cucumber

This is an easy dip for you to try: Cool Cucumber Dip 1 c Lowfat cottage cheese 1/2 md Cucumber; remove peel and cut into pieces 4 Radishes 2 Scallions with green tops 1 tb Fresh lemon juice or lime juice 1/4 ts Dried dill 1 ts Seasoned salt 1 ds Hot pepper sauce In the container of a blender combine cottage cheese, cucumber, radishes, scallions, lemon or lime juice, dill, seasoned salt and hot pepper sauce. Process until smooth. Cover and chill. Makes about 1+1/2 cups.

I like cucumber as a pickles. My mother always make a mixed veggies pickles using cucumber as one of them. Here is the recipe for the pickles. Ingredients Cucumber - cut off the seed area, shredded Carrot - shredded Long red chili - shredded Pineapple - cubes some vineger some salt to taste some sugar Preparation. Mix all the ingredients well and taste the balance of the sugar and salt. Now you pickles are ready to eat and nice to have them together with some other dish like fried chicken or chicken curry and hot plain rice.

I love cucumbers with tomatoes, oil, and salt, like you mentioned. I also really like cucumber & onion salad: 2 cucumbers, peeled and thinly sliced 1 onion (Vidalia), thinly sliced 1/2 c. sour cream (I use soy sour cream or yogurt) 1 T cider vinegar 1 t. sugar 1/2 t. salt and dash of pepper 1/4 t. dried dill (or 1 T. fresh dill) Mix all together. Chill at least 3 hours.

When I was pregnant I love cucumbers plain, or just with some salt. They were crisp and good, they made my hunger subside whenever I was really hungry.