Mike's Super Simple Side Cucumber Dill Salad

My six year old students hand picked, photographed and made this incredibly easy, fresh, delicious side dish in less than 10 minutes.Man, this dish was nothing other than crazy nuts, chilly, crispy, spicy, super tangy, spicy summertime deliciousness! Great work kiddos! I'd eat this ANY day of the week!

My 7 year old students rock! All 5 of them today wanted to give their mothers an extra special dinner consisting of all their favorite seafoods. This was their results. Delicious work, great photos and excellent presentations kiddos!

First, let me say this delicious recipe is not my own. It belongs to my big brother Jase [aka grill-master on this site] Go ahead. Check him out. He's one hell of a great Chef!Additional ingredients were added from his original recipe but that's pretty much what you get when you allow ten six year old budding Chefs to run amock in your fridges crispers. Anyway, thanks Jase! My culinary students had a blast with your recipe and this is the second time they've made it in a week! Delicious!

It's crisper cleaner day here in the O'Brien Shire today so ya'll know what that means!Only fresh chilled tangy salads are on the roster! Easy, cheesy, delicious, chilly and ever SO healthy salads! My seven year old students both made this salad and took it to the homeless shelter super early this morning!Man did it go fast! Again, fresh, crispy, tangy and delicious! So satisfying!P.S., this easy recipe was quadrupled by my students and it made a TON of salad! 15 to 20 servings per batch with fresh homemade chips. Excelent work sweet baby girls! Just excellent! Zesty and delicious!

This is the easiest, most colourful, zesty, cheesy, chilly side salad ever made. So easy, my 6 year old culinary students made this themselves. Excellent work kiddos!

Okay. So, here's why kids aren't stupid.Since my students were all having a picnic here in my backyard for lunch, this mornings lesson was on easy, delicious picnic ideas. With that, I charged one of my youngest 8 year olds to make any side dish she desired. So long as it was ice cold. [seriously, it's over 90° here in Albuquerque today]Anyway, while directing other students with their entrées, my tiny, imaginative student Ryder scurried off on her own out to my garden and happily helped herself. Everything listed in her recipe is fresh picked from my garden and my herb garden. Except for her bottled dressing of choice. And, all hand chopped by her. ♡Fellow Chefs? She completed this delectable tangy task so fast, I had no clue what she had actually created. [so much for diligent child supervision huh?] That is until they were out the door for school. When I looked in my fridge, I stumbled across a grand cucumber salad that had been literally drug through the freshest part of my gardens!This is an incredibly easy dish that's sure to please and impress every time! She's easy, she's fresh, she's crispy, she's flavorful, she's chilly and she's so deliciously tangy! It was definitely a hit with all the kids! Give her a try and get creative with this recipe!Be sure to use all of this salad up the first day. By the second, the vinager marinade will have broken down your vegetables and will lend an unattractive, murky sauce to it.

This is always such a deliciously chilly side dish to serve on a sweltering hot summertime day!

Neither you, your family or your guests will regret this chilly, crispy, creamy delicious side dish! It's absolutely perfect for any barbecue, picnic, birthday, pool party or Summer family/work function!The real keys to this dish are to use the freshest, crispiest vegetables, allow it sit overnight and serve it chilled - if not ice cold!So easy to make, know that 7 year olds not only made this dish - but detailed their own Cookpad recipe instructions and took their own photos! Excellent work lassies!

Well, this is what I get for leaving them all unattended huh? My wife and 7 year old culinary students got bored and decided to make this chilly little dish yesterday. It's 20 vegetables of zesty veritable deliciousness! Excellent work kiddos! You too Tammie!

Due to our extreme NM heat, it appears this is the end of my garden goods for the season. 😔Anyway, it's all about the fresh! This is a delicious, Greek inspired, refreshing, healthy salad that pairs great with just about any main dish. It's also a versatile recipe with so many other options to add. Even a colorful pasta. So have fun with it! 😊

From the garden to your table! This chilly, delicious side dish pairs well with most any main dish. It's so easy to make, know that two six year olds made it in minutes. Great work again kiddos!

Well, it's Wednesday here in the O'Brien Shire so all y'all know what that means right? It's clean out those crispers 7 year old culinary students and make something amazing! Delicious work kiddos! Our local homeless shelter residents went bat crap crazy for these Greek Pitas! I'm. SO stinking proud of all of you guys!

