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Cooling and calming cucumber makes a stress-relieving smoothie snack, easy to make in advance and take to work.
Serves 6
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Smoothie Heaven: Hundreds of Divine Recipes to Take You to Smoothie Heaven by Wendy Sweetser
Published by Apple Press
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© 2013 Wendy Sweetser / Apple Press · Reproduced with permission.Recipe
Ingredients
- 3 large Cucumber , peeled, seeded 
 and chopped
- 750 mililitre (11â„4 pints) natural Yogurt
- 15 gram (1â„2 oz) chopped fresh Parsley
- 15 gram (1â„2 oz) chopped fresh Mint
- 9 Ice Cubes
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- Cheap
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Reserve the peel of one cucumber and set aside. Place the yoghurt, parsley and mint in a blender. Process until smooth. Add the chopped cucumber, a third at a time, and process until smooth. Add the ice cubes and process until crushed. Garnish with reserved cucumber peel – curl the cucumber around a cocktail stick to get this striking serving suggestion.
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Parsley could also make an interesting, effortless garnish.
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