{"id":6300,"date":"2018-02-22T11:18:38","date_gmt":"2018-02-22T10:18:38","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/imperiogarlic.com\/en\/ensalada-pepino-ajo\/"},"modified":"2019-09-12T06:27:54","modified_gmt":"2019-09-12T04:27:54","slug":"garlic-cucumber-salad","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/imperiogarlic.com\/en\/ensalada-pepino-ajo\/","title":{"rendered":"Cucumber and garlic salad"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>As we approach the torrid summer our body craves for <strong>fresher foods<\/strong> with higher water content, this is how we are able to endure the high temperatures. So<a href=\"https:\/\/imperiogarlic.com\/en\/\"> Imperio Garlic<\/a> is bringing you today a simple, yet tasty recipe: <strong>Cucumber and garlic salad<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<h2>What are the benefits of this cucumber and garlic salad?<\/h2>\n<p><strong>Cucumber<\/strong> is a typical summer vegetable. It has a very low calorie count and a high water, <strong>vitamins and fiber content<\/strong>. We must check that the skin is dark green and firm, signs of having the right quality.<br><strong>Garlic is rich in minerals, calcium, sulphur, phosphorus, iron, carbs, allicin, enzymes and vitamins A and C.<\/strong> Furthermore, it has antiviral, antibacterial and antifungal properties. <a href=\"https:\/\/imperiogarlic.com\/en\/garlic-properties\/\">Visit our website<\/a> if you want to discover all the details about the benefits of garlic.<br><strong>Sea salt<\/strong> has essential minerals (sodium, magnesium, potassium) that helps our cells to boost the immune system.<\/p>\n<h2><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/imperiogarlic.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/02\/ensalada-pepino-y-ajo-interior-1.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-6290 aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/imperiogarlic.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/02\/ensalada-pepino-y-ajo-interior-1.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"850\" height=\"500\" srcset=\"https:\/\/imperiogarlic.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/02\/ensalada-pepino-y-ajo-interior-1.jpg 850w, https:\/\/imperiogarlic.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/02\/ensalada-pepino-y-ajo-interior-1-300x176.jpg 300w, https:\/\/imperiogarlic.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/02\/ensalada-pepino-y-ajo-interior-1-768x452.jpg 768w, https:\/\/imperiogarlic.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/02\/ensalada-pepino-y-ajo-interior-1-610x359.jpg 610w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 850px) 100vw, 850px\" \/><\/a><\/span><\/h2>\n<h2>What do you need to prepare a cucumber and garlic salad?<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\">3 purple <a href=\"https:\/\/imperiogarlic.com\/en\/buy-spanish-garlic\/peeled-garlic\/\">peeled garlic cloves<\/a> (Use Imperio Garlic\u00b4s to ensure the best flavour)<\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">1 cucumber<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">400 ml cold water<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Sea salt<\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\">1 tbsp wine vinegar<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2>How do we proceed to prepare the cucumber and garlic salad?<\/h2>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Easy:<\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Cut the cucumber<\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Crush the delicious <a href=\"https:\/\/imperiogarlic.com\/en\/portfolio\/peeled-garlic-cloves-100-grs-doypack\/\"><strong>peeled garlic cloves<\/strong><\/a>.<\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Put the ingredients in a big glass bowl<\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Add the vinegar and water<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Pro tip:<\/strong> We can incorporate some fresh mint leaves. They will enhance the flavour of your salad, and also<strong> increase the refreshing power<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p>We hope you like our suggestion to prepare this cucumber and garlic salad. Here you can also find Karlos Argui\u00f1ano\u00b4s version of this recipe (equally tasty, although higher in calories). We would like to remind you that you can find more delicious proposals in our <a href=\"https:\/\/imperiogarlic.com\/en\/recipes-garlic-onions\/\">recipes section<\/a>. Get inspired to cook healthy and tasy dishes.<\/p>\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Ensalada de pepino y ajo: Descubre c\u00f3mo preparar de forma sencilla una de las recetas m\u00e1s sanas para los d\u00edas calurosos. Sabor y salud, todo en uno.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":6,"featured_media":6299,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[86,57],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-6300","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-curiosities","category-sin-categoria-en"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/imperiogarlic.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6300","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/imperiogarlic.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/imperiogarlic.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/imperiogarlic.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/6"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/imperiogarlic.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=6300"}],"version-history":[{"count":8,"href":"https:\/\/imperiogarlic.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6300\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":7544,"href":"https:\/\/imperiogarlic.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6300\/revisions\/7544"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/imperiogarlic.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/6299"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/imperiogarlic.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=6300"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/imperiogarlic.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=6300"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/imperiogarlic.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=6300"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}