Elegant Smoked Salmon Appetizer

I was love a holiday appetizer that doesn’t leave everyone feeling so stuffed that they can’t eat dinner. This one is perfect. Serve it as a pre-dinner snack, or bring it to a potlock. It’s easy to pull together and looks beautiful every time!

Ingredients

• 4 ounces smoked salmon

• 1 English cucumber

• 1 5-ounce vegan cream cheese (kite hill) or Greek Yogurt (siggi’s) or crème fraiche

• 1 teaspoon fresh lemon zest

• fresh dill

• capers

Instructions

Slice the cucumber into 1/4-inch slices.

Top each cucumber with a 2-inch piece of smoked salmon

Optional: If you are using yogurt, place the yogurt in a coffee filter over a small jar for one hour to allow the liquid to drain.

Mix 1 teaspoon of lemon zest into the yogurt, creme fraiche, or vegan cream cheese.

Top each appetizer with a small dollop of the yogurt or cream cheese, a big piece of fresh dill, and one caper.

Best assembled within a few hours of serving. Store in the refrigerator until 10 minutes before serving.