Cucumber Salad with Borage Flowers Recipe

Recipesfull introduces to you: Cucumber Salad Recipes. (Cucumber Salad with Borage Flowers Recipe). Borage is a lovely garden plant, and both the leaves and the flowers are edible. I like to add them to this simple cucumber salad.

Brief

Prep 5 mins

Additional: 1hr

Total: 1hr5 mins

Servings: 2

Yield: 2 servings

Cucumber Salad with Borage Flowers Recipe

Ingredients

2 tablespoons extra-virgin olive oil

1 tablespoon lime juice

salt and freshly ground black pepper to taste

1 cucumber - halved

seeded

and sliced

6 borage leaves

12 fresh borage flowers

Salad

Directions

Step 1

Combine olive oil lime juice salt and pepper in a bowl and stir together. Add sliced cucumber cover and refrigerate for 1 hour.

Step 2

Sprinkle with borage leaves and borage flowers just before serving as the flowers wilt quickly.

Nutritional Information

Cucumber Salad with Borage Flowers Recipe

Servings Per Recipe:2

Calories: 138.7

% Daily Value *

Protein: 0.7g 1%

Carbohydrates: 4.3g 1%

Dietary Fiber: 0.5g 2%

Sugars: 1.8g

Fat: 13.6g 21%

Saturated Fat: 1.9g 10%

Vitamin A Iu: 171.8IU 3%

Niacin Equivalents: 0.2mg 2%

Vitamin C: 5.6mg 9%

Folate: 8mcg 2%

Calcium: 18.5mg 2%

Iron: 0.3mg 2%

Magnesium: 14.4mg 5%

Potassium: 163.1mg 5%

Sodium: 80.9mg 3%

Calories From Fat: 122.6

*Percent Daily Values are based on a 2,000 calorie diet. Your daily values may be higher or lower depending on your calorie needs.

**Nutrient information is not available for all ingredients. Amount is based on available nutrient data.

(-)Information is not currently available for this nutrient. If you are following a medically restrictive diet, please consult your doctor or registered dietitian before preparing this recipe for personal consumption.