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Concoction Friday - Watermelon Cucumber Salad
Category: Health
Duration: 00:18:41
Publish Date: 2016-07-22 02:00:00
Description:

Welcome Weight Loss Nation! It's Concoction Friday and since we talked about watermelon in Tuesday's episode, I knew it was time for a refreshing watermelon recipe!

 

Watermelon Cucumber Salad 

This is very a light, fresh and cool salad that can be enjoyed anytime and with any meal or just as a nice in between meal snack.

Ingredients

1/4 cup rice vinegar (NOT seasoned)

2 T chopped fresh cilantro 

1/4 t crushed red pepper

2 c cubed seedless watermelon

2 c cucumber halved and sliced into moon shapes

1/4 c thinly sliced red onion

Instructions

Mix first four ingredients and set aside. Cut fruit and vegetables and mix together with first four ingredients then chill and enjoy.

Yield: 

yields 4 servings

Preparation Time: 

15 minutes

 

 

 Nutritional Benefit

2 Cups Cucumbers = 30 calories

Protein – 1.4 gms

Fiber – 1.7 gms

Sugar – 3.25gm

Carbs – 5.1 gms

2 Cups of Watermelon =  92 Calories

                                                                                                                                           Carbs – 23g                                                                                                                                   Sugar-   19g

Protein-   1.8g

Fiber -      1.2g

Fat - 0

Red Onion   =  20 calories

Onions have “quercetin,” which is a bioflavonoid that “eats up” Free Radical Cells in your body. Free Radical Cells are known to cause Cancer.

Red Onions have “Allicin” is a health promoting compound when chopped, promotes “Heart Health,” reduces Blood Pressure, and has been known to help people with “Dandruff,” due to it’s “Anti-Fungal” Agents.

Rice Vinegar  =   15 calories

0 Fat, 0 Protein, .01 gram of carbs

The mild acidic taste yields little calories and a punch of flavor to your salads.

 

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