Microwave Bread-and-Butter Pickles

1 cup white sugar

½ cup white vinegar

1 teaspoon salt

½ teaspoon mustard seed

¼ teaspoon celery seed

¼ teaspoon ground turmeric

2 large English cucumbers, thinly sliced

1 large onion, diced

Stir sugar and vinegar in a large microwave-safe bowl until sugar has dissolved; mix in salt, mustard seed, celery seed, and turmeric. Stir cucumbers and onion into the pickling mixture.

Microwave on high, stirring twice, until cucumber slices are tender and onion is translucent, 7 to 8 minutes. Chill before serving.