Cucumbers

General Tips

• To reap all the nutritional benefits contained within cucumbers' skin, they are best used unpeeled; only peel them if their skin has been waxed, and use a vegetable peeler
• Cut off and discard an inch from both ends of cucumbers, as those parts are usually bitter
• The more mature the cucumber, the bigger and bitter its seeds; remove them by cutting the cucumber lengthwise, then dragging a spoon through the middle

Recipe Tips & Hints

• A raw veggie staple, cucumbers are excellent by themselves with a dressing or dip for a light snack, or as part of appetizer and side dish platters with various Renée's Gourmet Dressings & Dips
• Sliced, chopped or diced raw cucumbers have long added crunch and flavour to vegetable & meat salads, sandwiches and wraps using Renée's Gourmet Dressings & Dips
• Pair sliced cucumbers with Renée's Gourmet Buttermilk Ranch Dressing & Dip in a Garden Salad or Ranchers' Grilled Chicken and Corn Salad
• Make a Mediterranean Mesclun Salad with pine nuts, green onion, sliced cucumber, red onion, mushrooms and Renée's Gourmet Naturally Light Greek Feta Mediterranean Vinaigrette; or make a Mixed Mediterranean Salad with cucumbers, Renée's Gourmet Naturally Light Greek Feta Mediterranean Vinaigrette, lettuce, black olives, onion, celery, sweet peppers, artichokes, cherry tomatoes and feta cheese
• For an easy appetizer, stuff pita pockets with diced cucumbers and other vegetables, meat and a Renée's Gourmet Dressing & Dip
• Chopped cucumbers are great in a Potato Salad, especially when paired with eggs, other chopped vegetables, minced herbs and Renée's Gourmet Ranch Dressing & Dip
• Make a Chicken Poppy Seed Salad with lettuce, cucumber, celery, toasted cashews or pine nuts, mandarin oranges and Renée's Gourmet Poppy Seed Dressing & Dip
• Garnish Warm Crispy Asian Coleslaw with cucumber slices, green onions and sesame seeds (see recipe in our database)
• Use diced cucumbers in fresh salsas for extra crunch, or add them to cold soups
• Cook Kirby cucumbers with Japanese seasonings, and serve chilled or at room temperature

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