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Cucumber Salad Recipe

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cucumber salad

This cucumber salad recipe is one of my favorite summer salad recipes.

It is an easy summer salad, or any time of the year salad for that matter, and combines lots of healthy ingredients and fresh herbs.

Vegetable salad recipes are an easy way to add nutrition to your family meals.

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Ingredients:
2 cucumbers, peeled and diced
3 tablespoons lemon juice
1 cup plain low-fat yogurt or sour cream
4 scallions, minced
1/2 cup fresh mint leaves, chopped fine
1/2 cup fresh parsley leaves, chopped fine
1 clove garlic, chopped fine
black pepper to taste

Directions:
Combine the cucumbers and tomato in a salad bowl. In another bowl, mix together the lemon juice, yogurt or sour cream, scallions, mint, parsley, garlic and black pepper. Pour over the cucumbers and tomato. Mix gently.

Serves 4.

Variation:

Add 1 large tomato, cored and chopped to the salad.







Nutritional Analysis Per Serving

Calories 170; Calories from Fat 112; Total Fat 12.5g; Saturated Fat 7.6g; Cholesterol 25mg; Sodium 46mg; Total Carbohydrates 13.5g; Dietary Fiber 2.8g; Sugars 4.5g; Protein 4.2g; Vitamin A 43%; Vitamin C 51%; Calcium 14%; Iron 15%

(Percentages based on a 2000 calorie per day diet)



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This is another of those versatile recipes that fits into so many diet plans.

It is an great diabetic recipe, a heart healthy recipe, a low fat recipe and fairly low carb too.



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