Updated 27th August 2026
Recipe: Smacked cucumber edamame salad
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This smacked cucumber and edamame salad is the perfect snack to support your gut health and stay hydrated, and it comes together in 5 minutes.
Cucumbers and edamame are packed with potassium, which works alongside the sodium in soy sauce to pull moisture straight into your cells. Even smacking the cucumber serves a purpose, breaking down the plant cell walls to release that trapped juice and help your gut digest it with ease.
Add in 18g of plant protein from the edamame and prebiotic fuel for your gut microbes from garlic and spring onions, and you’ve got a delicious, healthy and hydrating snack.
Serves: 2
Prep Time: 5 minutes
Ingredients
1 cucumber
150g edamame beans
1/2 tsp chilli flakes
1 tbsp sesame oil
1 tsp soy sauce
1 tsp rice wine vinegar
1 tsp black sesame seeds
1 tsp white sesame seeds
1 garlic clove, grated
1 spring onion, thinly sliced
Method
Bash the whole cucumber a few times with a rolling pin or the back of a knife until it cracks, then chop into bite-sized chunks.
Mix the cucumber and edamame with the chilli flakes, sesame oil, soy sauce, rice wine vinegar and garlic in a bowl.
Scatter over the sesame seeds and spring onion, then serve. Enjoy!
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