Monday, 24 August 2009
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Refreshing Cucumber Salad Recipe -- In Heart and Star Shapes?
I got this recipe from my mom who got it from a Canadian Diabetic Association cookbook. I munched on it all day while I was in Vancouver. This cucumber salad + watermelon was absolute heaven during that heat wave and no air conditioning!! Very low-cal, easy to make, and refreshing for summer!
Ingredients:
Cucumber, sliced (1 whole)
Sugar (1.5 tsp)
Salt (0.5 tsp)
White vinegar (1 Tbsp)
Crushed red pepper (0.5 tsp)
Garlic, minced (1 tsp)
Green onion, sliced (1 Tbsp)
Roasted sesame seed (1 Tbsp) -- optionalDirections:
1. Mix sugar, salt, crushed red pepper, garlic, vinegar, and green onion.2. Add sliced cucumber, mix. Refrigerate for 20 min. Mix again with fork or chopstick.3. Add sesame seed when servedI am in love with this recipe. On a side note, I was browsing around sites on the internet when I came across these heart and star shaped cucumbers grown in Japan!
Leave it to those Japanese people to make quirky cucumbers, iPod fuji apples, and square watermelons!
Plastic molds were affixed onto the stem of the plant to force the cucumber to take form of the mold. Apparently these cucumbers are going for 300 yen each (about $2.50). They kinda look cute! Something girls would go for more I think.
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Comments (14)
i want a heart shaped cucumber!
oh my, what a cute cucumbers!! I would totally buy them & make this cucumber salad. ^__^ Thanks for sharing this recipe = ]
Liz, I love cucumber salads!! My mom makes them since she lives with us now...I just love cucumbers no matter what shape..they are sooo refreshing! Thanks for the recipe too!
...yes, leave it to the japanese to make cucumbers like that..besides, it tastes so much better than American cucumbers!
That salad actually looks great. For some reason I see little peanuts in the first picture. (Roasted peanuts are great). Nice new DP btw, yet more proof that you are indeed a gorgeous girl.
Yummy.
refreshing indeed!! too bad summer's ending though so it won't be quite as refreshing as it would be in the scorching heat lol
I tried this recipe yesterday and MAN it is goooood! I am taking some today to my prof, I am sure she will love it too.
@LastSamurai57 - haha I'm sure that circle, heart, and star shaped all taste the same :P in the tummy anyway!
@benshee - That's just my slave ;)
@subaru3169 - sigh, I don't want summer to end!!
@yourteddy - You tried it already?? That was fast! You must be those well-stocked people with every tool, appliance, and ingredient in their kitchen. Let me know wt your prof says!
If cucumbers were shaped like that all the time I may be tempted to eat more. For now, I'm not the biggest fan of it XP
That looks amazing!!!! I'll have to try it soon. (p.s. I would most definitely shell out the $2.50 for a star shaped cucumber :/)
yum, i make this at home, let it pickle for a bit also.
passby^^
ouh that makes a dish look so cute!!
my nextdoor neighbour grows some vegetables and when there is extra he comes round and offers them xD
goanna ask him next time if he will do this to a cucumber haha
btw, the salad looks yummmy!! goanna have to try it when we have more cucumber xD
This is an amazing and refreshing recipe. Cute cucumbers shaped in different forms add uniqueness to the dish. Thanks a lot for sharing. Definitely one of my favorites. Kudos!