Mediterranean Cucumber Cups

Total Time: 30 mins Preparation Time: 30 mins

Ingredients

• Servings: 5
• 1 small red onion, finely chopped
• 1 red bell pepper, finely chopped
• 1 vine ripe tomato, seeded and, finely chopped
• 1/4 cup black olives, pitted and chopped
• 1/2 tablespoon dried oregano
• 1/4 cup fresh feta, crumbled
• 1/2 cup parsley, chopped
• salt
• ground black pepper
• 1 lemon, juice of, plus
• 1/2 tablespoon lemon zest
• 2 tablespoons extra virgin olive oil
• 2 english cucumbers, seedless

Recipe

• 1 in a large mixing bowl, mix together the onion, pepper, tomatoes, olives, oregano, feta, parsley, lemon juice and zest, and olive oil.
• 2 season with salt and pepper, and reserve.
• 3 peel the cucumbers partially, so it has 4 stripes of skin going down the entire length of the cucumber.
• 4 trim the ends of the cucumbers and cut each cucumber into slices 3/4 of an inch thick -- you should have about 20 pieces.
• 5 scoop out the center of each slice with a melon baler, leaving a shell of flesh.
• 6 scoop about 1 to 2 tablespoons of the mediterranean salad into the cucumber cups and enjoy your refreshing bite-size snack!