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GARDEN TRAMEZZINI & SHAMROCK SANDWICHES

Prep Time 10 minutes
Cook Time 15 minutes
Resting Time 30 minutes
Course Appetizer, Main Course, Snack
Cuisine American, Italian
Servings 2 cups

Ingredients
  

  • 10 oz frozen spinach thawed and drained
  • 8 oz. low fat cream cheese softened
  • 1 cup mayonnaise
  • 3 T ranch salad dressing mix
  • Thin bread slices or cut into rounds
  • English {seedless} cucumber cut into thin slices
  • 3-4 green onions chopped, separating chopped green tops and chopped white bottoms into 2 piles
  • parsley for garnish

Instructions
 

  • Combine spinach with cream cheese, ranch dressing mix, chopped green onion bottoms and mayonnaise. Refrigerate for at least 30 minutes to blend flavors.
  • Spread rounds with spinach cream cheese. Stack one round atop another* and roll edges in chopped green onion bottoms. Lay cucumber slices on top of sandwiches . Roll edges in finely snipped chives. Arrange in groups of 3 on a plate and add a chive or parsley stem.

Notes

*Or spread bread slices with spinach mix, stack and cut into triangles. Dip edges into green onion bottoms and press into sides. Top with cucumber and parsley.
Note:You can also use this spread as a dip by thinning with additional mayonnaise or sour cream
Keyword cucumber sandwich, cucumber spread, fresh spinach, shamrock sandwiches, St. Patrick's Day, tea sandwich, tramezzini