Americas Best Kitchens  Apple Carrot Muffins   Avocado Fruit Salad   Brown Rice and Lentil Salad  Buttermilk Yogurt Dressing   Cheese Yogurt Sauce   Chilled Beet Soup   Chinese Herbal Soup  Converting Recipes to Healthy Recipes  Cucumber Salad   Festive Fruit Salad   French Market Soup   Fried Eggplant   Fruit Slaw   Garam Masala   Ghee   Ginger Rosemary Vinegar   Healthy Banana Muffins   Iced Tomato Soup from Spain   Lemon Beet Rice   Lemon Bread   Lime Wine Punch   Marinated Mushroom Salad   Melon, Cucumber & Tomato Salad   Mixed Fruit Shake   Oatmeal Cookies  Rice With Nuts from Spain  Rice-Almond Salad   Roasted Mediterranean Vegetables   Seasoning Secrets  Spanish Salad Tropical Coffee Cake   Whole Wheat Soy Waffles  Winter Fruit Salad

Cucumber Salad

Great as an accompaniment to spicy barbecue. It is also a healthy recipe with no fat.

Ingredients

4 large cucumbers 
1 small red onion, thinly sliced 
1/3 cup chopped fresh mint 
1/3 cup chopped fresh cilantro 
2 to 4 whole dried red chili peppers 
2 cups cold water 
2 cups rice vinegar 
1 cup granulated sugar 
1 teaspoon salt

Makes 6 to 8 servings

Directions

1.     Peel the skin off the cucumbers. Cut off ends of each cucumber, cutting to beginning of seeds. Halve cucumbers lengthwise. Scrape off the seeds. Cut each cucumber half into 1/4-inch-thick, half-moon-shaped slices.

2.     Combine cucumbers, onion, mint, cilantro and chili peppers in a glass bowl.

3.     Put water, vinegar, sugar and salt in a mixing bowl. Stir until sugar dissolves. Pour this over cucumber mixture. Stir lightly.

4.     Cover. Refrigerate until ready to serve. Serve well chilled.