Receive new posts and special opportunities delivered right to your inbox! Sign up HERE. If you liked this post you might enjoy our Groovy Green Livin Newsletter. NO MESS andamp NO HURT:Equipped with catch tray to hold vegetable dices without worrying about food mess on kitchen counter. Photo credit: cucumbers en route to pickledom via photopin (license) I would suggest peeling the skin off since they are listed as one of the “Dirty Dozen” and trying to buy organic cucumbers in the future.ĭo you peel your cucumbers? Are you willing to try eating them with the peel on? Each 1-cup serving of peeled cucumber contains 2.9 milligrams of vitamin C.īOTTOM LINE: It sounds as though my reader’s cucumbers were not organic. Cucumbers and Vitamin CĪdd unpeeled cucumber to your diet as a source of vitamin C, or ascorbic acid. You’re peeling away layers of nutritional value.Įating an unpeeled cucumber adds to your daily vitamin K intake. Eating 1 cup of unpeeled cucumber provides you with 17.1 micrograms of vitamin K, while peeled cucumber slices contain only 8.6 micrograms. If you have an organic cucumber leave the peel on. If your digestive system can’t handle peels.The Dirty Dozen is a list of 12 fruits and vegetables with the highest amounts of pesticides detected on the parts you eat, after typical washing. Cucumbers are listed as one of the Environmental Working Group’s “Dirty Dozen”. When the cucumber isn’t organic and could be laden with heavy doses of pesticides.If the outer skin or peel has a bitter taste.There are a few situations where you SHOULD peel cucumbers: Nature made them that way, and let’s face it- peeling is a pain. The peel stays put so I can reap the full benefit from the veggies-lots of fiber and nutrients. Sometimes they don’t look as pretty, but the taste is sweet and delicious. I recently started eating most vegetables whole, raw and with the peel on. Cucumber peel is a good source of dietary fiber that helps reduce constipation and offers some protection against colon cancers. I grow them every year in my garden.Ĭucumbers are low in calories and high in vitamin K, anti-oxidants and potassium. They’re fairly easy to grow here in the Northeast. What do you think?ĭid you know that cucumbers belong to the same family as melons? The first cucumbers are believed to have come from India. QUESTION: Should we be peeling the skin off cucumbers or just leave it on? I don’t know if pesticides were used in the growing of the cucumber so I’ve been peeling off the skin. You never know, they could end up the topic for “Ask Lori”. I’ve mainly been responding via email. A week or so ago I was meeting with a colleague and she suggested that I use some of the fantastic questions submitted for blog post topics. Cucumbers for example-how did this make it to the top of the list? Here’s the answer: Readers submit questions all the time and I do my best to respond. SAFE TO USE – Comes with a protective holder to keep your fingers safe.I’ve been asked many times how I come up with topics to write about.REMOVABLE TRAY – The removable tray catches your vegetables, with a lid for easy storage.
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