Exotic cucumber salad

I am a cucumber lover. I would like to share one of my cucumber salad recipe with you today, it is refreshing with a touch of exotism, I am sure that you will love it!

You need:

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  a cucumber
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  a red hot pepper
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  garlic
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  a 1/2 lime juice
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  balsamic vinegar
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  olive oil
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  sugar (or nature sweetner)
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  salt and pepper

1. Cut the cucumber into slices and then small sticks. Save them for latter use.

2. Cut the garlic into tiny pieces, I always flaten the garlic with the knif first.

3. Cut the red hot pepper into small pieces. Make sure you choose a mild one. And if you are not a big fan of spicy flavor then use only half of the pepper.

4. Put the garlic and the pepper together with the cucumber, squeeze a half lime juice on the top of the salad.

5. Add 2 soup spoons of vinegar.

6. 1 soup spoon of olive oil.

7. Add salt, black pepper according your personal liking.

8. Add 1 soup spoons of sugar.

9. Mix all and save it in the fridge for 2-3 hours while you prepare the main plate.

10. Serve this sweet/spicy/sour salad with all your favorite Summer dishes. I love to have the salad with grilled tuna, yummy! <3

Try this salad and let me know what you think in your comments. 

I hope you <3 it as much as I do! Enjoy the beautiful weather!

xoxo

Warm your heart with a delicious soup...

                      

The cold weather has made its come-back since Sunday evening... I think a recipe of a delicious soup should please a lot of you to fight against the cold. And also, lots of you told me that when it comes to cook veggie, sometimes there's a lack of inspiration...so here it is , an easy way to eat healthy.

I have chosen this special pumpkin+sweet potatos soup because it can be served hot and as well as cold. It has a soft/slightly sweet taste, perfect for fighting against the cold in this early Spring time.....

You need these:

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  1/8 pumpkin
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  3 small sweet potatos
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  Knorr veggie cube
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  alpro soja cream

Some people keep the skin of the potatos and pumpkins, but I prefer peeling the skin to have a more smooth texture for my soup.

Cut them into small pieces.

Put all the veggie in a pot.

Put 2 Knorr cubes (you can add salt and pepper later)

Put some water to cover all the veggie... don't put too much water since if the soup is too thick for your taste, you can always add some water... but this soup is supposed to be a thick one.

Cover the pot and cook the veggie.

Once the veggie is cooked , use a blender to mix them

Until you obtain a smooth, thick texture.

Now taste it, and add some salt and pepper if it is necessary.

Serve it with a touch of soja cream...

Bon appétit!

Let this delicious soup warm your body and your heart!

Just a side note to my dear colleague Joëlle who is a big fan of all my recipes and who gives me lots of positif feedback... hope this soup will bring you a touch of softness and warmness in this phase of your life which is not easy at all, as they said, you have to go through the rain in order to see the rainbow... lots of love          

(Une petite note à ma très chère collègue Joëlle qui est une grande fan de toutes mes recettes et qui me donne beaucoup de bons feedbacks... j'espère que cette petite recette de soupe t'apportera une touche de douceur et de chaleur surtout en ce moment de ta vie qui n'est pas facile. Comme on dit, il faut traverser la pluie pour voir l'arc-en-ciel...

                                                plein d'amour     )                                                    

 xoxo

a simple, healthy, delicious salad dressing

Summer is around the corner, the perfect season for salad and cold plates. So I think many of you would appreciate this easy-to-do, healthy and super yummy salad dressing recipe. :-)

You need:

• a pot of yoghurt (I use the organic one, it is very smooth and creamy)
• parsley (pre-chopped or fresh ones) or chive
• Knorr vegetable stock cube
  
  
  

Dissolve the Knorr cube in 2 soup spoons boiling water.

Add the parsley in the vegetable stock, use a blender to obtain a "parsley juice".

Add the yoghourt in the parsley juice and mix them with a spoon (don't use a blender!!!! Otherwise your dressing will be way to liquid!!)

You have now a smooth, fine, healthy and delicious salad dressing!

Now, taste it... I swear it was so yummy that I could eat the whole bowl as it is.... :-)

I have served it with some smoked salmon, raw advocato and oven-baked fries... you can use it with almost everything.

Bon appétit!

Leave your comments and let me know your thoughts on this recipe!

J.O. : I am hungry, when is the dinner ready....? Zzzzz