Super easy cucumber salad
This is my version of the cucumber salad you find at Middle Eastern restaurants. It is incredibly fast and easy and so refreshing on a hot day.
2 large cucumbers, peeled or partilally peeled and seeded
1 tomato
1/2 small lemon
sea salt
1/2 cup chopped parsley
Chop cukes. Cut open the tomato and remove seeds, then chop and add to cukes. Squeeze lemon juice over and season with a few pinches of salt- to taste. Add parsley and toss to mix.
Sharon Carson said,
July 27, 2007 @ 5:34 pm
Hi Folks ,A good receipe! I usually just slice cucs, tomatoes, sweet peppers, and a few fresh sweet onions and serve with a vinerarette. It is a very cooling salad and does not require any lettuce which is impossible to grow in the summer with global warming going on .
Here is another given to our group by Lisa Truitt
“Easy raw cucumber pickles ”
( makes one Quart )
1. slice fresh cucumbers 1/4 inch thick into one quart jar (remove ends)
2. Pour a mixture of 2 cups water ,
1/2 cup raw apple cider vinegar,
1 teaspoon celtic or REAL salt
1 tablespoon of pickling spice,
2 tablespoons Raw honey,… over the sliced cucs
(Optional …add a clove of raw garlic and a seedhead of fresh dill)
3. leave loosely covered on the counter for two days ,then refrigerate .
will keep indefinately as long as refrigerated .
These taste great and are very crisp
Submitted by Sharon of Sharon’s Natural Gardens
webmaster said,
July 29, 2007 @ 7:32 pm
Sharon- Thanks! Speaking of cucumbers and easy recipes…a simple but yummy way to pickle cucumbers is to press them. You can buy a salad press (as if you really need another big kitchen tool to find a home for!) or you can use a colander. Peel and thinly slice the cukes. Lay them, one layer at a time, each layer sprinkled liberally with salt, into the colander. Place a plate on top and a weight on top of the plate. Let sit in a tray or in the sink as the cucumers will release a lot of water. The longer you leave them, the more pickled they get. I like to wait at least an hour. Rinse with cool water if you think they are too salty. Add some chopped dill for variation.