When the backyard garden starts to produce vegetables, or there are bargains at the Farmer's Market, this is a wonderful salad to make! It's cool, light and very tasty. If the vegetables are fresh it will keep for several days in the refrigerator. It's a perfect take-along salad for a 4th of July tailgate party!
The Cool Cucumber Salad is colorful, similar to gazpacho soup or picante sauce, but has a delicious sweet-tart flavor.
Cool Cucumber Salad Ingredients:
- One large cucumber
- 3 small tomatoes
- 1/4 to 1/2 of a small red onion
- 1 small apple
- 1 Tbsp fresh parsley
- 2 Tbsp Red Vinegar
- 2 Tbsp Olive Oil
- 1/2 tsp salt
- 1/8 tsp pepper
- 1 tsp sugar or 1 packet Splenda
Cool Cucumber Salad Directions:
- Peel cucumber and apple, chop into chunks
- Dice tomatoes
- Slice red onion thinly
- Chop parsley
- Mix vinegar, olive oil, salt pepper, and sugar or Splenda and pour over prepared vegetables and mix to coat thoroughly
- Chill
Makes approximately 4 cups. Approximately 90 calories and 10 carbs per cup serving of mixture.
Ways to use the Cool Cucumber Salad:
Once the Cool Cucumber salad is made it can be used in many ways. Adding it to salads or as a topping on meats will add very few calories and a lot of fiber. Here are just a sample of ways to use it.
Lettuce Boats - These are low in calories and carbs
- Wash and dry inner romaine lettuce leaves
- Spread Miracle Whip or mayonnaise in center of each leaf
- Overlap sliced deli turkey, chicken or roast beef slices down center
- Spoon Cool Cucumber Salad on top
- Fold in half and enjoy!
Crazy Tuna Salad - Tuna salad and lettuce greens make for a healthy and tasty meal!
- In serving bowl place torn pieces of romaine or iceberg lettuce
- Mix 1 can tuna with 2 Tbsp miracle whip and 1/4 chopped apple
- Top lettuce with 1/2 tuna mixture
- Add 2 large spoonfuls of the Cool Cucumber Salad
- Cover lightly with low calorie Italian dressing
Tortilla Wraps - Tortillas filled with protein and healthy complex carbohydrates
- Spread large tortillas with low fat cream cheese
- On one edge of tortilla add chopped or sliced turkey or chicken
- Sprinkle with thinly sliced almonds
- Add shredded lettuce on top of meat
- Add 1-2 spoonfuls of Cool Cucumber Salad mixture on top of lettuce
- Roll tortilla tightly and secure with four toothpicks
- Cut into 4 sections
Other uses for Cool Cucumber Salad:
- Use in sandwiches on top of the lunch meat
- Top a barbequed steak or chicken breast
Happy Guilt-free Eating!
Jan Peterson - I'm a retired banker, published songwriter, cyber journalist, and member of the advisory board for the Arizona Music & Entertainment Hall ...
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