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Italian Cucumber Subs

4
Points® value
Total Time
12 min
Prep
12 min
Cook
0 min
Serves
2
Difficulty
Easy
A hollowed out cucumber stands in for a roll in thisfun sublike sandwich.

Ingredients

Light cream cheese

3 tbsp(s), (45 ml) softened

Fresh basil

2 tbsp(s), (30 ml) finely chopped

Table salt

¼ tsp(s), (1 ml)

Black pepper

pinch(es), (0.5 ml) freshly ground

English cucumber

1 large, unpeeled, halved lengthwise

Red onion

¼ cup(s), sliced, (60 ml) thinly sliced

Provolone cheese

1 oz, (28 g) sharp-variety, very thinly sliced

Turkey pepperoni

1 piece(s), (28 g) 16 small slices

Instructions

  1. Combine cream cheese, basil, salt and pepper in a small bowl; set aside.
  2. Scrape out seeds from cucumber halves with a spoon.
  3. Spread cream cheese mixture thinly and evenly into hollowed out portion of cucumbers.
  4. Layer onion, cheese and then pepperoni on cucumber bottom; sandwich with cucumber top. Press down lightly; cut into 2 pieces.
  5. Serving size: 1 sub half