Recipe for Spicy Shrimp and Cucumber Salad with Mint, Lemon, and Cumin

Spicy Shrimp and Cucumber Salad with Mint, Lemon, and Cumin, perfect for a summer party.

This week there are big holidays for people who live in Canada or the U.S., and in my family a summer holiday celebration usually includes shrimp and macaroni salad. I'm not sure if I'll be making that one this year, but I'm guessing my shrimp-salad-loving dad would like this Spicy Shrimp and Cucumber Salad with Mint, Lemon, and Cumin, adapted from a recipe by Ellie Krieger. Truthfully, I'd never paid much attention to Ellie until my friend Lydia gave me The Food You Crave for a retirement present, but I'm enjoying the book, and finding that Ellie and I have some things in common when it comes to cooking style. I rarely make recipes exactly the way they're written, and I added a bit of cumin and Sriracha sauce for a slightly-spicy twist on Ellie's salad. I'm looking forward to trying some more recipes from the book soon. (Thanks Lydia!)

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