Sentences with phrase «as a cucumber in»

I think that day it was like 90 + degrees and I felt as cool as a cucumber in this outfit.

This dress is perfect, as is the hair, necklace, everything (I feel like George in My Best Friend's Wedding — «Love, the bag, love the shoes, love everything...») Also, Judith Light was cool as a cucumber in her ivory tux (wish I wish was less wrinkled but I dig the concept for a «woman of a certain age».

But the truth is I'm cool as a cucumber in this sudden storm, and it has nothing to do with the dry desert air in the canyon passes above Palm Springs.

It was a great idea, Llames said, particularly given the quote — a former boss had said she's «as cool as a cucumber in difficult situations and completely put together.»

Not exact matches

If a star performer isn't striving the way they usually do, or if they're cool as a cucumber while everyone else is stressing out, it could be because they've got no interest in how things turn out.

And the daughter of Zion is left, As a booth in a vineyard, As a lodge in a garden of cucumbers, As a besieged city.

They make incredible organic, cold pressed juices in so many creative flavours, my favourite was the cucumber, pineapple and jalapeño juice, as well as wonderful smoothies.

I made a goal this month to eat more veggies, especially raw ones, so I've been taking a baggie of sliced carrots, celery, and baby cucumbers to dip in hummus (Oasis roasted garlic with hot sauce) as a snack.

Cucumber - Carrot Slaw (make first and set aside) * 1 medium cucumber, seeded, but not peeled, and julienned or shredded * 1 medium carrot, julienned or shredded ** 2 tablespoons finely chopped Thai basil 2 tablespoons vegan «fish» sauce (sold as «vegetarian» in Asian markets) 1 teaspoon rice wine vinegar 1/8 teaspoon salt

I came across your blog on Pinterest and had no idea you have a Swedish heritage:) I love cucumbers as well in all shaped and used to drive my mom crazy when I was a kid as I used to get them and eat big chunks as snacks.

I'm a big proponent of green juice as it doesn't contain any fiber to get in the way of you absorbing micronutrients from the ingredients in your juice, be that kale, cucumber, apple or whatever else.

As with many of my mason jar salads I love the way the tomatoes and cucumbers marinate in the dressing.

Serve by themselves or on rolls as sliders or in sandwiches with sriracha mayo, cucumber, cilantro, carrots, and sprouts if you have them.

«In the past, many doctors recommended that people with diverticulosis avoid seeds and nuts, including foods with small seeds, such as tomatoes, cucumbers and strawberries.

- Include non-starchy vegetables in your diet, such as leafy greens, cabbage, cauliflower, zucchini, broccoli, tomatoes, peppers, radishes, turnips, rutabaga, cucumber, celery, eggplant, asparagus, sea vegetables, onion, and garlic.

Pack them in as tightly as you can without smashing the cucumbers.

Finely shred the cucumber and wrap in paper towels to remove as much water as possible.

As I went through the recipe, I realized I had a lot of similar ingredients on hand, so I did a riff on the original recipe: chopped dates in place of currants, cucumbers in place of zucchini, goat cheese (with sundried tomatoes and chili flakes, from the local farmer's market) in place of feta, a basil / thyme / chive combo from my window box in place of the dill and green onions.

3) Make the salad: Combine diced cucumber, sliced tomatoes, chopped parsley, and crumble in as much feta to your liking.

They come in an amazing variety of flavors such as tuna (the fruit of the prickly pear cactus), tamarind, cajeta or caramel, cucumber with chile, rice, and even elote or corn.

It is a chip and vegetable dip in several flavors, such as jalapeno cheddar, cucumber and dill, french onion and roasted garlic and onion.

If none of that works (which is truly rare), slice it up and soak it in salt and vinegar as a last cucumber rescue effort.

Possible additions include various vegetables pickled in vinegar, known in Italian as sottaceti: peperoni sott» aceto (pickled peppers, also known as «pimentos») and cetriolini, those tiny pickled cucumbers known in English as «gerkins» or by their French name cornichons, or baby onions, carrots or celery, also all sott» aceto.

I had a tzatziki (cucumber - yogurt) sauce in the frig which I used as a dipping sauce and the balance cooled off the flavorful samosa.

