Salad

Mediterranean Cucumber Cups is for Salad.

Mediterranean Cucumber Cups takes 20 minutes to prepare.

Mediterranean Cucumber Cups takes several minutes to cook.

Mediterranean Cucumber Cups makes 8 servings.

The ingredients for Mediterranean Cucumber Cups are:

1/2 cup chopped Vidalia onion
1 Italian tomato, seeds removed, chopped
8 jumbo black olives, drained, chopped
3 tsp. dried oregano
1/2 cup fresh feta cheese, crumbled
1/2 cup parsley, chopped
Salt and ground black pepper, to taste
Juice of 1 lemon
1-1/2 tsp. lemon zest
2 Tbsp EVOO (extra virgin olive oil)
2 English cucumbers, seedless

Here is how you make Mediterranean Cucumber Cups:

Filling:In a large mixing bowl, mix together the onion, tomatoes, olives, oregano, feta, parsley, lemon juice and zest, and EVOO. Season with salt and pepper, and set aside.Cucumber cups:Peel each cucumber partially, so it has 4 strpies of skin going down the entire length of the cucumber. Trim the ends of the cucumbers and cut each cucumber into slices 3/4 of an inch thick -- you should have about 20 pieces. Scoop out the center of each slice with a melon baller, leaving a shell of flesh.Finely chop scooped out cucumber centers and add to filling ingredients.Scoop about 1 to 2 tablespoons of the Mediterranean salad into the cucumber cups and enjoy your refreshing bite-size salad.Number of Servings: 8Recipe submitted by SparkPeople user TJSCOTTT.

The nutritional information for Mediterranean Cucumber Cups is:

• Servings Per Recipe: 8
• Amount Per Serving
• Calories: 76.0

• Total Fat: 6.2 g
• Cholesterol: 8.3 mg
• Sodium: 256.0 mg
• Total Carbs: 4.2 g
• Dietary Fiber: 1.1 g
• Protein: 2.0 g

The dietary needs meet for Mediterranean Cucumber Cups is Low Fat