CookSmart (20th Issue) Page34

Celebrity’s EatSmart Recipes

Salad Boat with Salmon and Cucumber

"More Fruit and Vegetables" Dish

Feature

Compared with the average white salad dressing, this special dressing, made mostly with cucumber, is lower in energy and fat and higher in dietary fibre. The low-fat cheese enables additional calcium intake.

Edmond LUK

Registered Dietitian (Canada) Training and Development Officer, Hong Kong Dietitians Association

Cooking Method

1. Cut the smoked salmon into strips. Roll them up to form little pink flowers. Set aside
2. Peel the cucumbers to leave green and white stripes on the surface. Cut the peels into thin strips. Set aside.
3. Halve the cucumbers. Scoop out the seeds and flesh from the core and put aside in a bowl.
4. Mix the cucumber flesh with lemon juice, honey, olive oil and salt to become a lemon-honey-cucumber dressing.
5. Dice the cherry tomatoes, cheese and shallots; pour in the cucumber peels and mix well. Stuff the mixture into the hollowed cucumbers. Garnish with the little pink salmon flowers. Serve with the lemon-honey-cucumber dressing.