If you have accumulated a large amount of cucumbers to process them is not difficult. Thus, the large fruit can be used in salads with fresh vegetables, and to do preparations for the winter. But the hostess found a large cucumber and many other applications, delicious and healthy. They make burgers, juice, pickles and many other Goodies.

Cucumber – around the head



Very tasty, the hostess, get cutlets cucumber "pigs". For their preparation the fruits overgrown grate, wring out juice. Then add in a lot a few tablespoons of flour and one teaspoon of potato starch (it is well absorbs excess liquid), to taste – salt, pepper and garlic. Thoroughly knead the mass, it should be the consistency of a thick cream. Form meatballs with a spoon and send them to a pan with hot vegetable oil. Fry pancakes on both sides until Golden brown. Ready meatballs can be fill with sauce of sour cream and garlic.



The sour cream in the filling can be replaced with mayonnaise. The sauce from it only will get more taste.


A good turn out and stuffed cucumbers. Cut the fruit lengthwise, remove the seeds, then stuff the cucumbers prepared with minced meat, flavored with garlic, pepper, salt, spices. Put cucumbers on a greased vegetable oil a baking sheet, top with grated cheese. Put on 20-30 minutes in the oven and after remove the sample.
Cucumbers of a large size can be fried like zucchini. Slice the fruit circles, roll them in flour and fry on both sides.


Urgently need to cook salted cucumbers? Then carefully rinse them, trim the tails. Slice the cucumbers slices, put in a strong plastic bag. Pour them with salt (1 kg of cucumbers will require 1 tablespoon of salt), garlic, add black currant leaves, seeds and sprigs of dill, stir and leave for an hour or two in a warm place. Then remove the bag in the refrigerator. Do not forget to periodically shake the bag so that the cucumbers get a good salty. 3-4 hours with food to ogurtcov it will be possible to remove the sample.

Miss the large fruit through a juicer, boil it and add the salt and spices as a brine, and you have a great marinade for pickling cucumbers.


Cucumber for beauty and health



Cucumber juice is a good tonic, whitens and cleanses the skin. Grate the cucumbers on a coarse grater, squeeze the juice, pour into molds for ice and freeze. Use cucumber cubes daily for facial care.

From the pulp to make a facial mask. It is possible to use only cucumber a lot, and you can diversify it with sour cream, yogurt, honey, egg.
Cucumber juice has a laxative effect and is recommended for those who suffer from chronic constipation.


A good remedy to care for problem skin – cucumber lotion. To make it, grate two large cucumber. Pour them a glass of vodka and put it on a day to infuse in a cool dark place. Then strain the through a cheesecloth and you can use it as needed. Keep this lotion is best in the fridge.


Large, over-ripe cucumbers are yellow-brown help to resolve and painful for many women the issue with the bones on your big toe. .For cures cucumbers salt in the usual way, and then after a month you can begin treatment. Rasparte feet, cut a slice from the cucumber, place it on the lump, cover with plastic wrap, secure with a bandage, put on socks and leave overnight. Few weeks bones begin to soften. You will just have to start massaging, mashing, and eventually they will disappear altogether.