cucumbers and tomatoes

shealewan
shealewan Posts: 1 Member
edited November 2024 in Recipes
I'm trying to be healthy. Eating from my garden a lot. I have about 30 cucumbers and a ton of cherry tomatoes. Looking for yummy, healthy, low carb ect.. recipes. Please help!

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  • chatnel
    chatnel Posts: 688 Member
    You could make Tzatziki with the cucumbers and tomato salad with fresh basil
  • Queenmunchy
    Queenmunchy Posts: 3,380 Member
    Cucumber noodles with peanut sauce is my first thought because you can use an entire cucumber in a meal for one. For the cherry tomatoes, we go through them so fast, but what about making some roasted tomato sauce or soup and freezing it.
  • Alatariel75
    Alatariel75 Posts: 18,364 Member
    Tomato and cucumber cheviche is delicious! I make this without the avocado http://blog.streaminggourmet.com/2010/04/22/cucumber-and-avocado-ceviche/
  • Firefly0606
    Firefly0606 Posts: 366 Member
    Greek salad. Or make a relish to put on toast...http://allrecipes.com.au/recipe/8077/tomato-cucumber-relish.aspx
  • bioklutz
    bioklutz Posts: 1,365 Member
    Make a salad: De-seed the cucumber and chop it up. Chop up some red onion. Half or quarter the cherry tomatoes. Add a small amount of olive oil, lemon juice, salt and pepper. Mix it up.
  • pondee629
    pondee629 Posts: 2,469 Member
    Cucumber tomato salad seems too obvious.
  • oh_happy_day
    oh_happy_day Posts: 1,137 Member
    edited October 2015
    I'd roast the cherry tomatoes and make sauces. Perfect thing to put in the freezer for quick dinners. Or maybe some relish? In cute jars it could make a nice home-made present too.

    Can you pickle the cucumbers?
  • sheermomentum
    sheermomentum Posts: 827 Member
    add balsamic vinegar, preferably high quality or make a reduction, some fresh basil, thinly sliced red onion, and, for choice, some little chunks of fresh mozzarella cheese.
  • rosebarnalice
    rosebarnalice Posts: 3,488 Member
    Split the cherry tomatoes in half, spread on a cookie sheet skin - side down (a little no stick spray oil will help) and then oven dry them in a low (250F) oven. Sweet and recipe ready!
  • BekahC1980
    BekahC1980 Posts: 474 Member
    My daughter said shell take the cucumbers lol
  • Debmal77
    Debmal77 Posts: 4,770 Member
    Alatariel75 wrote: »
    Tomato and cucumber cheviche is delicious! I make this without the avocado http://blog.streaminggourmet.com/2010/04/22/cucumber-and-avocado-ceviche/

    This looks really good. Thanks you!
  • RaeBeeBaby
    RaeBeeBaby Posts: 4,246 Member
    edited October 2015
    Tomato and cucumber salad may seem obvious, but it is very delicious, low calorie and quite adaptable. Just chop the cucumbers and halve the tomatoes, mix together with a little olive oil, balsamic vinegar and some dried herbs. I also add sweet peppers, onions and feta cheese if I have on hand. During the height of summer harvest we have some variation of this salad nearly every day!

    You can also make a nice fresh salsa with tomatoes and cucumbers. Just add chopped jalapenos, onions, lemon or lime juice, and fresh cilantro. You can make it tropical by adding fruit (mango, peach) and diced avocado. Works best if you "seed" the cucumbers first.

    If you have regular slicing cucumbers you can make refrigerator pickles. This doesn't work well with the lemon cukes, though, as they have too much water.
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