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Recipe for yogurt summer salad

STYLING/SHERYL JULIAN AND VALERIE RYAN; MICHELE MCDONALD FOR THE BOSTON GLOBE

Serves 4

A riff on the Indian condiment raita, this salad of chopped salad vegetables and yogurt is ideal for a hot summer night at the beach. Serve with crackers.

2cups plain Greek yogurt
2scallions, trimmed and thinly sliced
3Armenian or pickling cukes, coarsely chopped
5small vine tomatoes,
4 cut into ½-inch pieces, 1 cut into thin wedges
Handful sugar snap peas, strings removed, pods thinly sliced
4radishes, coarsely chopped
Handful fresh mint leaves, coarsely chopped
Salt and pepper, to taste
Extra mint (for garnish)

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1. In a bowl, whisk the yogurt until smooth.

2. Add the scallions, cukes, chopped tomatoes, sugar snaps, radishes, mint, salt, and pepper.

3. Garnish with mint and the wedges of tomato.  Sheryl Julian