Dieting: 19th Century Style

I have rediscovered the humble Cucumber Sandwich. Not that it ever disappeared. I hadn't eaten one for years....... and now I have. And boy it was goooood. Cooling refreshing cucumbers are the perfect food to be eating during this ridiculous heatwave.

If you look at the traditional cucumber sandwich, commonly served alongside tea, you won't find much nutrition in crust-less white bread with butter salt and thin slices of skinless cucumber, and not to mention it won't be particularly filling.

I created my own modern, healthy and a bit more hearty version with wholemeal wholegrain bread (crusts on), a smidge of butter, a teensy sprinkle of salt and chockablock full of cucumber. This will no doubt have British purists spitting out their precise blend of Earl Grey in shock and disgust.

Nevertheless I will continue to eat my criminal cucumber sandwiches and still feel like Victorian aristocracy.