CUCUMBER AND POMEGRANATE SALAD

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This recipe is adapted from "Lucid Food: Cooking for an Eco-Conscious Life", a cookbook that concentrates on local and sustainable eating and recipes, while reducing your carbon footprint.... What an amazingly simple, delicious and BEAUTIFUL salad this is!!! Soooo colorful!

Provided by Raquel Grinnell

Categories     Vegetable

Time 10m

Yield 1 salad, 4 serving(s)

Number Of Ingredients 9

2 cucumbers, peeled, halved and seeds removed
1 pomegranate, seeds only
1/4 cup scallion, thinly sliced green parts only
1/2 cup cilantro leaf, fresh
lime, juice of one
3 tablespoons olive oil
salt
1/2 cup feta cheese, crumbled
fresh ground black pepper

Steps:

  • Cut the cucumbers into quarter-inch slices and place in a bowl.
  • with all but 4 tablespoons of the pomegranate seeds.
  • Add the scallions, cilantro leaves, lime juice and olive oil.
  • Toss and season with salt.
  • Divide the salad among four bowls and top with the crumbled feta, the remaining pomegranate seeds and a few grinds of pepper before serving.

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