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Sometimes the best things are simple.

When I was younger, I had a good friend whose mother was from Italy. She used to invite groups of us over for long, multi-course lunches of real Italian food. One of my favorite things was a cucumber salad she used to make. She peeled cucumbers and sliced them very thin, or sometimes into long sticks, and then she salted them. I could never figure out why this was so good, until I bought some flaked sea salt. The crunchiness of the salt flakes really adds to the dish. You’d never expect something so simple (or so healthy) could be so good.

Cucumbers and Salt

1 English cucumber, sliced thin

2 teaspoons of flaked sea salt

Arrange the cucumbers on a plate and evenly distribute the salt over them. Allow to sit for 2-3 minutes so that the salt crystals begin to dissolve in the water.