Cooking With Steve And Kim: cucumbers

Saturday, July 9, 2011

CUCUMBER BITES

Fresh from the garden treats in the heat of the summer are refreshing and tasty. Here's a simple recipe that you'll enjoy long into the cooler days of Fall.

INGREDIENTS:
1 loaf of sliced coctail rye bread
1 16 ounce package of cream cheese
1 package of dry Italian salad dressing mix
2 medium sized fresh cucumbers, sliced
Dillweed

PREPARATION:
Spread the cream cheese mixture on bread slices, top with cucumber slice and sprinkle everything with dillweed.

Simple, tasty and good for you all at the same time.
Enjoy
Steve & Kim

Tuesday, February 2, 2010

Cucumbers, A Great Way To Cleanse and Beautify Your Skin

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Eating a cucumber is like drinking a glass of water. Bearing in mind that 96% of its weight is water, a 250-g cucumber contains 240 g of water. However this does not mean that it is of little nutritional value. Those 10 grams of solid material in a 250-g cucumber are of great biological value and healing power.

Eating cucumbers for most people is way to induce several healthy outcomes. For example;

1. Cucumbers are a great diuretic. They increase urine output.
2. As a laxative they can't be beat. Given their weight in water content (96%) they facilitate the movement of the feces through the intestine.

Most people are not aware of the other great things about the cucumber.

1. Skin conditions: Cucumbers hydrate the skin and provide the sulfur needed for healthy skin cells, nails and hair. At the same time, they "cleanse" the bloodstream of toxic wastes. They are recommended for all who are suffering from eczema, dermatosis and psoriasis. Applied directly on the skin, cucumbers are an effective beauty treatment.

The best results are obtained by combining cucumbers' internal properties and their external effect on the skin. This is done by:

1. Rubbing it directly on the skin.
2. Preparing thin slices and placing them on affected skin areas.

Cucumbers also help with obesity problems because they contain few calories and produce a certain feeling of satiety.

For anyone with diabetes the cucumber can be eaten often because of their low carbohydrate content while providing a certain amount of vitamins and minerals.

So, next time you want to eat healthy and cleanse and beautify your skin try a cucumber treatment. Inside and out you won't be sorry you did.

Steve and Kim
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