Cooked Cuke, Tomato & Watercress Salad

Total Time: 22 mins Preparation Time: 15 mins Cook Time: 7 mins

Ingredients

• Servings: 4
• 1 medium cucumber, peel on,halved lengthwise,thinly sliced .
• 1 teaspoon salt
• 2 tablespoons olive oil
• 1 small red onion, thinly sliced
• 1 clove garlic, crushed
• 1 1/2 medium tomatoes, peeled,seeded and chopped
• 1 tablespoon red wine vinegar
• 1/8 teaspoon dried thyme
• 1/8 teaspoon basil, crumbled
• pepper
• 1 bunch watercress, washed and moisture removed

Recipe

• 1 cover the prepared cucumber with water in a saucepan, add salt, bring to a boil and boil 2 minutes, drain.
• 2 place drained cuke on paper towels to dry completely.
• 3 heat oil in a skillet over medium low heat and saute the onion& garlic until softened (apprx 5 minutes).
• 4 remove from heat, stir in the tomato, vinegar, thyme& basil season with salt& pepper.
• 5 stir in the cuke chill in the fridge to serve line plates with watercress and mound on the cuke/tomato mixture.