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Stay cool as a cucumber with these cucumber bites! Each bite is filled with a creamy mixture of avocado and ricotta cheese. A little protein rounds out this snack. To keep things interesting, you are welcome to experiment at your discretion by swapping out the salami in this recipe for other sources of protein – white meat turkey, crispy bacon, or chopped hard-boiled egg are all good choices!
Ingredients
- ½ each hass avocado
- ½ cup ricotta cheese
- ½ teaspoon salt
- 1 teaspoon, whole pieces dill weed, fresh
- 1 ¼ ounce salami
- ½ large – 8 1/4" long cucumber
Instructions
- Remove the avocado from its skin into a bowl. Use the back of a fork to mash the avocado, and combine the ricotta cheese with it.
- Stir the salt and dill into the mixture. Finely chop the salami. Set aside some of the salami as a garnish for later and mix the remainder into the avocado filling.
- Prepare a whole cucumber by slicing it in half lengthwise. Wrap and set aside one half of the cucumber for another recipe. Lay down the remaining half on a clean surface, and use a knife or spoon to remove the seeds and core of the cucumber. Make sure the space created is hollow enough to hold the filling – there will be a lot!
- Spoon the filling into the cored cucumber half. Pack in the filling to avoid a mess. Some filling may rise over the edge of the cucumber, but this is okay.
- Slice the cucumber into 10 pieces. Top each piece off with the bits of salami that were set aside previously. Enjoy!
Nutrition Facts
- Servings: 2
- Calories: 242.1kcal/1012.9kJ (per serving)
- Fat: 18.9g (per serving)
- Carbs: 7.7g (per serving)
- Protein: 11.8g (per serving)
