Minted Cucumber-Tomato-Onion Salad Recipe

Minted Cucumber-Tomato-Onion Salad

Serves 6

30 minutes or fewer

Summer meals are filled with these three main ingredients. This salad is especially refreshing because the mint gives the salad a clean taste. Dont bother peeling the cucumbers unless they are waxed.

4 large cucumbers
1 large Vidalia or other sweet onion
3 large vine-ripened tomatoes, preferably heirloom varieties
Sea salt and freshly ground black pepper to taste
½ cup champagne vinegar or white vinegar
4 Tbs. granulated sugar
⅛ tsp. salt
1 Tbs. olive oil
2 heaping Tbs. freshly torn mint leaves

Slice cucumbers into 1/3-inch-thick rounds, and put slices into a mixing bowl. Slice onion into 1/3-inch-thick wedges, and add to cucumbers. Core and slice tomatoes into 1/2-inch-thick wedges, and add to other vegetables.
Season generously with salt and pepper. Dissolve sugar in vinegar in a bowl, and add salt and olive oil. Whisk to combine, and pour over vegetables. Toss in mint, check seasonings and serve.