HOW TO EAT YOUR CUCUMBER

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Make Cucumber Smoothie

Slice your cucumbers and put them into a blender, and blend into a juice. You can get creative by adding other ingredients such as lime or mango juice to it. Refrigerate or consume directly.

Eat the Seeds

Cucumber seeds can be removed from the vegetable and dried. These dried seeds can be roasted, dry-roasted or cooked with a little bit of ghee and then a spice mix can be added to them. Roasted cucumber seeds can be added to cold and warm salads to increase their crunch factor. They can be added to assorted seed snacks. A study titled, "Comparative Studies on Nutritional Composition of Four Melon Seeds Varieties" and published in the Pakistan Journal of Nutrition compared the nutritional values of seeds from four different melons, including cucumbers, and found that cucumber seeds had higher amounts of calcium as compared to other melon seeds analysed in the study. The seeds also contain sodium, manganese, iron and zinc.

Eat with Salads

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Slice them up and eat with your salad.

Eat Raw and Unpeeled

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Eating raw Cucumbers is by far the most nutritious way to eat cucumber. Cucumbers are made up of over 90% water and when consumed raw, it is hydrating. One 11-ounce (300-gram) unpeeled, raw cucumber contains the following:
Calories: 45
Total fat: 0 grams
Carbs: 11 grams
Protein: 2 grams
Fiber: 2 grams
Vitamin C: 14% of the RDI. The Reference Daily Intake (RDI) is the daily intake level of a nutrient that is considered to be sufficient to meet the requirements of 97–98% of healthy individuals in every demographic in US and Canada.
Vitamin K: 62% of the RDI
Magnesium: 10% of the RDI
Potassium: 13% of the RDI
Manganese: 12% of the RDI

Health Benefits

It Contains Antioxidants.
It Promotes Hydration.
It May Aid in Weight Loss.
It May Lower Blood Sugar.
It Could Promote Regularity.
Easy to Add to Your Diet.