Marinated Summer Salad

Ingredients

• 2 -3 cucumbers, thinly sliced (may use comination of zuccini and paper thinly sliced carrots too)
• 2 -3 large tomatoes, cut into large diced pieces
• 1 small onion, thinly sliced
• 1 -2 tablespoon green onion, cut into small pieces
• 1/2 cup vinegar
• 1/4 cup oil
• 1/3 cup Italian dressing
• 1/3 cup water
• 1/3 cup sugar
• 1 1/4 teaspoons salt
• 1/4 teaspoon fresh crushed black pepper (more to taste)
• 1/4 teaspoon garlic powder
• 1/2 teaspoon dried Italian spices (or tarragon, basil, oregano, thyme, savory, mint, Herbes de Provence, etc)