Garden Salad Cucumber Cups Recipes

Steps:

• In a large mixing bowl, mix together the onion, pepper, tomatoes, olives, oregano, feta, parsley, lemon juice and zest, and olive oil.
• Season with salt and pepper, and reserve.
• Peel the cucumbers partially, so it has 4 stripes of skin going down the entire length of the cucumber.
• Trim the ends of the cucumbers and cut each cucumber into slices 3/4 of an inch thick -- you should have about 20 pieces.
• Scoop out the center of each slice with a melon baler, leaving a shell of flesh.
• Scoop about 1 to 2 tablespoons of the Mediterranean salad into the cucumber cups and enjoy your refreshing bite-size snack!

Steps:

• Cut the cucumbers into 1 inch disks.
• Toss all except 2 tbsp cheese, the dressing and cucumbers in a large bowl and season to taste. Chill until ready to fill cups.
• Scoop out 1 tbsp from center of each disk with melon baller leaving sides and bottom intact.
• Fill with about a tbsp of salad mix and top with remaining cheese if using.
• Serve immed.
• Note: It is a forgiving recipe. I omitted the basil, used Lemon Pepper Mrs Dash. My dressing was a Sweet and Sour Cherry poppy seed dressing. I added a small onion [I mean baby size] You can play with this recipe and your ingredients and it works well. Use garden fresh veggies for the best taste.
• Note servings are not the number of cucumbers this makes. It should be about 36 cucumber slices.

Steps:

• Arrange cucumber slices in a large bowl, generously seasoning each layer of cucumber with salt and pepper. Cover bowl with plastic wrap and refrigerate for 3 hours.
• Drain liquid from cucumbers. Gently press cucumber slices with paper towel to absorb any remaining liquid.
• Stir half-and-half, sour cream, mayonnaise, green onions, ranch dressing mix, sugar, dill, celery salt, and lime juice together in a small bowl; pour over cucumber slices and gently stir to coat.