{"id":193,"date":"2010-02-25T13:04:00","date_gmt":"2010-02-25T13:04:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/islandrooster.net\/dev\/food\/index.php\/2010\/02\/25\/cucumber-salad\/"},"modified":"2015-06-08T13:38:59","modified_gmt":"2015-06-08T13:38:59","slug":"cucumber-salad","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/thermogourmand.com.au\/index.php\/2010\/02\/25\/cucumber-salad\/","title":{"rendered":"Cucumber Salad"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>My friend&#8217;s husband has the most wonderful vegetable garden, he&#8217;s a real green thumb, unlike me. We have a deal going&#8230;he shares his veges and I supply him with lip balm!<\/p>\n<p>Recently, I received a huge bag of cucumbers. I love cucumbers, but there&#8217;s only so much you can do with them. Fortunately, home grown produce keeps for ages. Another friend gave me some cherry tomatoes which were delicious little morsels.<\/p>\n<p>My guys aren&#8217;t really enamoured with cucumbers, but do love the old tomato, cucumber and onion in vinegar.&nbsp; I decided to re-vamp this salad tonight:<\/p>\n<div class=\"separator\" style=\"clear: both; text-align: center;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/4.bp.blogspot.com\/_Y5-cvTFLSV0\/S4Z1GJWa4VI\/AAAAAAAAAD0\/HY8RLRoYoRo\/s1600-h\/Cucumber%20Salad.jpg\" imageanchor=\"1\" style=\"margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;\"><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" border=\"0\" height=\"180\" src=\"http:\/\/islandrooster.net\/dev\/food\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/02\/Cucumber-Salad.jpg\" width=\"320\" \/><\/a><\/div>\n<p>\n<b>Cucumber Salad<\/b><br \/>\n1 cucumber<br \/>\n1 punnet cherry tomatoes<br \/>\n1\/2 onion, sliced<br \/>\nhandful basil leaves<\/p>\n<p>2 Tbsp olive oil<br \/>\n2 Tbsp Balsamic Vinegar<\/p>\n<p>Cut the cue in half lengthways and remove seeds. Slice thickly and place in a bowl with tomatoes and onions. Add vinegar and oil. Tear basil in to small pieces and add just before serving.<\/p>\n<p>So simple, yet so tasty.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>My friend&#8217;s husband has the most wonderful vegetable garden, he&#8217;s a real green thumb, unlike me. We have a deal going&#8230;he shares his veges and I supply him with lip balm! Recently, I received a huge bag of cucumbers. I love cucumbers, but there&#8217;s only so much you can do with them. Fortunately, home grown&#8230;<\/p>\n<p><a class=\"more-link\" href=\"http:\/\/thermogourmand.com.au\/index.php\/2010\/02\/25\/cucumber-salad\/\">Read More &raquo;<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":637,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"wprm-recipe-roundup-name":"","wprm-recipe-roundup-description":"","_genesis_hide_title":false,"_genesis_hide_breadcrumbs":false,"_genesis_hide_singular_image":false,"_genesis_hide_footer_widgets":false,"_genesis_custom_body_class":"","_genesis_custom_post_class":"","_genesis_layout":"","jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_is_tweetstorm":false,"jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":false,"jetpack_social_options":[]},"categories":[175],"tags":[93],"class_list":{"0":"post-193","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-side-dishes","8":"tag-salad","9":"entry"},"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"http:\/\/thermogourmand.com.au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/02\/Cucumber-Salad.jpg","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/pbQORu-37","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":104,"url":"http:\/\/thermogourmand.com.au\/index.php\/2012\/03\/26\/salad-nicoise\/","url_meta":{"origin":193,"position":0},"title":"Salad Ni\u00e7oise","date":"March 26, 2012","format":false,"excerpt":"As many of my blog followers would know, I love to re-create meals that I've had when I go out to eat. 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