Cool as a Cucumber Salad

With an abundance of Lebanese cucumbers coming out of the veggie garden I had to do a bit more than tzatziki, garden salad and Pimms jugs to use them up.

I googled cucumber salad and came up with a few winners, one of them Kylie Kwong's Hot and Sour Cucumber salad (how good is Kylie!!!) and the other from Cooking Canuck who got the recipe from a friend who did a cooking class in Australia :)

 So combining the two and adding a little bit more came up with such a winner I was texting photos to the boy so he knew what he was missing out on. Perfect Summer Sunday Storm weather dinner!

3 x Lebanese cucumbers, deseeded

1/2 red onion, cut into paper thin slices

1 x bunch coriander, picked and then the stems finely chopped

1 x bunch mint, picked

2 x red chillies, seeded

crushed peanuts for serving

Dressing

3 Tbs rice vinegar

1 Tbs brown sugar

1 tsp fresh ginger grated

2 x cloves of garlic crushed

3 Tbs organic soy sauce

2 tsp sesame oil

juice of half a lime

Add all ingredients for the dressing to a jar and shake until sugar dissolves, put to the side. After deseeding the cucumber, thinly slice, on the diagonal, along with all of the other ingredients. I also added some Fry's Chicken Style Strips for the protein portion of the meal. So good...so so good.

Oh and thanks to V for the beautiful bowl!