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times to crack them open. Remove the cucumber, discard the filling and chop roughly into large pieces. Mix together, regular soy sauce, fresh lime or lemon juice and a drop or two of sesame oil, taste and add salt if needed, then generously spoon over the assembled cucumbers, sprinkle with sesame seeds and serve immediately. Top with cilantro/coriander, if using.
Another salad idea made even simpler is to thinly slice apples and pears (such as Bartlett pears), top with bits of good quality blue cheese and dress lightly with drizzles of good quality store-bought or homemade honey-mustard dressing or a vinaigrette of your choice/making.
Have family, friends or guests who are not meat eaters but consume seafood? Tuna-Pasta bake will hit all the right notes and can be served to everyone, so you don’t have to make a separate dish of Macaroni Pie.