Delicious Cucumber Salad

Lately I have been loving salads and I am in the process of ensuring that I eat more salads in my meals all throughout the week. There are so many types of salads that you can make. For instance; Garden salads use a base of leafy greens like lettuce, arugula, kale or spinach. Other types include bean salad, tuna salad, fattoush, Greek salad, and Japanese sōmen salad (a noodle-based salad). The sauce used to flavor a salad is commonly called a salad dressing; well-known types include ranch, Thousand Island, and vinaigrette. Salads can be served at any point during a meal. This means that we have different salads for different times of the meals. There are Appetizer salads, light, smaller portion-salads to stimulate the appetite as the first course of the meal. Side salads, to accompany the main course as a side dish. Main course salads, usually containing a portion of a protein food, such as chicken breast, salmon, legumes, cheese or slices of beef. Dessert salads, sweet versions containing fruit (alone as in a fruit salad or mixed with other ingredients), gelatin, sweeteners or whipped cream. Today I made a delicious cucumber salad that would go great for grilled vegetables, meat, chicken, seafood and even on its own.

Ingredients

1 Cucumber

2 Carrots

1 Bunch Cilantro

2 Tablespoon Extra Virgin Olive

1 Tablespoon White Vinegar

1 Orange

1/4 Teaspoon Cayenne Pepper

1/4 Teaspoon Salt

Instructions

Chop the carrots into bite sized pieces (cubed). Chop the cucumber into tiny cubed pieces. Chop the onions into small cubed pieces. Finely chop the cilantro. Chop the tomatoes into tiny cubed pieces

Place all the diced vegetables in a medium bowl. Pour in the 1 Tablespoon Extra Virgin Olive oil. Add the 1 Tablespoon white vinegar. Sprinkle the 1/4 teaspoon salt. Add in the 1/4 teaspoon cayenne pepper. Pour in the lemon honey dressing. Be generous with the lemon honey dressing, the more the better the taste will be

Squeeze in half of the orange juice into the salad. Toss to combine all the vegetables, spices and add a dressing. Keep refrigerated for several hours before eating so that all flavors can meld into each other. Now, isn't that a bowl of salad you can devour all by yourself?

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