive oil, lemon juice, honey, and cumin together in a bowl
• Add cilantro or parsley, salt, and pepper to taste (plus hot sauce if using)
• Drizzle over salad
• Toss gently to coat
• Refrigerate 30 minutes
• Serve chilled

Enjoy!

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

  

 

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