Cucumber Bites with Herbs Cream Cheese and Cherry Tomato: Excellent party recipe made with simple ingredients, and in less than an hour. This delightful meal can be served as a party snack or a mouth-watering appetizer.
Delicious and healthy! You don’t always get such a perfect two-in-one combo such as this. This recipe may be a mouthful to pronounce but trust me when eating this, you will have your mouth full. The combination of tomatoes, cucumber, cream cheese, and ranch dressing leaves you with a taste that is inexplicably awesome. Oh! And did I add that this is one of the most visually appealing recipes ever! Your eyes devour this first before your mouth gets to do the rest of the work.
This whole recipe comes together in less than an hour, meaning you can make a large batch for many guests at a party. There’s not much fuss in preparing this, and it doesn’t leave you with much to clean up afterward either. The best part of this is that it is a no-bake, no-cook recipe, meaning the bulk of your work is just setting up this recipe in an eye-catching design. If this isn’t on your to-cook list, then I don’t know what is!
INGREDIENTS
- 4 ounces (1 Brick) cream cheese, softened to room temperature
- 1/4 cup ranch dressing
- 2 tablespoons fresh dill or thyme
- 3 to 4 long cucumbers, skinned and sliced into 1-inch slices
- 15 cherry tomatoes, sliced in half
- Salt, to taste
- Paprika or cajun spice mix, for garnish
DETAILS
Servings 8
Preparation time 20mins
Cooking time 20mins
PREPARATION
STEP 1
First, Make the herbed cream cheese: in a stand mixer, mix the softened cream cheese with the ranch dressing and herbs. Mix until well combined. Spoon into a piping bag with a star tip.
Prepare the cucumber, remove peel, and using a fork, score the sides. Slice into 1 inch pieces. Using a melon baller, remove a portion of the center of one side of the piece of cucumber, leaving a half moon crater.
Pipe the Herb Cream Cheese into the crater. Enough to stick out of the top about 1/2 inch.
Add a half Cherry Tomato partially buried into the Herb Cream Cheese
Sprinkle additional salt, herbs and spice mix for additional color. Chill in the fridge until ready to serve.
Serve chilled and enjoy!