8. Cucumber
Cucumbers are one of the most popular vegetables in the world. These are low in calories and high in water, making them an excellent choice for those trying to maintain a healthy weight. They’re also a good source of vitamin B6, which helps with energy metabolism, as well as vitamin C, which is an antioxidant that can help protect your body from free radicals (unstable molecules). In addition to all this goodness, the fiber contained in cucumbers can aid digestion and make you feel fuller longer.
You can eat cucumbers raw, but you can also cook them if you prefer. If you do not like the taste of cucumbers raw, cooking them may help you to like them more. Cooking will also make them softer and easier to digest than eating them raw does.
One way that many people enjoy eating cucumbers is by making salad out of them. Salads are easy to make at home and they are also easy to find at restaurants as well as grocery stores or farmer’s markets where they can be purchased already prepared for use at home as well as on-the-go while traveling (or just because).
Make a cucumber sandwich: slice a cucumber into thin slices and add them between two slices of bread with any combination of cream cheese, mayonnaise, or hummus spread on top. This way is little against weight loss …… 😉 but tasty.
Make a cucumber pizza crust: place thinly sliced cucumber in your oven at 350 degrees Fahrenheit until they are soft and squishy (about 15 minutes), then spread them across the bottom of an inverted baking sheet coated in olive oil or coconut oil spray.
