Confetti Cucumber Salsa

INGREDIENTS
METHOD

1 large cucumber or 2 small cucumbers (about 1/2 pound to 3/4 pound total), seeded and finely diced (peel first if the cucumber is thick-skinned, leave peel on if thin-skinned)

1/4 cup finely diced red onion

1/4 cup finely diced red, orange, or yellow bell pepper

2 Tbsp chopped fresh mint

1 Tbsp rice wine vinegar

1 Tbsp olive oil

1/4 teaspoon salt

1 teaspoon minced jalapeño (more to taste)

To make the salsa, place all of the salsa ingredients into a medium bowl, and gently stir to combine. Taste and add more jalapeño if you desire more heat.

Keeps for several days, covered and chilled in the refrigerator.

Perfect for serving with grilled chicken or seafood.

So many supermarkets and food stores have their own salad bars, where you can choose what ingredients you'd like to put in your container to take home ready prepared to serve. In my experience there is usually a good choice, and while handy, you do of course have to pay someone for preparing the lovely foods. If I'm in a rush I do use this facility but generally now find it so easy and a lot more economical to make up my own choice of different salads. The recipe above is very similar to one I regularly use, isn't the name great? I just call mine cucumber and pepper side salad! If you are watching the pennies, why not buy peppers in the basics range that many supermarkets offer. They are usually cheaper because the peppers are not the great shapes and identical sizes, they do not look perfect - this of course doesn't matter when you are cutting and dicing.

Enjoy your salad and thanks to Simply Recipes for the recipe found here.

All the best Jan