Cucumber Salad with Borage Flowers recipe

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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

  1. Combine olive oil, lime juice, salt, and pepper in a bowl and stir together. Add sliced cucumber, cover, and refrigerate for 1 hour.

  2. 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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