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Plan Z Phase: This is a Z2 (ZReduction) recipe. When brainstorming veggie ideas in the Plan Z Facebook group, dieter Lois shared this salad recipe. We tried it, and it’s delicious. The combination of the lemon, mint and parsley adds a lovely fresh flavor. If you are not a red onion fan, you can easily reduce the amount of red onion and still enjoy this salad. The longer it sits, the better it gets. Thanks for sharing, Lois!

Servings: Serves 4

Ingredients:

• 1 cup peeled, diced cucumber
• 1 cup diced tomato without the seeds
• 1 cup finely diced red onion
• 1/2 cup chopped parsley or more to taste
• 1 Tbl chopped mint, fresh
• 2 Tbl olive oil
• 1-2 Tbl fresh lemon juice (start with 1 Tbl & add more to taste)
• 1 tsp sea salt
• pepper to taste

Instructions:

Combine all the ingredients together in a large bowl and mix well. You can serve and enjoy this salad immediately, but we found that it tastes even better if you cover it and let it sit on the counter for at least 30 minutes the flavors start to meld together in delicious ways. If you can wait an hour, it will be even better.

Tomato salads taste better when they’re cool, but not super cold. Letting this salad sit for awhile will also allow the ingredients to get closer to room temperature and get rid of the “refrigerator chill.”

Enjoy!
Cheers,