Cucumber Cream Cheese Spread or Dip

Makes 1 cup

Use it as a spread for lunch or as a dip for an appetizer. Make recipe the day before if possible.

Agnes

Cucumber Cream Cheese Dip with Cauliflower tots. Made without food processor. 

Ingredients

3/4 cup cucumber, peeled and chopped, or use food processor 

2 tablespoons diced onions

8 ounce cream cheese, softened to room temperature

Dash of Cayenne pepper or 1 tsp lemon juice or 1 tsp fresh dill

⅛ tsp salt

Instructions

In food processor add cucumber and onions. Cover and process until chopped in small pieces and chunky. Add cream cheese and seasoning and process until mixed and still chunky. Place in a small container with lid and refrigerate a few hours or overnight. 

Great served on toasted bagels, in light lunch sandwiches or on tortilla before adding your lettuce in a wrap. Can be serve as a dip with crackers, cauliflower tots or tortillas.

Variation:

Add 1/4 cup mayonnaise and 1/4 garlic powder. Makes it easier to spread on bread.

Wrap it up: Tortilla wrap, cucumber dip and salad consisting of vegetables, oil, balsamic vinegar, salt and pepper. Top with grated old cheddar cheese.

Tips:

Use fresh green onions and fresh cucumbers when you can. 

If you don’t have a food processor,  chop vegetables in small pieces. In small bowl, mix cream cheese and seasoning by hand until combined. Gently fold in vegetables. Refrigerate.

Cucumber Cream Cheese Spread or Dip with Naan bread.

Cucumber dip on tortilla wrap