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One of those side dishes no dinner should be without. There are numerous variations on this theme. This is one of them, with a light olive oil dressing.

You will need:

• Salad, a bunch
• Cherry tomatoes, a heap
• Red spring onions, a balanced amount
• Cucumber, a certain length of
• 1 clove of garlic
• Extra virgin olive oil
• Red wine vinegar
• Salt
• Pepper

Rinse the vegetables in cold water. Cut the salad leaves and halve the cherry tomatoes. Cut the spring onions into slices and quarter the cucumber quickly by cutting a cross lengthwise and then cutting that part into slices.

Mix the ingredients and add the pressed garlic, olive oil and vinegar. Proportion wise there should be about a 4 to 1 oil to vinegar mix. Experiment with various kinds of vinegar for a different taste. Lightly salt and pepper the salad and then toss it to mix all the ingredients.

Serve with just about any dish.

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