cucumber

Recipe – Cucumber Salad

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What am I? Fruit or Vegetable?

The cucumber is a creeping vine plant of the Cucurbitaceae gourd family that bears cucuminform fruit. It originated in South Asia, but now grows on most continents. There are three main varieties of cucumber – slicing, pickling and burpless/seedless. The cucumber roots in the ground and grows up supporting frames ...

Food – Crispy Crunchy Cool Cucumber

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Cucumbers are more than 95 percent water. The term “cool as a cucumber” is a scientific fact. The inside temperature of a cucumber can be up to 20 degrees cooler than outside air, cooling the temperature of the blood during seasons of heat or dehydration.

Recipe – Living Cucumber Sunflower Seed Pate

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1 large cucumber, peeled ¼ yellow or sweet onion, chopped 1 cup raw sunflower seeds 1-2 tsp. sea salt, to taste 1 large clove garlic, crushed Blend cucumber to a liquid consistency and place into bowl. Add raw sunflower seeds into blended cucumber and soak overnight in refrigerator. Blend the mixture in the morning and add remaining ingredients (seasonings).

Food – The Living Cucumber

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Cucumbers, like watermelons, are 95 percent water, keeping the body hydrated and the inner temperature regulated. They are also effective in assisting the body to flush out toxins.