Sweet and tangy cucumber salad in a homemade red wine vinegar dressing. Perfect summer salad to use up your garden vegetables!
It seems like whenever I plant a garden I just can not wait for all the vegetables to start coming in.
Then when they actually do come in, there are sooo many! I end up giving a lot of them away to people because I just don’t know what to do with all those veggies! This is a terrific way to use up all those vegetables from the garden!
It is also so easy! Basically cut up all the veggies, make the dressing, and let it soak in the dressing.
The vegetables we always use when our family makes this recipe are tomatoes, cucumber, and onions. A few other veggies would probably taste great in here too, like some green pepper! So experiment with this and find out what your favorite combo is!
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Ingredients for Tangy Cucumber Salad
1 pint of cherry tomatoes or 2 small tomatoes
2 cucumbers
1 small onion
1/2 cup red wine vinegar
1 cup white vinegar
2 Tablespoons vegetable oil
6 Tablespoons sugar
1/2 cup water
2 Tablespoons salt
1 Tablespoon black pepper
1/2 teaspoon celery seed
1/2 teaspoon ground mustard
1/2 teaspoon coriander
1/2 teaspoon paprika
How to make Tangy Cucumber Salad
Cut up the cucumbers into small cubes and soak them in water for 5 minutes. Drain off the water after 5 minutes and pat dry with paper towels.
Bring to a boil, 1/2 cup red wine vinegar, 1 cup white vinegar, 2 Tablespoons vegetable oil, 6 Tablespoons sugar, and 1/2 cup water. Boil until sugar is dissolved 3-5 minutes.
Once the sugar is dissolved, turn off the heat and add 2 Tablespoons salt, 1 Tablespoon black pepper, 1/2 teaspoon celery seed, 1/2 teaspoon ground mustard, 1/2 teaspoon coriander, and 1/2 teaspoon paprika. Mix until combined.
Cut up the tomatoes into cubes and onions into small pieces. Add to the cucumbers and pour the vinegar mixture over the vegetables. Put in the refrigerator to marinate for 1-2 hours.
Once cooled, drain off most or all of the liquid.
Best served as a cold side dish!
Tangy Cucumber Salad
Description
Sweet and tangy cucumber salad in a homemade red wine vinegar dressing. Perfect summer salad to use up your garden vegetables!
Ingredients
Instructions
- Cut up the cucumbers into small cubes and soak them in water for 5 minutes. Drain off the water after 5 minutes and pat dry with paper towels.
- Bring to a boil, 1/2 cup red wine vinegar, 1 cup white vinegar, 2 Tablespoons vegetable oil, 6 Tablespoons sugar, and 1/2 cup water. Boil until sugar is dissolved 3-5 minutes.
- Once the sugar is dissolved, turn off the heat and add 2 Tablespoons salt, 1 Tablespoon black pepper, 1/2 teaspoon celery seed, 1/2 teaspoon ground mustard, 1/2 teaspoon coriander, and 1/2 teaspoon paprika. Mix until combined.
- Cut up the tomatoes into cubes and onions into small pieces. Add to the cucumbers and pour the vinegar mixture over the vegetables. Put in the refrigerator to marinate for 1-2 hours.
- Once cooled, drain off most or all of the liquid.
- Best served as a cold side dish!
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