(Cucumber) Relish Your Meal

Tips Tasty

by Anna Tourkakis

Relish Your Meals
Cooking is definitely simpler and easier during summer. Temperatures are warm, fruits and vegetables are plentiful and meals can be easily put together.

For quick cooking, grilling is a frequent go-to method. Adding a relish to these meals produces a surprising delightful lunch or dinner. Typically, a relish consists of raw vegetables, pickles and spices. This cucumber relish replaces the pickles with jalapeño and uses a combination of summer favorite ingredients that are colorful and flavorful accompaniment to grilled meats resulting in a satisfying, healthy and delicious meal.

Cucumber Relish

Ingredients
1 cup seedless cucumber with skin, diced
1 cup tomato, seeded and diced
½ cup red onion, diced
1 teaspoon jalapeno, minced
4 teaspoons balsamic vinegar
1 tablespoon chopped parsley
2 teaspoons extra virgin olive oil
¼ teaspoon salt
Fresh ground black pepper to taste

Directions
1. Toss all ingredients together.
2. Taste for seasoning.
3. Serve as a relish.
TIP If you get excess liquid, drain the relish and use it as part of a salad dressing. Toss with mixed greens.

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