Cucumber Vinegar Salad with Red Onions
Marinated cucumber salad with apple cider vinegar and fresh chopped dill is a delicious spring or summer side salad that is perfect to serve for picnics and BBQs. Light, healthy, delicious recipe that is quick and easy to make.
Servings: 5 cups
Calories: 53kcal
Ingredients
- 2 English cucumbers sliced thin
- 1/2 bell peppers yellow, orange and red - chopped
- 1/2 cup grape tomatoes cut in half
- 1/4 chopped red onion
- 2 teaspoons fresh chopped dill
- 2 tablespoons olive oil
- 2 tablespoons apple cider vinegar
- 1 1/2 teaspoons white sugar
- salt and pepper to taste
Instructions
- Add sliced English cucumbers, cut up bell peppers, cut in half grape tomatoes, chopped red onion and fresh dill to a mixing bowl and combine vegetables well.2 English cucumbers, 1/2 bell peppers, 1/2 cup grape tomatoes, 1/4 chopped red onion, 2 teaspoons fresh chopped dill
- In a separate, smaller bowl, add oil, apple cider vinegar, sugar and mix well.2 tablespoons olive oil, 2 tablespoons apple cider vinegar, 1 1/2 teaspoons white sugar
- Season dressing with kosher salt and black pepper.salt and pepper to taste
- Pour olive oil and vinegar mixture over sliced cucumbers and toss dressing and vegetables well until all is covered.
- Let flavors mingle and marinate for another 30 minutes, stirring occasionally.
- Serve immediately or refrigerate covered (in an airtight container) until ready to serve.
- Mix well before Serving to prevent settling. Add additional salt and pepper if desired.
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Notes
OPTIONAL:
- Add additional sugar (1 teaspoon at a time) if you'd like a sweeter version of this salad - just taste the oil/vinegar mixture before dumping it over the cucumber salad
- I buy bags of the red, yellow, and orange baby peppers and we eat them a lot in our salads, so I pulled tiny versions of each one and cut them up for my salad - feel free to get creative with the colors!
- Personally, I enjoy extra tomatoes, so the second time I made this, I added another cup of cut-up grape tomatoes to the salad- you do not really need to change any other part of it if you do that. It brings in a lot more color as well
- If you do not have apple cider vinegar on hand, use white vinegar.
Nutrition
Serving: 1cup | Calories: 53kcal | Carbohydrates: 5g | Protein: 1g | Fat: 4g | Polyunsaturated Fat: 3g | Sodium: 39mg | Fiber: 1g | Sugar: 3g