Cabbage salad with cucumber - one of the mostsimple and common salads. Which, however, it is not surprising: cabbage in our markets and in supermarkets is sold all year round, cucumbers are not deficient even in winter. The only thing is that they are not as tasty and fragrant as seasonal ones. Nevertheless, a salad with cabbage and cucumbers still turns out to be deliciously delicious. I must say that many housewives consider a cucumber a vegetable to be useless. Say, there are practically no vitamins, one water. But not everything is so simple. Vitamins are really small, 95% water, but the cucumber contains many mineral salts (phosphorus, calcium, magnesium, iron), as well as such important trace elements as copper, cobalt, zinc, iodine. As for iron, then the cucumber can give odds to many vegetables and fruits. Moreover, cucumbers are an indispensable product for diets. If you use it without salt, then it copes well with edema, removing excess fluid from the body. With cucumbers more or less figured out, let's talk now cabbage. Its main value is a large amount of vitamin C and mineral salts. And with proper storage, all the useful qualities are preserved. They are not lost even in salting, and the amount of vitamin C also increases. There are a lot of cabbage varieties, and they are all good in their own way. Now all year round there is a lot of Peking cabbage on the market, which can also be used for salads, soups, for extinguishing, and for cabbage rolls. It is more juicy and tender than white, and in many respects combines the useful properties of ordinary cabbage and cabbage salad. A vitamin and mineral substances in Peking cabbage more than other types of this vegetable culture. So salads from the Peking cabbage with cucumbers, fresh herbs, with the addition, for example, of green peas, is an excellent alternative to the traditional salad - cabbage with cucumber. As always, we want to share with you the available salad recipes. 
Fresh cabbage salad with cucumber
Ingredients:
- 500 grams of cabbage (you can be Beijing)
- 2-3 fresh cucumbers
- bunch of green onions
- bunch of dill
- hot chili pepper
- 3 tablespoons vegetable oil (you can mix)
- salt, sugar, vinegar to taste
Cooking method: Cut cabbage from the top leaves, wash and finely chop. Fold in a deep salad bowl, sprinkle, salt, sugar, sprinkle with vinegar and lightly crush. Wash and dry the cucumber, onion, greens and chili pepper. All cut and add to the cabbage. Drizzle with vegetable oil and mix well. Fresh cabbage salad with cucumbers ready. As already noted in the recipe, white cabbage can be replaced with Peking. You can also add a little canned green peas, which is very well combined with Peking cabbage. In general, cabbage salad with cucumbers can safely be diluted with other vegetables. They are perfectly combined with Bulgarian pepper, apples, carrots. 
Vitamin salad
Ingredients:
- 300 grams of cabbage
- 2 cucumber
- an Apple
- carrot
- small white bulb
- 3-4 spoons of vegetable oil
- teaspoon of hot chili
- salt, sugar, vinegar to taste
- greens of dill and parsley
Directions: Wash and dry all vegetables. Cabbage thinly chopped, folded in a salad bowl, sprinkled with salt and sugar, sprinkle with vinegar and lightly crush. Apple and carrots peel and grate, cut cucumbers and onion into small cubes. Add all these ingredients to the cabbage. Drizzle with vegetable oil mixed with spicy sauce, and sprinkle with finely chopped greens. Vitamin cabbage salad with cucumber and apple is ready.
Salad "Freshness"
Ingredients:
- 500 grams of cabbage
- 2-3 fresh cucumbers
- 2 Bulgarian peppers (red and yellow)
- bunch of green onions
- 4 tablespoons vegetable oil
- salt, sugar, vinegar to taste
- dill
Cooking method: Remove cabbage from the upper leaves. Wash and dry all vegetables. Cut the cabbage and put it in a salad bowl. Sprinkle with salt and sugar, sprinkle with vinegar and lightly crush. Cut cucumbers, green onions, peppers, greens and add to the cabbage. Refill with vegetable oil and mix. Salad is very elegant and delicious. Cook with pleasure. Bon Appetit! We advise you to read:
