"Cool as a cucumber" may refer to a state of being, but the analogy stems from the refreshing crunch of a fresh, cold cucumber. Cucumbers are most often found as a raw ingredient in recipes like cold ...

Cook cucumbers quickly at high heat to keep them crisp. Persian cucumbers are best for cooking as they hold their shape well. Marinade cucumbers after cooking to add back flavor. Cool, crisp, and ...

CRAZY ideas are floating around on the Internet. A food blog the other day actually contended that it might be possible to eat too many raw tomatoes with fresh basil in summertime. If Samuel Johnson ...

This three-ingredient dish will answer the question. There are a million ways to prepare summer's abundance of cucumbers—slicing and pickling being the most popular—but have you ever cooked one? I'll ...

1. Combine cucumbers, strawberries, sugar, honey or agave, and lime juice in a blender; blend until cucumbers and strawberries are smooth. 2. Pour mixture through medium mesh sieve placed over a ...

The cucumber’s fresh crunch has gone, but in its place is something more substantial to deliver a smoky, savory flavor. By Yotam Ottolenghi There’s nothing more pointless, you might say, than grilling ...

When temperatures rise into the 90s, becoming an unbearable and inescapable evil, I want to eat only “crunchy water foods,” as a friend calls them. Iceberg lettuce, radishes and celery are vegetables ...

It might seem like eating vegetables raw is the ideal way to load up on nutrition, but not all is lost in cooking — cooked vegetables have their own appeal. For one, the percentage of insoluble fiber ...

If you are what you eat, I'm desperately attempting to become a cucumber. So I can be as cool as one. It's far too early for us to be living in Arkansauna already. With "feels like" temperatures in ...

Rinse cucumbers under running water for at least one minute to remove dirt and residue. Use a soft-bristled vegetable brush to scrub waxy coatings and pesticides off cucumber skins. Wash cucumbers ...