BEET AND CUCUMBER SALAD

Beet and Cucumber Salad image

I experimented and came up with this recipe as a way to use my fresh beets and cucumber together. It is a nice alternative to potato salad. It has a real 'summertime' flavor.

Provided by Alf

Categories Salad Vegetable Salad Recipes

Time 50m

Yield 6

Number Of Ingredients 11

Ingredients

½ cup cold water
½ cup vinegar
½ cup white sugar
1 onion, thinly sliced
1 cucumber, cut into bite-size pieces
2 hard-boiled eggs, cut into bite-size pieces
3 cups diced cooked beets
⅓ cup mayonnaise
1 hard-boiled egg, sliced
1 tablespoon finely chopped dill
salt and ground black pepper to taste

Steps:

Mix water, vinegar, and sugar together in a bowl; add onion and cucumber. Set aside to marinate, at least 20 minutes.
Combine 2 hard-boiled eggs cut into bite-size pieces and beets together in a bowl.
Drain liquid from onion and cucumbers. Toss onion and cucumbers with beet mixture. Stir mayonnaise into beet mixture. Arrange sliced hard-boiled egg atop salad; sprinkle with dill, salt, and pepper.

Nutrition Facts : Calories 241.4 calories, Carbohydrate 28.8 g, Cholesterol 110.6 mg, Fat 12.6 g, Fiber 2.2 g, Protein 5.1 g, SaturatedFat 2.3 g, Sodium 168.2 mg, Sugar 25.2 g