New Year Recipes
Cream Cheese Sandwiches Recipe
Cream Cheese Sandwiches are simple and delicious. I added some crunchy cucumber, bell pepper and some mild spices. These sandwiches are light and refreshing – the perfect afternoon snack. Try these sandwiches for your kids’ lunch box. This super simple sandwich is a hit with almost everyone.
Prep Time | 10 minutes |
Cook Time | 20 minutes |
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Ingredients
- 4 slices of bread I like to use firm bread
- 1/3 cup cream cheese
- inch Cucumber about 4long English or seedless (kheera kakdi)
- 1/4 cup bell pepper this will make about 1/4finely chopped bell pepper (capsicum Shimla mirch, pahadi mirch)
- 2 tablespoons finely chopped cilantro hara dhania
- 1/8 teaspoon Salt
- 1/8 teaspoon black pepper
- 1 teaspoon ginger finely shredded I use zester to shred the ginger
- 1 green chili finely chopped optional and adjust to taste
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Instructions
- Peel the cucumber leaving the stripes unpeeled. Shred the cucumber, after shredding squeeze the water, we need about 1/4 cup shredded cucumber after squeezing the water. Set aside.
- Cut the bell pepper in very small pieces and squeeze the water and pet dry, need about 1/4 cup chopped bell pepper.
- In a bowl mix all the ingredients, mix will have a texture of thick spread.
- Spread the mix on two slices of sandwich bread, then close sandwiches with other slices of bread.
- Remove the crest from the bread all sides and slice them in two parts. For clean cut keep the sandwiches aside and slice them after about half an hour.
- Serve these sandwiches as a snack, or they are grate for lunch box, or picnic.