Pinterest is a wonderful invention, giving us instant access to so many wonderful ideas.  One of those ideas that daughter, Sarah, and I chose for one of the wedding appetizers was cucumber cups.  What the heck is a cucumber cup, you say?  Read on….

Wash the cucumber.  Using a potato peeler, peel stripes around the cucumber.  Cut off the round end of the cucumber.  Cut the cucumber into 1″ slices.  Taking a grapefruit spoon or teaspoon, hollow out about 2/3 of the center of the cucumber.

Fill each cucumber cup with the filling of your choice.  Some of the ideas I’ve used include:

• hummus with a chopped piece of red pepper on top
• goat cheese with a drizzle of honey and a pecan or walnut on top
• cream cheese with salmon/lox and a sprig of fresh dill
• dip…any dip you please

It’s cucumber season so cut some cups for an easy appetizer that will chill you down after a hot day.