Cucumber salad and a healthy update!
Creamy cucumber salad
You must have all thought I completely forgot about it. Forgot about the 12 weeks program and forgot about trying to lose weight and forgot to keep you in the loop on the whole thing. Well…. I didn’t forget. I didn’t do particularly well either. I was going really strong and then I went to Germany. Thought I could pick it up once I got back but then I went to Ireland and it all went downhill from there. 
I suck at keeping my resolve. O well, the only thing you can do if you fall of that darn wagon is to get your ass back on again. So that is what I am attempting to do. It’s not easy. Once you’ve given in, one to many times to the temptations that are always lying there to lure you in, it is difficult to climb back on that slippery wagon.
It’s a good thing I have friends like Sonia who are my shining example when it comes to healthy living. We follow eachother on My Fitness Pall as well so I know how incredibly well and healthy (and delicious) she eats and how great she is in the exercising department too. Bikerides of 240 minutes! I kid you not. I might not be there yet, nor will I probably ever get there either but I am trying. The good news is that I didn’t gain any of the weight back, so that is a big big bonus. I didn’t loose anything extra either but I am being better in the food department and am slowly getting my way back into the exercise area too. The 6 days a week of exercise that the 12wbt program dictates is maybe just a tad bit too much for me too handle but I’d settle for 3-4 times a week for sure.
This delicious and healthy salad comes form the hand of Sonia too. I saw it on her blog two weeks or so ago and just knew this is what I had to make. It’s spicy and delicious! I did make a few changes to the original recipe which you can find here. If you want to follow mine then by all means do. I’ve already figured out that next time I might actually toss in some raisins or dried cranberris as those would work brilliantly well with the salad. It’s fresh, light and supereasy to put together so I would say give it a go!
Cucumber salad
Yield: 1
Ingredients:
- 1 medium cucumber
- 1/4 cup of Greek yoghurt
- 2 leaves of fennel
- 30 gr walnuts, coarsely chopped
- 1 tbsp za'atar
- salt and pepper to taste
- 2 cups of lamb's lettuce
- sprouts to garness (I used gardencress)
- juice of 1/2 lemon
Directions:
- Peel the cucumber and cut it in half lengthways, then in half again and cut into slices of the thickness you want it to be.
- Slice the fennel leaves very finely. Making them too thick will make it too overpowering.
- Add cucumber, yogurt, half of the walnuts, za'atar, lemonjuice, fennel, salt and pepper to a medium mixing bowl and mix it all well.
- Put your green at the bottom of a plate and put the cucumber salad on top.
- Garnish with the rest of your walnuts and the cress.
Recipe adapted from A Healthy Foodie
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Oh yum. I found a recipe for a cucumber juice last night and made it for supper. It had lime juice and black pepper/salt. Fabulous. You look amazing asinine. The picture of health. Sorry to have dragged you down the slippery slope in Ireland xx we will make more salads next time you come to visit xx
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Congrats on your achievements!!! Courage.
That salad is magnificent! I wish I could eat that for lunch.
Cheers,
Rosa
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Simone, congratulations on your achievement so far and having the resolve to get back on the program. This cucumber salad looks amazing. Cucumber salad is one of my favourite things to eat in summer.
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yumness!
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The salad looks fantastic. It’s so fresh and healthy
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It looks really refreshing…fennel & za’atar spices must give it a luscious taste.
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Yes, I too was going so great and was so pleased that 5 Kg had ‘vanished’ from the scales in about four weeks, when friends turned up, wine was again happily imbibed [my perennial downfall!] together with pleasing one’s appetite and now one’s discipline has had to be retightened. I too manage to wander off to Sonia’s for extra strength, seeing what her latest salad composition is – as I love cucumber, have already enjoyed this one
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Lovely salad; pretty, great ingredients and gorgeous pics!
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My god, Simone… look what you did to my salad! Oh wow! It looks sooooooo amazingly good! Would you mind trying ALL of my recipes? Geez… I want to have your pictures framed and hung in my dining room! GORGEOUS!!!!
And wow, you almost made me cry… don’t do things like that! Wow… I am speechless, I don’t know what to say! I’m real happy to be such an inspiration to you. Knowing this makes me want to work even harder and achieve even greater results and higher summits. Now I need to ride for 300 minutes!
Thank you so much for such a beautiful entry. I am truly honored to have you as a friend! =D
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I am having the same problem with me wanting to lose weight… This is a gorgeous cucumber salad, BTW.
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Simple but looks delish!!
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Loosing weight is so tough! I am trying so hard but then I get lazy too. Big bonus for me is that I am not gaining any more weight but I want loose a couple! Let’s see ..
I too would love to toss some dried cranberries in it
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YAY!!! Congrats on keeping up with your healthy plan, it definitely is a tough thing, but so worth it:-) Your cucumber salad is a perfect dish to make, and it is so full of gorgeous flavors! I love your addition of fennel! Beautiful, Hugs, Terra
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