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Title: Cucumber "Noodles" with Tomato Salsa
Categories: Digest, July, Fatfree
Yield: 1 Servings

2 lb (about 2 large) seedless
Cucumbers
1 tb Salt

-------------------------------FOR THE SALSA-------------------------------
1 lb Plum tomatoes, peeled,
Seeded, and chopped
1/4 c Thinly sliced scallion
1 lg Garlic clove, minced
1 Pickled jalapeno pepper,
Seeded and minced
1 tb White-wine vinegar
1/4 ts Sugar

With a sharp knife cut cucumbers lengthwise into 1/8 inch thick "noodles"
about 1/2 inch wide. In a bowl toss with salt and let stand for 10 min.

Make the salsa while cucumber noodles are standing: stir together the salsa
ingredients.

Serves 6. Adapted from GOURMET ( the original salsa had 2 tbsp olive oil)

Drain cucumbers in a colander, rinse under cold water, pat dry on paper
towels. Just before serving, toss to combine.

From: MCCRARY@psl.nmsu.edu. Fatfree Digest [Volume 9 Issue 32] July 23,
1994. Formatted by Sue Smith, S.Smith34, TXFT40A@Prodigy.com using MMCONV

File ftp://ftp.idiscover.co.uk/pub/food/mealmaster/recipes/fatfreex.zip