*I love having a julienne tool for carrots. They look so pretty in salads like this and the tool is about the same size as a vegetable peeler. If you don't have one, you can simply keep peeling the carrots, chop them, or spiralize them and give them a rough chop to make them into bite-sized pieces.
*A regular spoon will do the trick to remove the seeds from cucumbers! Just cut in half lengthwise and scoop them out.