Garden Salad Cucumber Cups

Total Time: 30 mins Preparation Time: 30 mins

Ingredients

• Servings: 8
• 1 large red bell pepper, finely chopped
• 1 medium zucchini, finely diced
• 1 cup quartered cherry tomatoes or 1 cup diced garden tomato
• 3/4 cup fresh basil, chopped (optional)
• 1 medium carrot, shredded
• 6 tablespoons grated parmesan cheese (optional) or 6 tablespoons grated vegan cheese (optional)
• 1/4 cup balsamic dressing or 1/4 cup favorite salad dressing
• 1 garlic clove, minced
• 1 small minced onion (optional)
• 3 cucumbers, see note
• salt or lemon pepper mrs. dash seasoning mix
• pepper

Recipe

• 1 cut the cucumbers into 1 inch disks.
• 2 toss all except 2 tbsp cheese, the dressing and cucumbers in a large bowl and season to taste. chill until ready to fill cups.
• 3 scoop out 1 tbsp from center of each disk with melon baller leaving sides and bottom intact.
• 4 fill with about a tbsp of salad mix and top with remaining cheese if using.
• 5 serve immed.
• 6 note: it is a forgiving recipe. i omitted the basil, used lemon pepper mrs dash. my dressing was a sweet and sour cherry poppy seed dressing. i added a small onion [i mean baby size] you can play with this recipe and your ingredients and it works well. use garden fresh veggies for the best taste.
• 7 note servings are not the number of cucumbers this makes. it should be about 36 cucumber slices.