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Recipe By: Ward Alper, The Decadent Diabetic

Make this for: Snack

Category: Appetizers

This Recipe Makes: 2 Serving(s)

Summary

This recipe is very simple and is so good you should never hesitate to serve it while entertaining guests. It is a flash to prepare. Great with drinks on new Year's Eve or the next day with football.

What you'll need

• 1 med 7-8 inch long cucumber, peeled and sliced into 1/2 inch thick pieces
• 1 pkg. cream cheese (8 oz)
• 2 tbsp. minced shallot (or onion or scallion)
• 1 stalk(s) celery minced
• 6 small radishes minced (sliced 1-2 thinly)
• 1 tbsp. fresh parsley, minced
• 1 to taste salt and pepper

Instructions

• Step 1
  Soften the cream cheese to room temperature.
• Step 2
  Mince the onion, celery radish, and parsley together and add to the softened cream cheese.
• Step 3
  Spoon ½ tsp. of the mixture on each cucumber slice and top with ½ of a radish slice. Refrigerate until set.
• Step 4
  Use remaining mixture on a sheet of lavash or on lavash chips or save for use on your morning toast.
• Step 5
  There are as many variations on the filling as you have an imagination to create. Curry comes to mind as well as spinach.