OK ladies, I just had the tupper of sliced cukes that was in my fridge, dipped in roasted pepper humus!! Thanks for the snackspiration :)

Can you smell garlic and dill? I have a bunch of cuke chips drying right now.

Yum! :T

BTW, I love me some tzatziki. I could eat it with a spoon. :love: Really, I could.

KO, I wish we lived closer for many reasons, but that would be great!

I have jars of cucumber chips with dill and onion. Yum! I'll have to try dill with garlic next year.

If it were summer I'd suggest a nice cold cuke soup. The dried cuke chips sound interesting. Might try that during cucumber season.

Ruth, your post reminded me of my late FIL. He used to plant a zillion cucumber plants and their family would have cucumbers EVERY DAY as their main veggie. Ugh! Of course, when I married into that family I too got sucked in to cucumber h3ll :p Fortunately, I convinced him to plant 1/2 zucchinis. That's another story but at least you can do a lot more with them. :)

MMM Zuch! I'm making (just for me as DH is post oral surgery) Zuch and summer squash tonight with onions garlic and parm cheese and a Bruschetta Boca burger! Can you tell I'm excited????

Ohhhh ...ITA about the tzatziki!!! There are some really good recipes on allrecipes.com. Shred the cuke, squeeze out the excess liquid, and pat dry really well. Use a good Greek yogurt like Fage...lemon, garlic, dill or mint. MMMMM!!! OMG...soooooo good!!! That is soooo on my shopping list this weekend! Now just have to find my favorite recipe again...lost in the move. :(

Cucumber water!!!

It's what they have on the commercials for the fancy day spas around town...? Give it a try - you have lots to spare!

The chips are pretty good. The last cuke is going into tzatziki which I'm taking to a dinner party tonight with veggies. We may as well all have garlic breath.

Here's my ideas for cocumbers.

Raw: I eat them with no seasoning as a side dish for salty foods, like ham.

Cooked: cut in thick sticks and just thrown in a pan with some oil for a few minutes, they are a great side dish for any white meat.

Wow! Never thought of cooking them. I do that with radishes. I think I'll save this post for August when the cucumber avalanche starts. Right now I am almost out of the monsters.

Thanks to everyone for the ideas.

I got this recipe in my Dr. Weil email this AM!
Cucumber, Tomato and Mozzarella Salad
1 Serving
This simple salad is a version of an Italian standard. You'll find fresh, white mozzarella cheese in most delis or supermarkets - it's very different from the pale yellow, packaged mozzarella.

Ingredients:
1 tbsp balsamic vinegar
1/2 tbsp quality extra-virgin olive oil
1 clove garlic, minced
1/2 cucumber, peeled and seeded
1 large Roma tomato, sliced
1 oz fresh mozzarella cheese
3 leaves fresh basil, chopped

Instructions:
Mix the balsamic vinegar, olive oil and garlic in a small bowl. On a salad plate, layer slices of the cucumber, tomato and cheese. Drizzle with the dressing. Sprinkle with the chopped fresh basil.


Nutritional Information:

Per serving:
137 calories
10 g total fat (1 g sat)
20 mg cholesterol
7 g carbohydrate
6 g protein
1 g fiber
27 mg sodium