Budget-Friendly cucumber Recipes – Save Money, Eat Well
Cooking with cucumber doesn’t have to be expensive. Try these cheap, tasty, and filling recipes.
Recipes with cucumber
The green color of cucumber, the brown color of preserved egg, the white color of yam and the orange color of carrot make the whole dish colorful and increase appetite.
This dish tastes really good. The fresh shrimp meat is chewy and firm, with the freshness of seafood; the boiled eggs are cut into pieces, the yolk is dense, the egg white is smooth, and it has a mellow egg fragrance; the cucumber is crisp and juicy, and the onion is slightly spicy and sweet. The freshness of the two just balances the richness of the fresh shrimp. Several ingredients collide in the mouth, with soft and tender interweaving with crispness, and clear layers.
"Melon rings stuffed with yam" is a fresh and elegant home-cooked dish. Cut the crisp and tender cucumber into even round slices, remove the middle part to make green "small rings", then mix the delicate and soft yam paste with minced meat and season it, roll it into round small balls, and firmly embed it in the cucumber rings. After steaming, the cucumber rings maintain a bright green color with a faint fragrance, while the yam meatballs in the middle absorb the essence of both, and the taste is soft and tender without losing chewiness. The whole dish is exquisitely shaped, and the yellow and green colors are particularly refreshing. The entrance has both the crispness of cucumbers and the denseness of yam and the freshness of minced meat. It is light and not greasy, and is suitable for both daily dishes and banquet side dishes.
The green of shredded cucumber, the golden color of fried eggs and the whiteness of shrimps are spread on the chewy buckwheat noodles. The sauce is flavored with garlic, chili powder and sesame oil, and then added with soy sauce, vinegar and oyster sauce to enhance the flavor, sugar and salt to blend the taste, and a few drops of sesame oil and pepper oil to make the aroma more layered. The red, green and white are intertwined, and the sour, spicy and fresh fragrance bursts on the tip of the tongue. Buckwheat noodles are low in fat and high in fiber, shrimps are rich in protein, and cucumbers are refreshing and relieve greasiness. You must know how to make the soul sauce, which can be mixed with cucumbers, preserved eggs, etc.)
- The white color of white tofu, the brown color of preserved eggs and the golden color of cooked soybeans complement each other, creating a sharp contrast in color. Adding the color of the sauce and the embellishment of seasonings such as chopped green onions and red peppers, the whole dish looks attractive, beautiful and generous, which can increase appetite.
：After being blanched and rinsed with cold water, the long beans retain their crisp and tender texture, and they make a crisp sound when chewed, giving people a refreshing feeling.
The overall taste is light, with the softness of cake and a hint of density brought by vegetable and fruit puree. It is suitable as a tea snack or daily snack, taking into account both flavor and health.
The dish "Red Flame Wrapped in Snow" has a rich and varied taste, combining the flavor of the red ingredients themselves with the different taste of the "wrapped in snow" part. It tastes soft and melts in your mouth, with a moderate sweetness and sourness.
On the table in the morning, a "Guahua Qinliang Zao" is placed. The name alone makes people feel refreshed. The green cucumber flowers are carefully picked and washed, with the freshness just picked from the vines, or the whole flower is used as an embellishment, or torn into thin strips and spread on the bottom of the bowl, with a faint sweet taste. The smooth jelly is cut into small pieces, wrapped in transparent juice, trembling in the bowl, exuding a refreshing coolness. The most wonderful thing is the watermelon flowers, the light yellow petals with a velvety texture, gently placed on the jelly, like a gentle decoration for this bowl of breakfast. Stir it, the freshness of the cucumber flowers, the smoothness of the jelly, and the light fragrance of the watermelon flowers are mixed together, and the entrance is refreshing with a slight coolness, without a heavy feeling, but full of natural freshness. Take a bite, as if the morning dew and the fragrance of plants are all in your mouth, awakening the taste buds that have not yet fully awakened, and starting a day of lightness.
Sichuan and Chongqing special cold noodles, both delicious and beautiful. The noodles are chewy and chewy, paired with crisp bean sprouts, sweet cucumber shreds, and crispy peanuts, with rich taste. The sauce is the soul, with bright red chili oil and spicy pepper powder as the base, soy sauce to enhance the freshness, balsamic vinegar to add acidity, minced garlic and chopped green onions to stimulate the aroma, spicy, fresh, fragrant and sour interweaving, with a rich taste. Sichuan and Chongqing tourism is hot, and cold noodles have become a must-try delicacy, especially in the bustling food square, where bowls of cold noodles are placed on the stalls, and the noodles are piled into a small mountain, with red, green, yellow and white staggered, and the appearance is eye-catching. Tourists sit around and taste it, sweating from the spiciness but still unable to stop, becoming a bright business card for Sichuan and Chongqing's food culture.