Fire and Ice Salad

Name: Fire and Ice Salad
Yield: Serves 6 to 8
Ingredients: 1/2 cup, white wine vinegar; 1 tablespoon, sugar; 2 teaspoons, salt; 1 teaspoon, dry mustard; 1/2 teaspoon, celery salt; 1/4 teaspoon, red pepper flakes; 1/8 teaspoon, pepper; 2 pounds, tomatoes, cored and cut into 1/2-inch-thick wedges; 2 , cucumbers, peeled and sliced 1/4 inch thick; 1 , green bell pepper, stemmed, seeded, and sliced into thin matchsticks; 1 , red onion, halved and sliced thin

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Appears in Cook's Country June/July 2014

Side Dishes

Vegetables

Salads

Fire and ice are usually opposites, but in this fresh, easy summer salad they should be perfect complements.

SERVES6 to 8

TIME20 minutes, plus 1 hour chilling

WHY THIS RECIPE WORKS

This southern picnic salad is all about ice-cold vegetables—traditionally tomatoes, onions, and cucumbers—and a fiery, bracingly tart dressing. We opted for red onion for its milder, sweeter flavor, and to the classic trio of vegetables, we...

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