So last week I was traveling for work and I have been working on losing some weight so I found a salad to try... Cucumber Salad. I was drawn to it because it didn't come with a high calorie dressing. I think I paid like $10 or $11... ridiculous, I know. Well anyway, I attempted to make it myself last night and it was a success. I was not even trying to get the best deal (I bought some organics) and I spent $12.98 at Kroger on what looks to be like 4-5 servings of what I got at the hotel.
Ingredients:
Pint of cherry tomatoes, sliced in half (could experiment with different types)
Two English cucumbers, sliced into rounds that were then cut in half (other types might be better)
Pack of cilantro, used about 3-4 tbsp of leaves (I used my scale and I never got to a gram)
Half onion, sliced into quarter circles (other half I'm saving for a chicken salad that I'll make tonight)
Juice of 4 limes (I cut them in half and used my hand juicer rather than just trying to squeeze them - probably could have gotten away with 3 limes)
I put the veggies in a bowl, then poured about 1/3 of the juice into the bowl and stirred. Tore up the cilantro leaves and threw that in with some kosher salt and then stirred again. Poured the rest of the lime juice in and stirred and then put a lid on and refrigerated overnight so it could "cook" in the citrus juice.
It was delicious!! One of my vegan coworkers wanted to steal it from me. Anyway, quite the badassity for me since I travel so much and haven't really made anything in the last several years that wasn't a Kroger prep+pared box (and I only have done this a couple times).
