Archive for Unpeeled Cucumber

Sesame Noodles

Sesame Noodles

Prep 15 minutes

Cook about 15 minutes
Make 6 main-dish servings

Salt

1 package (16 ounces) spaghetti

1 cup fresh orange juice

¼ cup seasoned rice vinegar

¼ cup soy sauce

¼ cup creamy peanut butter

1 tablespoon Asian sesame oil

1 tablespoon grated, peeled fresh ginger

2 teaspoons sugar

¼ teaspoon crushed red pepper

1 bag (10 ounces) shredded carrots (about 3 ½ cups)

3 kirby cucumbers (about 4 ounces each), unpeeled and cut into matchstick-thin strips

2 green onions, thinly sliced

2 tablespoons sesame seeds, toasted (optional)

Green onion for garnish

 

1.   Heat large saucepot of salted water to boiling over high heat.  Add pasta and cook as label directs.

2.   Meanwhile, in medium bowl, with wire whisk or fork, mix orange juice, vinegar, soy sauce, peanut butter, oil, ginger, sugar, and crushed red pepper until blended; set sauce aside.

3.   Place carrots in colander; drain pasta mixture, cucumbers and sliced green onions with sauce in bowl.  If you like, sprinkle pasta with sesame seeds.  Garnish with green onion.

 

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Wardorf Salad

a_WaldorfSaladIngredients:

4 Granny Smith apples, peeled, cored and finely diced

1 fennel bulb, finely diced (use less for a milder flavor)

Half a fresh pineapple, cored and finely diced

4 celery stalks, finely diced

Half a head of celeriac (celery root), peeled and finely diced

½ cup plain whole yogurt

4 oz (1/2 cup) chopped walnuts

1-2 tbsp lemon juice

1 cucumber, unpeeled, cut into half-inch slices

1 medium jicama, peeled and cut into silver dollar-sized slices

½ cup fresh mint leaves

Procedure:

Combine all ingredients except cucumber, jicama and mint;  add salt and pepper to taste.  Stack cucumber slices on jicama slices and spoon a dollop f the mixture on each.  Garnish with a sprinkle of mint leaves.

Photo courtesy:  delreypacking

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Italian Pasta Salad

feat_juneIngredients:

2 ½ cups uncooked spiral macaroni (about 5 ounces)
2 cups cur-up cooked chicken
1 cup cherry tomato halves
1 cup broccoli flowerets
½ cup coarsely chopped unpeeled cucumber
I medium carrot, thinly sliced (about ½ cup)
½ cup reduced-calorie Italian dressing

 

Cooked macaroni as directed on package, drain. Rinse with cold water, drain. Mix macaroni, and remaining ingredients. Serve on salad greens if desired.

Photo courtesy: crisco

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