Mediterranean Cucumber Cups

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Nutritional Info
  • Servings Per Recipe: 8
  • Amount Per Serving
  • Calories: 76.0
  • Total Fat: 6.2 g
  • Cholesterol: 8.3 mg
  • Sodium: 256.0 mg
  • Total Carbs: 4.2 g
  • Dietary Fiber: 1.1 g
  • Protein: 2.0 g

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Introduction

Original recipe courtesy of Rachael Ray Original recipe courtesy of Rachael Ray
Number of Servings: 8

Ingredients

    1/2 cup chopped Vidalia onion
    1 Italian tomato, seeds removed, chopped
    8 jumbo black olives, drained, chopped
    3 tsp. dried oregano
    1/2 cup fresh feta cheese, crumbled
    1/2 cup parsley, chopped
    Salt and ground black pepper, to taste
    Juice of 1 lemon
    1-1/2 tsp. lemon zest
    2 Tbsp EVOO (extra virgin olive oil)
    2 English cucumbers, seedless

Directions

Filling:
In a large mixing bowl, mix together the onion, tomatoes, olives, oregano, feta, parsley, lemon juice and zest, and EVOO. Season with salt and pepper, and set aside.

Cucumber cups:
Peel each cucumber partially, so it has 4 strpies 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 baller, leaving a shell of flesh.

Finely chop scooped out cucumber centers and add to filling ingredients.

Scoop about 1 to 2 tablespoons of the Mediterranean salad into the cucumber cups and enjoy your refreshing bite-size salad.

Number of Servings: 8

Recipe submitted by SparkPeople user TJSCOTTT.