15 minutes to fresh, chilly, delicious, crispy & healthy fabulousness!"Waste not, want not," was today's lesson plan for my tiny students! So, everybody in the pool! That's right! It was finally time to clean out those packed, overstuffed crispers o' mine! 😆Anyway, this is an easy, absolutely refreshing salad that pairs well with darn near any entrée you can imagine. It's especially appreciated in our sweltering Southern Summer months here in New Mexico! 😰She's also definitely one of those, "as needed," dishes if you ever saw one. So, feel free to get creative with this versatile and foolproof recipe! Trust me. You literally can't screw this crazy easy pre-fabed recipe up!Authors Note: Know this colorful recipe will make approximately a 10 pound bowl of flavorful chilled pasta.

This incredibly easy, absolutely delicious and versatile colorful summertime salad pairs great with most any main dish. It's chilly, crispy, cheesy, tangy and toothy! Know that this salad is much better with several hours chill time. Or, even served the following day. It's also a perfect side dish for picnics and barbecues!

An excellent addition to any Summertime BBQ or picnic!

What a wonderfully delicious, creamy, crispy and chilly side dish to serve at your family or neighborhood function this Memorial weekend!My students will be taking this quadrupled recipe in to our local Veterns Center tomorrow morning. Excellent work kiddos! Stellar in fact! I couldn't be more proud of all of you!

In honor of our First Lady's Healthy School Lunches and Lets Move Programs - my student's Charter Schools are promoting her efforts. Here's how.All students - especially the culinary students - were charged with creating an easy, delicious, healthy lunch option. Then, they were to present and explain the nutritional benefits of their dish to their schoolmates.Needless to say, mostly chilled salads were presented by my students. Everything from seafood salads, to pasta salads, to macaroni salads, to garden salads. I'll post those easy recipes as their pictures are edited. Posted below is one of my youngest students submissions.Every vegetable in his salad was organic and pulled directly from my gardens. "Quick, easy, nutritious and farm to table," were his primary selling points. Talk about healthy! So, if you love fresh, chilly, crispy, cheesy, zesty, tangy tasting vegetables - you'll love this incredibly simple recipe! Serve same day or, at a maximum, overnight. Otherwise the vinager will soften your vegetables. Or, simply serve dressing to the side for a longer shelf life.

Some add 1/4 teaspoon fresh Dill for an extra kick! Excellent work students! These were crispy, chilly, creamy and so delicious!

Just doesn't get better than walking out to my garden, picking everything fresh, and making a refreshing summer salad.

An incredibly refreshing chilled springtime appetizer or side dish!

Serve this delicious chilly super crispy salad on thick toasted buttery bread, bagels or with quality crackers.

I forget where I got this easy recipe from but it's one yummy, fresh, crispy, healthy piece of Asian side dishy goodness! My 7 year old students quadrupled this recipe and served it with Asian Hot Wings. Great job kiddos!

This is a simple recipe from my childhood. My stepfather always made this growing up. We ate this as a side dish, as an appetizer, at cookouts,...even as a topper for other foods! He usually only did "Cucumbers & Tomatoes in Italian Dressing" but when I started making it myself in my late 20s I started adding onion because I'm obsessed with them! 😆👌 Then, in my early 30s a good friend made this at her home with the addition of green peppers as she had grown a lot of them that year. So now, my personal recipe has adapted to the inclusion of all of these wonderful foods! I also, play around occasionally with the dressing. 😎👍 This particular time I used a raspberry vinaigrette in place of Italian Dressing & I have also used regular vinaigrettes as well. This is always a nice addition to dinner or the cookout. And even as a midday snack! 👏🤤

My 6 and 7 year old students wanted a spicy twist on egg salad this morning and this is what they created. It's fantastic kiddos! See final photo for one of their completed spicy bagel sandwich.You really captured the taste of the true Southwest! Great photos, directions and documentation as well!Add avacados to egg mixture only if planning to serve your salad immediately.

Such a delicious crispy refreshing tangy summertime side salad!

Ty Sport! Hope u like it babes ;-)

I was served this dish in Mexico City years ago. While I was a bit confused by some of the ingredients, it was fantastic! Since then I've tried to recreate it. Well, I finally nailed it. This salad goes great on so many dishes. Especially any Mexican dish you can think of. I love it with sturdy salty tortilla chips. Excelente trabajo estudiantes!

So light, so crispy, so chilly and refreshing. Especially on a hot summers day! Go low carb with fresh lettuce wraps. Or, on fluffy Artisinal bread or quality crackers. Great work kiddos!

use red bell pepper instead of green.and add tomatoes.

A light "chunky" side dish to compliment most grilled BBQ meals or serve with Italian dishes. The fresh basil gives it a nice flavor. Add a “hint of mint” (instead of basil) and black olives for a slight, cool refreshing taste, especially with Mediterranean dishes of lamb, grilled chorizo and/or seafood.