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Cucumber, strawberry and poppy seed salad

This recipe makes a light and refreshing summer salad with a sweet twist

This recipe makes a light and refreshing summer salad with a sweet twist

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Cooking Time

Cook: 50 Mins

Cooking Time

Serves: 10

Cooking Time

Price: 26p per serving

Nutritional Information

Each 115g serving contains

Energy
192kj
46kcal
2%
Fat
1.0g
Low
<1%
Saturates
0.1g
Low
<1%
Sugars
7.4g
Med
8%
Salt
0.01g
Low
0%
1
of your 5-a-day
of your reference intake.
Typical energy values per 100g:
167kj/40kcal

Ingredients

2 level tbsp caster sugar

4 tbsp white wine vinegar

1 cucumber

400g strawberries, sliced

1 tbsp chopped mint

1 tbsp poppy seeds

Method

1
Dissolve the sugar in 2 tbsp boiling water. Cool, then mix with the vinegar.
2
Halve the cucumber lengthways. Remove the seeds. Slice thickly. Put in a dish.
3
Pour over the sugar mixture. Leave for 30 minutes.
4
Put the cucumber and strawberries in a dish. Sprinkle over the mint and poppy seeds.