Cucumber, Mint & Lime Cooler
Snack · Mediterranean · Ready in 10 min · Serves 4
Whole cucumbers blended with mint and lime into a pale green jug. About as refreshing as a drink gets for sixty-odd calories.
Per serving
- Calories
- 72
- Protein
- 1 g
- Carbs
- 17 g
- Fat
- 0 g
- Fibre
- 1 g
Vitamins and minerals, % of a day’s needs
- Iron3%
- Vitamin D0%
- B120%
- Zinc3%
- Magnesium5%
- Omega-31%
- Calcium3%
- Potassium5%
- Vitamin C10%
- Vitamin A1%
- Riboflavin3%
Worked out from the ingredients. How we work out our numbers
Ingredients
- 600 g Cucumber
- 15 whole Fresh mint leaves
- 4 tbsp Lime juice
- 40 g Caster sugar
- 700 ml Chilled water
- 1 pinch Salt
Method
- 1
Roughly chop the 600g of cucumber, skin on, into chunks a blender will manage. The skin is where most of the colour comes from. This needs to chill for an hour before serving, so start it early.
- 2
Put the chopped cucumber in a blender with the 15 fresh mint leaves, 4 tbsp of lime juice and a pinch of salt, and blend for 40 seconds until smooth and pale green.
- 3
Pass the blended cucumber through a sieve into a large jug, pressing the pulp with the back of a spoon, then stir in 700ml of chilled water and the 40g of caster sugar until the sugar dissolves.
- 4
Leave it in the fridge for at least an hour, then serve over ice. It keeps for three days, though it is best on the first two.
