Fire and Ice Tomatoes
TOTAL TIME: Prep: 10 min. Cook: 5 min. + chilling
YIELD: 8 servings.
You won't miss the salt in this refreshing tomato salad! It's well-seasoned with cayenne pepper, mustard seed and vinegar but not the least bit spicy. This dish is always a hit at potlucks. —Nan Rickey, Yuma, Arizona
Ingredients
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5 large tomatoes, cut into wedges
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1 medium onion, sliced
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3/4 cup white vinegar
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6 tablespoons sugar
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1/4 cup water
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3 teaspoons mustard seed
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1/4 teaspoon cayenne pepper
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1 large cucumber, sliced
Directions
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1.
Place tomatoes and onion in a large heatproof nonreactive bowl. In a small saucepan, combine vinegar, sugar, water, mustard seed and cayenne; bring to a boil. Cook 1 minute, stirring to dissolve sugar; pour carefully over tomato mixture. Cool completely.
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2.
Stir in cucumber. Refrigerate, covered, overnight.
Nutrition Facts
3/4 cup: 72 calories, 1g fat (0 saturated fat), 0 cholesterol, 7mg sodium, 17g carbohydrate (14g sugars, 2g fiber), 2g protein. Diabetic Exchanges: 1 vegetable, 1/2 starch.
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