Meatless Monday Cucumber-Avocado Salad

Salad is an integral usage of meals inwards my home. This is specially truthful if I brand one-pot rice dishes similar pulao too biryani. I ofttimes play to a greater extent than or less alongside the ingredients inwards my salad depending on what is available inwards my fridge at that time.When I made this detail salad, I had lots of ripe avocados which I feared powerfulness larn bad too wasted if I didn't usage them quickly! I decided to toss them into my regular cucumber-tomato-onion salad. The number was a prissy too creamy salad which fifty-fifty the kids enjoyed. Since I avoid dairy, almost of the fourth dimension I usage olive oil-lemon juice marinade.I in 1 lawsuit to a greater extent than play to a greater extent than or less alongside the herbs, the almost mutual 1 that I usage beingness cilantro( coriander leaves). I cannot tending it, it is the Indian inwards me.:)

Servings: 4

Ingredients:

Cucumber: 1 medium sized.
Avocado: 1 medium sized.
Tomato: 1 medium sized.
Onion: 1 medium sized(Any onion tin move used, I convey used yellow)
Scallions( jump onion): 3
Lemon juice: from 1/2-1 lemon ( depending on the size)
Extra Virgin Olive Oil: iii tbsp
Cilantro: two tbsp, finely chopped
Sea Salt: to taste
Black pepper: 1/2 tsp, freshly ground

Method:

Peel 1 cucumber too die it. Dice 1 tomato, 1 onion( I convey used white onion) too 1 avocado & add together to the bowl. Chop upward 3-4 scallions( jump onions) too add together to the bowl. Now squeeze1 tbsp lemon juice into the bowl. Add iii tbsp extra virgin olive oil, two tbsp chopped cilantro/coriander leaves, 1/2 tsp freshly dry reason pepper, sea-salt to sense of savour too toss well.

Serve chilled.

Enjoy!

Cooking made easy:

The avocado when tossed similar this inwards the salad, it gives a prissy creaminess to the salad.

Lemon juice inwards the salad prevents the avocados from discoloring.

You tin too add together black/ dark-green olives , carrots diced small, blood-red radish diced,small cauliflower florets, feta cheese or cottage cheese to this salad too larn inwards fifty-fifty to a greater extent than interesting too nourishing.

Tip for salubrious living:

Cucumber slices may tending alleviate the nighttime circles underneath the eyes. Cut cucumber into 0.5 cms thick spell too identify them on your eyes alongside your eyes unopen for 20-30 minutes. Take a nap. You volition wake upward feeling refreshed.

Food for thought:

Choose a chore yous love, too yous volition never convey to operate a twenty-four lx minutes menstruum inwards your life.Confucius