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A sweet friend, Carrie, brought this salad to a recent small group dinner. We were having a Mexican themed meal and her addition of this salad was perfect! I know you will enjoy it as well.
Mexican Cucumber Salad
Ingredients
- 1 medium cucumber, chopped
- 1 (8.75 ounce) can whole kernel corn, drained
- 1 (16 ounce) can stewed tomatoes, drained and sliced
- 1 green bell pepper, chopped
- 1 red bell pepper, chopped
- 2 tablespoons red wine vinegar
- 1 tablespoon crushed red pepper flakes
- 1/2 teaspoon garlic, minced
- 1/2 teaspoon cumin
- 1/4 teaspoon dried cilantro
- 1/4 teaspoon salt
- 1/8 teaspoon ground black pepper
Directions
- In a large bowl, toss together the cucumber, corn, tomatoes, green bell pepper, red bell pepper, and red wine vinegar. Season with crushed red pepper flakes, garlic, cumin, cilantro, salt, and black pepper. Cover, and chill at least 30 minutes before serving.
(The recipe does not call for avocado, but I think it would make a great addition to this salad. Cube fresh avocado and add to the salad. ALSO, I LOVE fresh cilantro. So I would definitely be using fresh cilantro in this recipe, as well. )
I am wife, mother, and Christ follower. My kitchen antics are shared each Tuesday at my Tempt My Tummy blog carnival. Family life is vital and I write about those moments. I also share my daily walk with Christ - how He saved my marriage, strengthened my family, and blesses my life.
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What a great twist on a cucumber salad! Sounds perfect for spring – if only spring would arrive!
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Those cucumbers sound delicious! Thanks for hosting — so many great sounding links to check out this week.
Today I’m sharing our recipe for oatmeal date muffins; these turned out so good! Blessings, ~Lisa
Hi Lisa,
Your salad sounds fresh and delicious! I added my Tomato Soup this week. Thanks for hosting!
You are speaking my language with this wonderfully, fresh salad. I’m with you on adding avocado and fresh cilantro. I’m definitely going to give this a try. Thanks so much for hosting! I’ve linked up my Lemon Chicken and Bulgur. Have a wonderful Tuesday, Candace
I love cilantro also!! And avocado! I look forward to your hop each week, so thank you for hosting! I’m sharing the EASIEST Flourless Chocolate Cake which is dangerous for chocolate lovers like me…it’s that EASY!!
When I got redirected to your new site (which is beautiful btw), I got super excited as I am in the middle of a MOVE myself. I’m moving from blogspot to my own domain…switching over to wordpress, etc. Seems like you just went through this yourself. It’s been pretty painless…and I’m having fun learning wordpress and redesigning my blog a bit. I would be ever grateful if you could email me any tips/advice or things you wish you’d known. Doesn’t have to be lengthy…I have lots of Twitter peeps helping out, but I’m nervous about the redirect…that going smoothly & loss of page ranking and/or stats. If you could at least let know how that was affected for you & the amount of time you spent working on your new site, I’d greatly appreciate it! THANKS!!
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Hey Denise. I am so impressed you are making the move all by yourself. I was a WIMP. I had someone do all the hard work for me as she did my redesign, as well. Sharon at Good, True, and Beautiful helped me. Here is her link. http://www.goodtrueandbeautiful.com/tech/thinking-about-moving-to-wordpress/ For me, it was worthy it. Good luck and blessings.
Sounds delicious! Thank you for hostessing.
I love it! It’s so healthy, too. I feel guilty sharing my M&M Cakies now. Oh well.
And yes, I’m with you on the avocado – and the fresh cilantro!
I don’t know, Michelle, the M&M cakes sound pretty wonderful!
Thanks for hosting this! I love all the ideas of new receipes to try. I’m hosting my first one over at Peas & Carrots if you or anyone would like to link up. It’s at http://www.navefamilyfood.blogspot.com.
Sounds so delicious and refreshing and avocado and cilantro are perfect additions.
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