Recipes with cucumbers

Crisp Middle Eastern salad with chopped cucumber, tomatoes, green pepper, and scallions tossed in a creamy dill yogurt dressing. A refreshing, no-cook side dish ready in 10 minutes.

Authentic Sichuan bang bang chicken with poached chicken breast shredded over julienned cucumber, carrot, and scallion under a creamy peanut-sesame-chili sauce. A cold appetizer or main.

Best antipasto is a big-batch homemade relish of cauliflower, green beans, peppers, mushrooms, olives, tuna, and anchovies in a tangy tomato-vinegar base. Spoon it onto crackers for a make-ahead party and holiday spread.

End-of-the-garden pickles loaded with peppers, cucumbers, carrots, beans, and cauliflower in a sweet vinegar brine with mustard and celery seed.

Old-fashioned cucumber and onion salad: paper-thin cucumber and onion slices marinated overnight in a sweet-tart vinegar brine. The crisp Midwestern picnic side that gets better as it sits.

Crunchy bean sprout and cucumber salad tossed in a toasted sesame oil, soy, and apple cider vinegar dressing. Ten minutes, no cooking, and refreshingly light.

A fresh, ginger-spiked vegetable relish with carrots, red peppers, onions, and cucumber in a sweet vinegar brine. No canning needed. Chill overnight and serve for up to 3 days.

Quick, easy and tasty. Shrimp is stir-fried with sweet red bell pepper and cucumber in a sweet and salty sauce. Feel free to substitute shrimp to chicken. Serve it on top of steamed rice or crusty bread.

Warm up your winter with this exotic soup made of cucumbers, tomatoes and grilled bannock.

A stacked veggie club sandwich with broth-sauteed mushrooms, crisp cucumbers, sprouts, tomato, and low-fat cheese on triple-decker toast. Ready in 20 minutes.

Cucumber pineapple salsa tosses crisp cucumber, sweet pineapple, and chewy dried cranberries with jalapeno, lime, and fresh ginger. A bright, no-cook fruit salsa for grilled chicken, fish, or tortilla chips.

Iowa Thunder and Lightning Salad is a Midwest marinated vegetable salad with cabbage, tomatoes, cucumbers, and bell peppers in a sweet vinegar and honey dressing. Chills for 2 days for bold flavor.

Sichuan-style cucumber stir-fry with pork, chili bean sauce, and numbing peppercorns. A fiery, crunchy 30-minute wok dish that turns humble cucumbers into a bold weeknight star.

Kare Ikan, an Indonesian fish curry simmered in coconut milk, tamarind and a fragrant spice paste of lemongrass, turmeric, ginger and chili. Finished with cool cucumber and fresh mint.

Crock-made crystal sweet pickles brined for 2 weeks, then dressed in a cinnamon and clove vinegar syrup over 5 days. A labor of love from grandma's kitchen that yields jars of glass-clear, spiced pickles.

Homemade gyro meat packed with garlic, oregano, and cumin, grilled on skewers over hot coals and tucked into warm pita with a cool yogurt-cucumber tzatziki. Diabetic-friendly Greek street food you can make in your own backyard.