Cucumber Salad – Perfect as a light meal or healthy side-dish

If you’ve got a busy day at work, it can be hard to have a healthy lunch. This is especially true if you’re trying to look after your health and eat something that isn’t junk food. A light green salad might be what you need. This Cucumber Salad is fresh, light and very low in calories, perfect for anybody looking after their daily portions. If you are vegan, vegetarian or trying to enjoy a more plant-forward diet, this salad is for you.

Red onion and red peppers add colour, but they also add their own flavour to this light meal. Sesame seeds and fresh cucumber adds crunch and texture to this healthy party. Each serving is only 81 calories which is a very light meal but is also great as a main meal side. It’s very easy to make a bowl of this deliciously fresh salad for a bigger group of people.

Are you looking for an easy fresh salad to have for a snack or as a side with tonight’s meal? Cucumber Salad is all organic and always tasty.

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Cucumber Salad Recipe

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Recipe by Gary Dunn Course: Lunch, side, snackCuisine: GlobalDifficulty: Easy

Servings

2

servings

Prep time

10

minutes

Total time

10

minutes

Ingredients

• 1 large Diced cucumber

• 1 medium Diced red onion

• 1 tsp Sesame seeds

• 2 tsp Lemon juice

• 1 tsp Extra virgin olive oil

• ¼ medium Red pepper

• 1 pinch Salt

• 1 pinch Pepper

Method

• Wash the cucumber and dry. Dice into thin slices and place into a small bowl.
• Cut the red pepper and red onion into wedges and place into the small bowl.
• Add the lemon juice, olive oil, salt and pepper.
• Mix together until all ingredients are combined and sprinkle the sesame seeds on top.
• Serve.

Notes

• Nutritional Information (per serving):
  Energy:  344kJ (81 calories)
  Carbohydrates: 11g
  Fibre: 3g
  Protein: 3g
  Fat: 4g

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