6 Cucumber Water Health Benefits
Cucumber water provides numerous health benefits due to its antioxidant, vitamin, and mineral content. Drinking cucumber water can improve hydration and help with weight loss and skin health.
cucumber Recipes
The Benefits of Juicing (Plus a Healthy Green Juice Recipe)
Today I want to follow up on my discussion of Healthy Drinks and talk about the benefits of juicing. I also want to share a favorite green juice recipe with
Cucumber Sorrel Smoothie
Summer’s heat sucks my energy and makes me cranky, but my summer garden inspires me. I am inundated with cucumbers this year. Absolutely positively inundated. I cannot keep up! From
Spicy Cucumber Salad
I am hosting weekend herb blogging this week! If you’d like to participate, you can find more information here. My assignment for this month’s secret recipe club was to make
Winter Citrus Millet Taboulleh
Taboulleh (also spelled tabouli, tabouleh, and tabbouli) is a classic Middle Eastern salad that generally contains chopped vegetables, herbs, and a liberal amount of olive oil. It’s an extremely flavorful
Greek Salad with Heirloom Tomatoes and Purslane
I recently read the Greece issue of Saveur Magazine from cover to cover. The stories, the photos, and the recipes were so compelling that my immediate reaction upon finishing was
Cucumber Sorbet
Cucumber Sorbet might not sound the best, but I assure you it is. Made with coconut milk, it’s dairy-free, light, and delicious.
Ceviche with an Asian Flair
Ceviche (also known as seviche and cebiche) is a dish made by marinating fish and/or seafood in an acidic liquid which “denatures” the protein. Because you are able to “cook”
Amaranth Tabouli
Amaranth is an extremely tiny, yet extremely nutritious seed that cooks up like a grain (like quinoa). It is gluten-free and high in protein, calcium and magnesium. It has a
Watermelon, Cucumber and Mint Salad
You’re probably thinking that I am really stretching the seasonality concept here…a watermelon salad in New York in October? Well, here’s the deal. I grew this cute little yellow watermelon
Watermelon Soup with Cucumber Lime and Cilantro
It’s August in New York and it’s really hot! When the weather tops 90 degrees, it is really important to stay hydrated (especially if you are working, exercising, or otherwise
Lemon Cucumber Pickles
Having a great harvest of cucumbers this summer means I’m getting creative with the pickle recipes. These feature the lovely little lemon cucumbers, and they have wonderful spicy flavor from
Cucumber Salad With Borage Flowers
After I prepared the zucchini for the raw vegetable sesame noodles, I wanted to play with my spiral slicer some more! So I made a simple cucumber salad with borage
Pickled Cukes and Garlic Scapes
Here is a super easy pickles recipe featuring organic seasonal ingredients. The cucumbers and the dill in this pickled cukes and garlic scapes recipe came from my garden, and I
Israeli Couscous Greek Salad Recipe
This is a beautiful and delicious Greek salad recipe. If you’ve never tried Israeli couscous before, it’s a bit like a small round and chewy pasta (it cooks just like