I'm pretending it's warm outside.

I'm pretending it's warm outside to try to make myself get out and run. Or something. Anyway, I decided to make one of favorite easy salads, a cucumber salad, to trick myself into thinking that it's summer or something! We used to eat cucumber salad all the time when I was young, and we would make up good seasons dressing and just dump it over the cukes. Then, when I moved out on my own, I got into making my own vinegarettes, which was pretty time consuming because of the chopping of herbs, the whisking of the dressing, etc.

Then my parents found a recipe that seemed too simple to be good: Pour seasoned rice vinegar over cucumbers. Done. I would probably have ignored this recipe, but they tried it, and it's FANTASTIC. The seasoned rice vinegar is so flavorful.

At our house, Mister Jeff and I add peels of carrot and minced garlic and chopped peanuts. And the Best of the vinegars that I have found is
It's tangy and sweet, which I like. And no, I'm probably not going to run now. The salad just made me cold. But it was worth it!

P.S. Sorry my phone takes such crappy pics!