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Fire and Ice Tomatoes

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Prep: 10 min. Cook: 5 min. + chilling

By Taste Of Home Editorial Team

Recipe by Nan Rickey, Yuma, Arizona

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Updated on Sep. 23, 2023

You won't miss the salt in this refreshing tomato salad! It's well-seasoned with cayenne pepper, mustard seed and vinegar but not the least bit spicy. This dish is always a hit at potlucks. —Nan Rickey, Yuma, Arizona

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Fire and Ice Tomatoes

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Yield: 8 servings
Prep: 10 min
Cook: 5 min
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Ingredients

  • 5 large tomatoes, cut into wedges
  • 1 medium onion, sliced
  • 3/4 cup white vinegar
  • 6 tablespoons sugar
  • 1/4 cup water
  • 3 teaspoons mustard seed
  • 1/4 teaspoon cayenne pepper
  • 1 large cucumber, sliced
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Directions

  1. Place tomatoes and onion in a large heatproof nonreactive bowl. In a small saucepan, combine vinegar, sugar, water, mustard seed and cayenne; bring to a boil. Cook 1 minute, stirring to dissolve sugar; pour carefully over tomato mixture. Cool completely.
  2. Stir in cucumber. Refrigerate, covered, overnight.

Nutrition Facts

3/4 cup: 72 calories, 1g fat (0 saturated fat), 0 cholesterol, 7mg sodium, 17g carbohydrate (14g sugars, 2g fiber), 2g protein. Diabetic Exchanges: 1 vegetable, 1/2 starch.
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