For the salad: 1 1/2 lbs zucchini 1 lb cherry or grape tomatoes, sliced in half 1/2 lb cucumber, sliced into half moons (about 1 1/2 cups) 1/2 cup finely diced red onion 1/2 cup roasted, salted peanuts 1 cup fresh herbs, such as: Thai basil, mint, cilantro (or a mix of all three), chopped

Simit are eaten at anytime as a snack but my favorite is to have them for breakfast in the typical Turkish / Eastern Mediterranean fashion: with lots of olives, tomatoes, cucumbers, preserves, and cheese.

After grilling them to get the insides really tender, he served the eggplant with a little yogurt spiked with salt and lemon zest, as well as a simple salad of sliced cucumbers, cherry tomatoes, shallots and sesame seeds dressed in nothing more than red wine vinegar and salt.

Wrap grated cucumber in a clean kitchen towel, squeezing out as much liquid as possible.

There were four recipe contenders in the cucumber section of the book I'm going to reference, and if the other three are as good as this, it's going to be a very cu - centric summer.

Drop in a few ice cubes, and garnish with cucumber slices, lemon slices, and basil as desired.

We really love the thinly sliced onions in this cucumber tomato salad recipe as well, but if you're one of those folks who just doesn't like to eat raw onions you can certainly leave them out.

Enjoy this salad as you would any tuna salad: on crackers; in a sandwich with toasted bread and some curly lettuce; stuffed inside a firm, ripe tomato as we do «down South;» as a lighter canape on cucumber slices; or as the ultimate indulgence: on fried green tomato slices as in the photo!

Oh, and in case anyone doubts the effectiveness of having one's scale in the kitchen, I'll have you know that today I ate an entire sliced cucumber with carrot - ginger dressing as a snack instead of the mini Milky Way bars I originally went in there for.

When you take a spoonful of this cucumber salad, you first enjoy the light creaminess of it but then as your teeth get into the cucumber you get the crunch... yummm... In a unique way it feels both indulgent and refreshing, which makes it designed for summer days.

I often make this cucumber tomato salad recipe on Saturday night and enjoy it as a lunch after church or as a side dish to pair with something I've grilled or made in the crock pot for Sunday dinner.

I like to make a big batch of this nutty, sweet, gingery sauce to use in lots of ways throughout the week — as the dressing for a rice bowl, as a sauce for baked tofu, as a dip for carrot and cucumber sticks, a marinade for grilled shrimp, and more.

Try as I might to only buy produce in season, I sometimes have to break my code and satisfy my cravings a little early — I live in North Dakota people, I can't only eat cucumbers and tomatoes two weeks out of the year.

These skewers are also pretty versatile: as an appetizer with the dipping sauce, an entrée with a grain and grilled vegetable, or in a pita with the hummus sauce and some chopped cucumber and tomato.

Combine one or two pieces of the jalapeño with the remaining tomato, cucumber, avocado, and basil, as well as the watercress or spinach, celery, garlic, red wine vinegar, agave syrup, and ice cubes in a blender or food processor; puree until smooth.

Whether in a morning green juice, in a salad or as a snack with hummus, I eat cucumber everyday for the most part.

To make the turkey (as seen in the photos), cut 2 slices of cucumbers and 2 slices of olives for the eyes.

We'll be eating celery in my stuffing, potatoes will be mashed, spinach, lettuce, sweet bell peppers and cucumbers in a salad, kale in my vegetarian Cashew Cream Yam Cannelloni and green beans as a side dish.

I also love how the lime zest sinks to the bottom of the popsicle mold as it freezes, embedded in the pineapple juice and some of the cucumber juice naturally floats to the top of the mold.

Switching to Silk is a great (easy) way to start adding more plants to your diet, not to mention what you're combining it with — in a smoothie with spinach and blueberries, as a main ingredient in salad dressing with cucumbers and cashews, in mac & cheese with super greens and flax, or in a dreamy coconut quinoa bowl with mango and pistachios... the (delicious) possibilities are endless!

Cucumbers are in the same botanical family as melons and squashes.

To make the tsatsiki, place the cucumber in a fine sieve and, using your hands, press down on the flesh to squeeze out as much excess liquid as possible.

Just looking through your recipes gave me ideas to use some lettuces such as romaine and Bibb lettuce as well as veggies like cucumbers and celery in place of the kale and spinach I was using as my green smoothie base veggies.

This combination as I said works in a sandwich or on crackers, I mean you could remove the crackers and just make these cracker bites into cucumber bites and that work too.

Arrange a row of baked tofu strips next to it; make rows of cucumber and olives, as shown in the photo.

As I came up with the recipe cucumber, peppers and tomatoes were in their high season but unfortunately they're doing their very last stretch here in the UK so get making this asap.