Turkish Cucumber Salad

Salad lovers, you will love this one, too.

Ingredients:

• 6 oz. baked ham, diced or cubed
• 2 large cucumbers, diced

Salad Dressing:

• 1 cup plain yogurt
• 1 tsp. prepared mustard
• dash nutmeg
• pinch sugar
• salt and freshly ground black pepper to taste
• small bunch watercress, chopped
• 2 fresh mint leaves, minced
• 2 Tbsp. chopped chives or scallions

Garnish:

• watercress
• parsley leaves

Directions:

Put ham and cucumbers in a bowl. Prepare dressing by stirring together all ingredients. Fold ham and cucumbers into dressing. Serve salad at once, garnished with watercress and parsley.

Can be served with pasta or rice to make it a complete meal.

By Raymonde G. from North Bay, Ontario