CUCUMBER BITES APPETIZERS

By Lsweetnell

Suggest a flavored cream cheese an dilute with some additional plain cream cheese. I have family members that do not like ranch dressing and family members that are Celiacs so I have to be careful. Remember recipes are ideas, change things up to suit your needs.

PREP TIME
15 mins
TOTAL TIME
15 mins

Ingredients

• 2 – Cucumbers
• 12 – cherry tomatoes
• 4 oz. – cream cheese softened
• 1 tbsp. – mayonnaise
• 3 tbsp. – light ranch
• 1 tbsp. – frozen or fresh dill
• 1/4 tsp. – garlic salt
• Black pepper for garnish

Details

Adapted from valyastasteofhome.com

Preparation

Step 1

Wash, peel and slice cucumber into half inch slices.
Remove little of insides of the cucumber with a half tea spoon measurement.
Combine softened cream cheese, mayo, and ranch. Mix it well until smooth in texture.
Add dill and garlic salt and mix just until combined.
Place all the topping into a piping bag with a star attachment and pipe out about a ¾ of a tbsp. into each prepared cucumber. If the topping has hard time to stick to cucumber pat dry the cucumber juice before piping.
Cut cherry tomatoes in half and insert into each cucumber topping.
Sprinkle with black pepper, serve and enjoy. This appetizers can be prepared several hour before serving, make sure to refrigerate until ready to serve.