Chinese Cucumber Avocado Salad

Is it hot where you are? We’ve been living through a heat wave and even thinking about turning on the stove makes me hot. Of course it doesn’t stop me from doing crazy things like making cheesy potato balls, but I still prefer cooling, no-cook dishes when I can. And when it gets super hot, I turn to my favorite cooling dish of all time: the cucumber salad.

Ingredients:

• 1 clove garlic minced
• 2 tsp black Chinese vinegar or rice vinegar
• 2 tsp soy sauce
• 1 tsp toasted sesame oil
• 1 tsp chili oil optional
• 1 avocado sliced
• 1/2 English cucumber sliced
• 2 tbsp red onion thinly sliced or finely diced
• fresh cilantro chopped
• toasted sesame seeds