Cucumber & Herb Summer Salad
If you find yourself with a glut of cucumbers, this is a great way to use them in salads. It also makes a good side to jacket potato lunches, and can be piled into flat breads and wraps or with BBQs.
Ingredients
- 1 cucumber, diced into 1cm pieces
- 2 spring onions, finely sliced
- Handful of mixed parsley and chives, chopped (keep the chive flowers for garnish)
- 1 tbsp olive oil
- Half tbsp cider vinegar
- Sea salt & peppet
Method
- Mix the ingredients well in a bowl, making sure the cucumber get well coated with the dressing
- Serve in a bowl, sprinkled with chive flowers as a garnish
Top tips
Swap the chives and parsley for other herbs that you have – dill, fennel, mint all would work well too