Mediterranean Cucumber Salad


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Nutritional Info
  • Servings Per Recipe: 6
  • Amount Per Serving
  • Calories: 76.8
  • Total Fat: 1.2 g
  • Cholesterol: 3.7 mg
  • Sodium: 168.8 mg
  • Total Carbs: 13.1 g
  • Dietary Fiber: 1.7 g
  • Protein: 4.7 g

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Introduction

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Number of Servings: 6

Ingredients

    3 large cucumbers
    1 tbsp chopped garlic
    1 bunch scallions
    1 1/2 cups lowfat plain yogurt
    salt and pepper to taste
    2 tbsp dried mint
    2 tbsp cumin (or to taste)
    Red pepper flakes (to taste)
    1 to 2 tbsp lemon or lime juice (to taste)
    3 tbsp seasoned rice vinegar (light version)

Directions

Slice cucumbers in half. Seed them by using a tablespoon to scrape out the seeds. Chop into bite size pieces and place in large bowl.

Chop bunch of scallions. Yields about one cup. Add to cucumbers.

Add to the mixture: 1 1/2 cups of lowfat plain yogurt, the cumin, the salt,pepper, pepper flakes, mint. lemon juice, garlic and rice vinegar.

Stir until well mixed. You may let it sit overnight to let the flavors set or eat right away.

Makes 6 servings--1 cup each serving.

Number of Servings: 6

Recipe submitted by SparkPeople user SCHOOLMARM32.

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    I only had one cucumber on hand, so I cut the recipe to 1/3 of all the ingredients. The salad turned out wonderful and I had two servings out of it! - 2/7/08