No-Carb Appetizers

We went out for dinner last night with some friends and met at our house beforehand. I wanted to have a little nosh-worthy snacky snack to go with the before-dinner drink to kick the evening off right.

These two, along with some homemade SALSA, came together quickly, hit the mark and tasted pretty good.

Prosciutto-Wrapped Cantaloupe

Prosciutto

Cantaloupe

Seed melon. Cut in chunks. Wrap the thin-sliced meat around each chunk. Would also be good to throw a chunk of blue cheese in there, if you know everyone likes blue cheese. Or, you could skip the cantaloupe, substitute a fig and then choose the blue cheese and prosciutto. Yum. Or a pear. I'll stop. But the list is endless. 

Stuffed Cucumbers

2-3 cucumbers

1 8-oz. package of cream cheese, softened (I used low fat cream cheese which as more carbs than regular, but they're still practically non-existent.)

1/2 of a packet of Hidden Valley Ranch Spicy Ranch dry dip mix

Red onion, finely diced

5-6 baby carrots, finely diced

Couple of squirts of hot sauce

Parsley or cilantro or nothing, finely diced

Peel cucumbers with vegetable peeler and cut in 1/2" to 3/4" chunks. With a melon-baller, scoop the seeds out, making a pocket for the dip. Don't go all the way through the bottom. In a bowl, mix the cream cheese, dry mix, onions, carrots, hot sauce, green stuff. Put a dollop of the cream cheese mixture in each little scooped out hole. If you're feeling fancy, add some diced veg to the top.