Posted on: 29 July, 2005

Author: Jacklyn Chen

Due to the fact that cucumber is rich in all kinds of vitamins as well as calcium, phosphorus, iron, and many other minerals, it is one of the essential vegetables that we cannot live without at our dining table. The traditional Chinese medicine believes that cucumber is diuretic, it subsides swelling, improves our looks, even more, it fights tumor! No matter how you cook cucumber - stir fry, eat it uncooked, or tossed cold with sauce, they all taste good. But, have you tried cucumber soup? If you cook a cucumber soup by following the recipe below, I know you will be pleasantly surprised - hmm.. delicious! Cooking time: 10 minutes Nutritional information: Yield: 4 servings Each serving provides: Calories: 52 Protein: 8.3 g Note: You may freely republish this recipe as long as author bio and active hyperlinks are kept inactive. Thank you. Note: You may freely republish this recipe as long as author bio and active hyperlinks are kept intact. Thank you. Source: Free Articles from ArticlesFactory.com Jacklyn Chen - Webmaster of news-blogs.com, satellite info, and emobile-news.com. She is a full time mom who works very hard to make living with multiple web sites. For more information and articles about fine living, visit fine-living.news-blogs.com.