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Cucumber, Black Olive and Mint Salad

A chunky salad of cucumbers, cherry tomatoes, peppery mint leaves drizzled with a black olives sauce.

Chef's Name	:	Vicky Ratnani
Recipe Cook Time	:	15 Minutes
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Tags: low fat, quick and easy, salads, summers

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Ingredients

3 medium cucumbers, peeled, seeded and cut in chunks

Sea salt to season (you can use normal salt too)

Juice of 1 lemon

Pinch of sugar

8-9 large Spanish olives

1 1/2 Tbsp olive oil

Cracked black pepper to season

Mint leaves for garnish

6-8 cherry tomatoes

Method

Put the chunks of cucumber in a bowl with sea salt, pinch of sugar and lime juice.

In a blender add the pitted black olives, olive oil and cracked black pepper.

Blend this into a nice puree.

Add halved cherry tomatoes to the cucumbers and mix with the black olive puree.

Garnish with mint and chopped olives.

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