Cucumber Tea Sandwiches

Name: Cucumber Tea Sandwiches
Prep time: 45 min
Cook time: 45 min
Total time: 45 min
Yield: 32
Cuisine: Global
Ingredients: 79 milliliters light process cream cheese product; 237 milliliters peeled, seeded, and shredded cucumber; 32 slices 32 thin cucumber slices; 1 Dash ground white pepper; 227 grams carton plain nonfat yogurt; 3 Tbsps shredded onion; 0 teaspoons salt; 28 grams 16 white sandwich bread; 28 grams 16 whole wheat bread

Cucumber Tea Sandwiches requires about 45 minutes from start to finish. One serving contains 18 calories, 1g of protein, and 1g of fat. For 9 cents per serving, you get a hor d'oeuvre that serves 32. Head to the store and pick up process cream cheese product, cucumber, onion, and a few other things to make it today. It is a good option if you're following a vegetarian diet.

Instructions

Line a colander or sieve with a double layer of cheesecloth that has been rinsed out and squeezed dry; allow cheesecloth to extend over edge of colander. Spoon yogurt into colander; fold edges of cheesecloth over to cover yogurt.

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Yogurt

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Cheesecloth

Colander

Sieve

Place colander in a bowl; refrigerate 12 hours. Scrape yogurt into a bowl, using a rubber spatula; discard liquid.

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Yogurt

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Colander

Spatula

Bowl

Beat yogurt and cream cheese at medium speed of an electric mixer until smooth. Press shredded cucumber and onion between paper towels to remove excess moisture.

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Cream Cheese

Cucumber

Yogurt

Onion

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Hand Mixer

Paper Towels

Add vegetables to yogurt mixture; stir well. Stir in salt and pepper. Set aside.

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Salt And Pepper

Vegetable

Yogurt

Cut 2 (1 3/4-inch) rounds out of each bread slice, using a cookie cutter.

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Bread

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Cookie Cutter

Spread 1 1/2 teaspoons yogurt mixture on one side of each of 16 white bread rounds; top each with a cucumber slice and a whole wheat round. Repeat procedure, spreading yogurt mixture on 16 whole wheat rounds, and topping each with a cucumber slice and a white bread round. Reserve remaining yogurt mixture.

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White Bread

Cucumber

Wheat