This easy veggie cream cheese finger sandwich recipe is ideal for kids' tea parties or last minute guests. It can be prepared with a wide range of vegetables, and kids love it when it's made with milder, sweeter vegetables, such as carrots, cucumber and bell peppers.
Prep Time: 15 minutes
Total Time: 15 minutes
Yield: About 36 finger sandwiches
Ingredients:
- About 1.5 cups of chopped, assorted vegetables, such as English cucumber, peeled carrot, bell pepper, watercress, baby spinach and red onion
- (Optional) Up to 1 tsp dried parsley, chopped fresh chives, chopped parsley, finely chopped garlic or finely chopped horseradish
- 1 8-oz container of softened cream cheese
- Salt and pepper, to taste
- 2 loaves white bread (such as buttermilk bread)
Preparation:
- Put some of the vegetables in a food processor and partially process them. Alternate adding more vegetables/herbs and processing the vegetables so that the food processor doesn't get jammed.
- When the vegetables (and, optionally, the herbs) are finely diced, mix them with the cream cheese in a bowl.
- Add salt and pepper to taste.
- For every two slices of bread, spread about 1.5 tablespoons of veggie cream cheese on one slice.
- Put the slices together, cut off the crusts and slice the sandwich diagonally two times to create four triangle finger sandwiches.
