Healthy Cucumber Sandwich for Kids
Enjoy the best cucumber sandwich recipe- fresh, easy and perfect for tiffin, picnics or quick snacks. Light, delicious and ready in minutes.
Servings 4 people
Ingredients
- 1 cup Cream Cheese
- 1 small English Cucumber grated
- 3 tbsps Sweet Basil Leaves you can either use mint or parsley leaves
- 2 cloves Garlic minced; optional
- 1/2 tsp Italian Seasoning optional
- Salt and Pepper to taste
- 8 slices Wholewheat Bread
Instructions
- Peel cucumber and grate it. Squeeze out the juice completely.
- Take cream cheese in a large bowl. To it add grated cucumber, salt, pepper, Italian seasoning, minced garlic and finely chopped sweet basil leaves.
- Mix it all really well. Check for salt and seasoning.
- Take two bread slices. Spread the cucumber cream cheese mix generously on one side and seal it with another slice.
- Slice the bread slices in the shape you prefer. I like triangular shape.
- Serve immediately or keep it covered in the refrigerator for 30 minutes and enjoy them cold.
Notes
- The main element of this recipe is of course cream cheese. If cream cheese is not easily available in your region, you can totally check out this Homemade Cream Cheese Recipe
- You can make your own version of the recipe. Feel free to add more vegetables like chopped bell pepper (green, yellow and red) or grated carrots.
- If you cannot find sweet basil leaves, you can totally use some mint or parsley leaves here. Cucumber with mint makes a great combination too.
- If you are not making it for kids, you can add some finely chopped green or red chilies or red chili flakes.
- You can choose which ever bread you like for this recipe; white bread, multigrain bread, milk bread. Just make sure the bread is fresh and soft for best results.
- If you do not like raw bread, you can totally toast the slices first in a toaster and then spread the filling.