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"So simple, so delicious, and so legal for Somersizers!"

Ingredients: cucumbers, fresh dill, garlic...

"Posted in response to a request for a Turkish recipe."

Ingredients: cucumbers, fresh mint...

"This drink is popular in Afghanistan where it is so very hot much of the year, and it's a very cooling and healthy drink, providing you like cucumbers and mint. Leave one or the other out if you prefer. If you plan to transport it a ways, I prefer to use whole ice cubes so they don't melt as fast. Another option is to drain the yogurt overnight..."

Ingredients: cucumbers, dried mint...

"All the fresh herbs make this cold soup marvelously refreshing. Key ingredient is raisins. Absolutely perfect if you have an herb garden; otherwise, for those of us who don't, a little expensive to prepare (unless you have use for all those extra fresh herbs) but great on the tastebuds and wonderfully aromatic nevertheless. Substitute dried..."

Ingredients: pickling cucumbers, cucumbers...

"This recipe comes from "Cooking Thin with Chef Kathleen". It is very delicious and goes well with grilled lamb chops. Please only make this in the summer when the tomatoes are at their peak!"

Ingredients: cucumbers, extra virgin olive oil...

"From Cardamom & Coriander by Simon Morris. Posted here for ZWT6 and my use since it's a library book. From the start I'm wary of chilled soups but I love Indian food and this looks like raita for an appetizer. Yum! Maybe this will be the soup that changes my heart...
Cooking time does not include chilling"

Ingredients: cilantro, cucumbers...

"Just in time for the warm weather! A refreshing and extremely easy recipe, made in minutes! 1, 2, 3.. you're done! Now you have a mouth-watering yogurt cucumber salad that you just can't quit taste-testing! Whoever said simple couldn't taste delicious?"

Ingredients: salt & freshly ground black pepper, fresh dill...

"Called Domatokeftethes Me Tzatziki in Greek, these yummy little croquettes taste like summer! Top with a cucumber yogurt for a little taste of heaven! These are Southern but also found in France, Greece, and Italy. Adapted from Cat Cora's Kitchen cookbook"

Ingredients: cucumbers, dried breadcrumbs...

"Fresh and light. A perfect accompaniment with grilled lamb served with pita bread and watermelon and Feta salad and a chilled Pinot Grigio. We always have fresh cucumbers in the summer so I don't have to purchase the waxed ones from the grocer. Therefore I peel strips of the skin off so the slices are green and white. I use Mint Syrup and sometimes..."

Ingredients: cucumbers, mint syrup...

"I haven't tried this yet, but it looks fresh and crisp- perfect for a warm summer day. It looks like it could make a nice topping on grilled chicken or fish."

Ingredients: pepper, ground cumin...

"From Shape magazine, this has fewer than 300 calories."

Ingredients: gorgonzola, cooking spray...

"This crunchy, flavor-packed salad is one of the most-requested recipes at the award-winning restaurant, Oleana, and was printed in Chef Ana Sortun's cookbook, "Spice: Flavors of the Eastern Mediterranean"."

Ingredients: salt & fresh ground pepper, extra virgin olive oil...

"This is a great summer meal and quick and easy to put together and tastes wonderful. Refreshing served with the cucumber sauce and is even low in fat. I think this came from Quick Cooking. It's a favorite in our house."

Ingredients: pepper, cucumbers...

"This is a REFRESHING, tangy Salad--low in fat. If you want it creamy and not so low in fat, just add 2 tablespoons mayonnaise.
Be sure to slice the cucumbers and onions very very thin!
Serve as salad or top open faced sandwiches with it!"

Ingredients: cucumbers, fresh dill...