Cut up cucumbers/red onions/cherry tomatoes

[HeyItsSara]

My coworker gets several packages of these delivered every week and I take home the leftovers.

What can I do with them? It's usually 2 containers of slivered cucumbers and a container or 2 of halved cherry tomatoes. 1 small container of diced red onions.

thanks!

 

[Andy M.]

Aside from the obvious "make a salad", you could cook the onions in any recipe, make a pickled cucumber salad, use the veggies as part of a charcuterie board.

 

[Roll_Bones]

I make a cucumber, cherry tomato and red or white onion salad very often when my garden is producing lots of this stuff.
I use the tomatos cut in half, onion sliced fairly thin and I remove the seeds from the cucumber and cut into half rounds.
First I salt the cukes and tomatos and allow to drain for about an hour in the fridge. I then add the onions, some chopped fresh Italian parsley and any fresh herbs I may have.
A little more salt (remember you salted the tomatos and cukes) cracked black pepper and good olive oil and either sherry vinegar or red wine vinegar (any good vinegar works well).

I then refrigerate until its dinner time. Check seasoning and adjust if needed. Serve. My wife likes a little Parmesan Regiano sprinkled on top and so do I.
Its good and its cool and refreshing during these hot months of summer.
I will miss this salad come winter.
But I can buy English cukes, cocktail tomatos and the other ingredients are easy to come by year round.

 

[HeyItsSara]

Thanks, Andy M and Roll_Bones.

I've made Israeli salad with success and cucumber salad. I've also added some ingredients to make salad.

I've baked the tomatoes for a sort of matbucha dip.

Anything else?

 

[summer57]

I use those ingredients to make a quinoa salad. Perfect for summer. Keeps well in the fridge, too.
https://www.seriouseats.com/make-ahead-quinoa-salad-cucumber-tomato-parsley-mint-recipe

 

[larry_stewart]

Get some pita bread, felafel and the rest of he fixins

 

[IC 2.0]

Gazpacho! Perfect summertime dish.

 

[Vai101]

Salad Nicoise

Ingredients:

- 2 cups cut up cucumbers
- 1/2 cup diced red onions
- 1/2 cup halved cherry tomatoes
- 4 ounces cooked tuna
- 1/4 cup black olives
- 1/4 cup sliced boiled potatoes
- 2 tablespoons chopped fresh parsley
- 2 tablespoons olive oil
- 1 tablespoon red wine vinegar
- Salt and pepper to taste

Instructions:

1. In a large bowl, combine the cucumbers, red onions, tomatoes, tuna, olives, potatoes, and parsley.

2. In a separate bowl, whisk together the olive oil, red wine vinegar, salt and pepper.

3. Pour the dressing over the salad and toss to combine.

4. Serve the Salad Nicoise cold or at room temperature. Enjoy!

 

[Aunt Bea]

Another vote for gazpacho or veggie smoothie.

Sometimes I season it with 1/4 cup of bottled Italian dressing.

 

[pepperhead212]

Gaspacho is one of the many things I love to make in the summer, with all those tomatoes, cucumbers, and other veggies. But it is actually something I have found that is easy to make with those frozen tomatoes I always have, since it is blended up - the store-bought cucumbers and peppers are good enough to use, but the tomatoes are what makes it. So even though cold soups aren't the usual things I make in the winter, occasionally I'll make it, just to get some, before July, when I start getting the tomatoes on a daily basis.

 

[HeyItsSara]

ok thaks!

 

[taxlady]

Another vote for gazpacho or veggie smoothie.

Sometimes I season it with 1/4 cup of bottled Italian dressing.

I teased my sweetie, "Your favourite, cucumber and tomato soup." He dislikes both of them. But, he replied, "Well, if it's pureed, I might like it. We have established that I am okay with the flavour of both of those. It's the texture I hate and that won't be there if it's pureed." So, I have saved the recipe. It sounds good.

 

[Phaedra]

All vegetables, including those in bags of salads, that are left when my next delivery arrives, go in one of two appliances. Either the blender for smoothies, or the soup maker for soup which can be frozen in portion sizes to have either cold or hot.

 

[taxlady]

All vegetables, including those in bags of salads, that are left when my next delivery arrives, go in one of two appliances. Either the blender for smoothies, or the soup maker for soup which can be frozen in portion sizes to have either cold or hot.

How often do you get deliveries? I would never be able to buy 2,270 gram (five pound) bags of potatoes or onions. I get a produce basket every week.

 

[Phaedra]

taxlady - Since I because totally housebound I buy online from the supermarket I used to use. In the summer I usually have an order every one-two weeks - now it is probably every three-four weeks, depending on what I need. In addition there is a little corner shop diagonally across from my home, so for every day purchases I could go over on my electric wheelchair. Now I can't but if I need something I just telephone them and someone brings it over.

 

[taxlady]

taxlady - Since I because totally housebound I buy online from the supermarket I used to use. In the summer I usually have an order every one-two weeks - now it is probably every three-four weeks, depending on what I need. In addition there is a little corner shop diagonally across from my home, so for every day purchases I could go over on my electric wheelchair. Now I can't but if I need something I just telephone them and someone brings it over.

I don't go out to shop either. I'm elderly and people are acting like the pandemic is over. Most of them aren't wearing masks. I am not willing to risk getting long covid.

I need to do something about the veggies that sit in the fridge too long. I like your idea. I may not use up everything on delivery days, but I probably should do a good go through and make soup.

Luckily, some of my produce, mostly leafy greens and herbs, arrives with the roots attached. these are veggies that are grown hydroponically, so the root ball has some growth medium and is wrapped in biodegradable paper. I put a lot of those in pots and let them keep growing. It means that they are extremely fresh when I get around to using them. Some keep going for many weeks or even months, but a few only stay alive for a week or two.