Name: Cucumber Salad with Borage Flowers recipe
Ingredients: 2 tablespoons extra-virgin olive oil;1 tablespoon lime juice;salt and freshly ground black pepper to taste;1 cucumber - halved, seeded, and sliced;6 borage leaves;12 fresh borage flowers

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Ingredients

2 tablespoons extra-virgin olive oil 1 tablespoon lime juice salt and freshly ground black pepper to taste 1 cucumber - halved, seeded, and sliced 6 borage leaves 12 fresh borage flowers

Nutrition Info

138.7 calories carbohydrate: 4.3 g cholesterol: : - fat: 13.6 g fiber: 0.5 g protein: 0.7 g saturatedFat: 1.9 g servingSize: - sodium: 80.9 mg sugar: 1.8 g transFat: : - unsaturatedFat: : -

Directions

Combine olive oil, lime juice, salt, and pepper in a bowl and stir together. Add sliced cucumber, cover, and refrigerate for 1 hour.
Sprinkle with borage leaves and borage flowers just before serving, as the flowers wilt quickly.

Recipe Yield

2 servings

Recipe Note

Borage is a lovely garden plant, and both the leaves and the flowers are edible. I like to add them to this simple cucumber salad.

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