As you can see by Garden 2.0, Summer and I are working on our computers by night and planning/building a healthier lifestyle/diet with our renewed vigor towards gardening by day.
With that, we are definitely going to try to grow cucumbers. I see them all over the grocery store year around, so they must do well here. Tell me if you know otherwise or have any pointers for us.
Here are two Cucumber Recipes my mom sent me today:
Cucumber Soup
3 cucs about 8 inches long, peeled and cut into 1/2 inch chunks
1/2 cup white onions or whatever kind
3 Tbsp butter
6 cups chicken broth (bouillon)
2 Tsp wine vinegar
1 Tsp dill weed
4 Tbsp Farina or dried potato flakes. This thickens the soup.Cook onions slowly in butter until soft. Add cucumber chunks, chicken broth, vinegar and herbs. Bring to a boil add farina. Simmer for about 30 minutes partialy covered. Puree and carefully season with salt and white pepper. Add 1/2 cup of sour cream and stir. May be served hot or cold. Sprinkle with dried dill.
Baked Cucumbers:
6 cucs 8 inches long
1 tsp salt
1/8 tsp sugar
3 Tbsp melted butter
1/2 Tsp dill
3to 4 Tbsp minced green onions
1/8 tsp pepperToss the cucs in a bowl with vinegar, salt and sugar. Let stand for at least 30 min. Drain and pat dry. Put cucs in baking dish with butter, herbs, onions and pepper. Put into 375 oven for about 1 hour, tossing 2 or 3 times until crisp. I always double the receipe because they are just as good cold the next day.
I wish I was into soup, but I always thought they are so fattening(heavy cream) and I would just prefer to have a piece of cake instead
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I highly recommend growing Armenian cucumbers, thats what we’ve been growing and they’re amazing! They are so good raw cause they are so crisp and have a mild taste. The skin is so thin you don’t even have to peel them and the seeds are really small and soft. I love to slice them really thin, then add some sliced red onion along with some seasoned rice wine vinegar and some salt and pepper
Rosa - I feel the same way. I’d rather “spend” my calories on cake then cream based soup ;). The cucumber soup recipe above is actually low in fat since broth is used instead of cream!
Kim - Cool! I just planted some lemon cucumbers, but I will definately order some Armenian cucumber seeds for the next round of planting. Cucumbers are so refreshing, especially when it is so hot!