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Lately I've been LOVING cucumber!! Such a great summer veggie~
I also received a mandolin as a gift and love using it.




It comes in handy for salads like this cucumber salad, and all kinds of other wonderful slicing and dicing!

Cucumber Salad
1 Large Cucumber thinly sliced
1 small white or red onion thinly sliced
3/4 c white or rice vinegar
1/2 c water
3/4 cup sugar
1 T dried dill
2 tsp red chili flakes

Combine cucumber and onion in large bowl, mix in other ingredients
Cover and refrigerate at least one hour (Even better the nest day) & serve!

I LOVE JUICE!

We got a juicer last Christmas and thought, at first, that we would hardly use it...Well, surprise, surprise...We use it all the time!! After a long day at the dog beach yesterday in the hot sun, we made this yummy mix:

After Beach Juice
8 large carrots, washed, un peeled, tops cut off
1 ripe tangerine
1 ripe orange
2 Large Fuji Apples