Smoked Salmon Picnic Salad

This salad is so light and flavorful, it's perfect to take to a summer picnic!

The "smoked" salmon in this recipe is actually Nova Lox which is prepared differently, but I'm sure it would taste great with smoked salmon, too. To read more on that click here.

We served our salad with my beer bread and margarine.

For the salad you will need:

6 oz. Nova Lox

1/2 salad cucumber, peeled & thinly sliced

1/4 medium red onion, peeled & thinly sliced

Dressing:

2 Tbsp. white wine vinegar

1 Tbsp. vegetable or canola oil

1 Tbsp. lemon juice

1 Tbsp. dill, finely chopped

1 Tbsp. capote capers, coarsely chopped

2 tsp. sugar

1/2 tsp. lemon zest

salt & pepper to taste

Spread out the lox, cucumber and onion in a non-reactive glass dish. In a separate bowl combine all the dressing ingredients and season with salt and pepper. Pour over over the salad and refrigerate for about 1 hour. Lightly stir the salad before serving.

***Tip***

If you don't like the strong taste of onions, let them sit in cold water for a few minutes after you sliced them. It will take the bite out them.