Made my first gorilla sandwich today

[Veronica01]

great idea, i saw these online and have yet to make one myself. I think I shall experiment with these this week! Yay

[sambrini]

What an amazing idea, I am going to have to try this. as soon as my cucumbers have grown big enough I will have a go. My partner will not be trying it though, he cannot stand cucumbers all the more for me!!!

[MelanieC]

How cool. the one someone made with raw portabellas sounds good....

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Mary Kay

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[Veronica01]

i bought a bunch of cucumbers last night! haha.

So I made my first one ever with an organic english cucumber, a little narrow but it was ok, i sliced it in half and just stuffed each side, as it was my dinner.

I made a dressing of avocado, acv, agave and mustard as a nut free honey moustard.

Inside I put shredded carrots, beats, cabbage, red leaf lettuce, romaine, sprouts, portobella and broccoli... just made a fine salad and stuffed it in there, not bad. I think i will use more dressing next time tho. I will try again tonight

[something beautiful]

Thanks SO much for this post! I tried my first one today and it's just so delicious. I pared away half of the skin so that it was striped. I wrapped the cuke in a paper towel for about 5 minutes so it wouldn't be wet - when I unwrapped it it was nice and dry on the outside and I could hold it easily. I made a nice mix of corn, tomatoes, avo, olives, celery, and dulse. It was really delicious, and fun to eat. Yay!

[liquidfire]

That's the first time I've heard of a Gorilla sandwich, but the actually look pretty good and easy to make!

[kidkid]

GAH! my prayers for an easy to make, not-dehydrated, portable raw meal have been answered! This is SO COOL. I can't wait to try it.

[progger]

There is a great video on youtube that is by the fella that stumbled upon the idea. Here is the link...

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=z4L3pb6pZ2w

Gives you all the tools you need and some great tips to cut down on the moisture factor. Those of you who don't wanna follow the link...here's the deets.

Tools you need:
kitchen knife
muddler (think a pestle or that bartender tool to mash the mint in your tasty mojito)
chopping block/cutting board
bowl
ice tea spoon
*zucchini corer* star of the show!


Ingredients:

Cucumber
Layers of anything you like including avocado, walnuts, almonds, olives, black kale, mustard greens and dulse. (Or whatever you think of...just keep it yummy!)
Seasoning is optional but can be added with the layers and/or between them. Sea salt, celery leaf, leek, water/garden cress, onion, chive, parsley, garlic, lovage, basil, majoram, rosemary, thyme and kelp.

How To:
Basically cut 3" of the cuc off, put it off to the side for now. Like the picture of the corer shows above, you basically hollow out the bad boy and use the guts for whatever you please.

Once this is done, the iced tea spoon is crucial to remove the moisture. Scrape the spoon along the inside wall of the hollow cucumber.

Now you are ready to pack the layers...give'er with whatever suits your fancy. All of the ingredients are listed on the site www.gorillasandwich.com.

Enjoy!!!!! :)

[Veganforlife]

That is way cool!!!! The knife that is. I know about gorilla sandwiches!

[DebB]

This looks like a nice change from wraps. No matter how I wrap up the wrap, I always have a runny mess. At least in the cuke, it would all be contained and not run down my arm (sigh - ha!) *Ü*

[Rose J.]

Yum...that looks good. I'll have to try it soon!

[revdrcyn]

This sounds like such a great idea but I do not know how a person would hollow out the cucumber. Any suggestions?

Thanks

Kathy

Hi Kathy,

I use an apple corer -- (not the kind that slices the apple) see photo below -- it also works well for stuffed zucchini!

Blessings,

Cynthia

[lisamarieraw]

How do they know how much a gorilla can bench press???

lol!!!!!!!!!

[HereAndThere]

I think I know what I'm having for lunch today...