Cucumber Boat Salad Recipes

CUCUMBER BOATS

Steps:

• In a small bowl. combine chopped tomatoes, oil, vinegar, oregano, salt, and pepper. Toss gently until well mixed. Chill until serving time. (at least a few hours).
• Just before serving, add feta cheese to tomatoes and mix well.
• Peel cucumbers and cut them in half lengthwise. Using a melon ball scoop or a spoon, scoop out and discard seeds. Pile tomato mixture into cucumbers.
• Serve right away.
• Preparation time does not include chilling time.

CUCUMBER SALAD BOATS

Steps:

• Halve cucumbers and remove seeds. For muffuletta salad: Combine giardiniera, provolone cheese cubes and chopped salami. For BLT salad: Combine cream cheese, crumbled bacon, shredded lettuce and chopped tomatoes. For country club salad: Combine chicken salad, sliced red grapes and chopped pecans.

CUCUMBER BOAT SALAD

Steps:

• Cut unpeeled cucumbers in half lengthwise; remove seed portion.
• Scoop out pulp; leave firm shells; chop pulp coarsely.
• Combine ham, cheese, and apples that have been tossed in lemon juice and salad dressing.
• Add cucumbers to ham mixture when ready to serve; mix well.
• Fill cucumber shells.
• Serve on lettuce leaf.

CUCUMBER CRAB BOATS

Steps:

• Cut the cucumbers in half lengthwise. Use a spoon to scrape out the seeds. Cut each cucumber half crosswise into 4 pieces and place on a paper towel-lined baking sheet. Sprinkle with salt. Let stand while making the filling.
• Beat the cream cheese and mayonnaise in a medium bowl until smooth. Fold in the celery, bell peppers, crabmeat, seafood seasoning, lemon zest, lemon juice and chopped dill.
• Pat the cucumbers dry (to remove the liquid and salt). Spoon the crab salad into the hollowed cucumbers. Garnish with more dill. Refrigerate until ready to serve.

CUCUMBER BOATS WITH SALAD

Steps:

• cut the cuckes in half,scoop out the middle.
• sprinkle cukes with salt and vinegar, the pulp can be mixed into your filling,if desired.
• make up 4 cups of salad.pile into boats. garnish with cheese,paprika and chow mien noodles. stick in a sail.
• this is easy to increase.