Onion Cucumber Salad

ingredients

• 1/4 cup white wine vinegar
• 2 Tbsp sugar
• lots of pepper
• 1/2 regular cucumber (the long ones) – cut in half, and then sliced
• 1 medium carrot
• 1/2 small onion, sliced thinly
• handful of salad mix (baby spinach, baby red, rocket, parsley, chives)*

instructions - pickle it

1. mix vinegar and sugar, set aside
2. peel/slice the cucumber
3. peel, shred the carrots
4. place in a small bowl
5. pour the mixture over, make sure to scoop out any sugar that didin’t mix *
6. cover and put in fridge for at least an hour

instructions - serve

1. when ready to serve, put salad in mixing bowl
2. scoop out veggies from brine, and toss with greens, there should be enough ‘juice’ come over from that to season the greens nicely without making them soggy.

notes

• could warm the vinegar, but then would have to let it cool.
• salad mix was from waitrose