Categories: Appetizers

Ingredients

• a loaf of French bread
• herbed cream cheese spread (recipe here)
• cucumbers, preferably English or Persian cucumbers, which have fewer seeds
• small flower shaped cookie or gum paste cutters
• 1 8oz block of cream cheese, softened
• 1/2 cup plain Greek yogurt
• 1/3 cup chopped fresh herbs
• 1/2 t salt
• 3 cloves garlic, minced
• zest and juice of half a lemon

Directions

1. Chop enough fresh herbs to fill a 1/3 cup measure.

2. Combine softened cream cheese, plain yogurt, herbs, salt, garlic, lemon zest, and lemon juice in a bowl. Mix with a wooden spoon or an electric mixer until combined. An electric mixer will create a light, fluffy dip, and mixing by hand will create a denser mixture, but both are delicious.

3. First, slice the bread and slice the cucumbers. Easy peasy.

4. Then, let your kids have a blast cutting flower shapes out of the cucumbers. The leftovers are pretty good for snacking if you get hungry while you’re in the kitchen, FYI.

5. Spread herbed cream cheese on the bread, and top with cucumber flowers. Fresh, delicious finger food, made with lots of love and fun by the kids.

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