Minted Cucumber & Cherry Tomato Salad

Give this refreshing summer salad a try. Perfect alongside some grilled meats or fish.

Serves 8 - (as a side dish)

Ingredients:

• 2 Cucumbers
• 400g Cherry Tomatoes
• Handful of Mint (chopped)
• 2 tbsp Extra Virgin Olive Oil
• Salt & Pepper to suit taste.

Instructions:

1. Optional but i'll give the salad an interesting look, peel away some of the sides of the cucumbers so that once sliced it'll give it a stripy look. Cut it in half lengthwise and using a teaspoon, scoop out the seeds, then slice it so that you are left with moon shaped slices.
2. Place the slices in a colander and sprinkle with a little salt, massage it with your hands and leave to sit in the colander over a bowl for an hour (the salt will remove some of the excess water).
3. After an hour, rince the slices under cold water to remove any salt and pat the slices dry with a clean kitchen tea towel.
4. Halve the cherry tomatoes and place in a clean bow with the cucumber slices, mint, extra virgin olive oil and a light sprinkle of pepper (you can add more to your taste). Give it a good mix and leave in the fridge for at least an hour before serving.