Since I am having such a bounty from my 5 cucumbers plants (in containers!), here are some ways that we are or will be putting this harvest to use:1. Sliced, plain or with a little bit of salt
2. In pasta salad
3. In sandwiches
4. Gurkensalat (recipe from Frugal Upstate)
5. Fire and Ice Salad (recipe from Southern Plate)
6. Cucumber salsa - haven't made this yet, but it sounds great! (hat tip to Mom2TwoVikings)
7. Cucumber granita (sorbet) - haven't made this yet either, but it sounds so refreshing!
8. Cucumber dill dip - my mother-in-law makes this and it's wonderful!
9. Cucumber lemondade - add a pureed cuke to your lemonade, serve over ice - ahhhh!
10. Cucumber marmalde - this sounds really interesting! I am definitely going to have to try this!
Notice that I didn't even include those little cucumber tea sandwiches? Ugh. I hate white bread!
Did you know that cucumbers are technically a fruit (just like tomatoes are also a fruit)? They are the fertilized, mature reproductive part of the flower, which in the science world, makes them a fruit. Learn something new every day, don't you?
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Thanks for the hat tip - now if my plant would produce SOMETHING so I could try that salsa! LOL
ReplyDeleteMy friend has the most awesome cucumber pasta salad recipe. I know it includes five cucumbers, bow tie pasta and a really tangy dressing. Now, if I only could find that recipe! It sounds soooo good right now!
ReplyDeleteDo you ever put cucumber slices in your water? That is really good, too!
I love cukes...that's for the ideas.
ReplyDeleteI love love love cucumbers! My favorite ways to eat them growing up was freshly picked and washed or in a bowl with salt & pepper and covered in buttermilk - soooo good!
ReplyDeleteI cut them up into salads almost nightly.
ReplyDeleteI can't wait for our plants to start producing. Yum yum yum!
ReplyDeleteWe have a lot of cucumbers this year too. Thanks for sharing some great ways to use them. I actually like the little cucumber sandwiches :)
ReplyDeleteChristi
Glad I saw the pingback from my Gurkensalat recipe, because you have some awesome stuff here! I've bookmarked it so that EVENTUALLY, when my cukes start producing, I can try some :)
ReplyDeleteHmmm...I don't really like cucumbers. But I DO know that "cool as a cucumber" is a real thing b/c the internal temp of a cucumber is always cooler than the outside temp! Impressive, no?
ReplyDeleteI had to come see this - Ten Ways to Eat Cucumbers ... who would have thought!!! The cucumber salsa sounds really yummy!! Thanks for sharing:)
ReplyDeleteI love plain cuccumbers with a little lime and salt. Could eat them every day!
ReplyDeleteThere are some very interesting cucumber foods here. Good luck on trying the new receipes. Unfortunately, I am not a cucumber fan.
ReplyDeleteWe eat a ton of cucumbers. Thanks for all these ideas. And I just posted Friday's Feasts over at Momtrends. I hope you’ll stop by and link up! Here's the link:
ReplyDeletehttp://momtrends.blogspot.com/2009/06/friday-feasts-lobster-salad.html