Name: Avocado Cucumber Tomato Appetizers
Prep time: 5 min
Total time: 10 h 5 min
Ingredients: 1 avocado peeled and cubed fine and slightly mashed; 1 cucumber cut into thick slices; 2 teaspoons lime juice bottled or fresh squeezed; 1/4 teaspoon of garlic powder; sea salt or kosher salt to taste; freshly cracked black pepper to taste; grape tomatoes sliced ( this is a garnish for each one on top); recipe can be doubled or tripled

If you love healthier appetizers and avocado this will be your new favorite snack food!

Sliced cucumbers topped with a lime, garlic avocado mixture then topped with fresh sliced grape tomatoes are all a match made in heaven.

These delicious little avocado appetizers are not only healthy but super delicious and perfect all summer long in the heat for a nice light before-dinner finger food.

Of course, the additions are endless that you can add to your avocado and we will surely give you some suggestions below!

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These are also a big hit for any holiday, especially for adding to the Christmas Holiday menu for the red and green-themed foods.

The best part about these little avocado bites, is they are not only delicious but low in calories, easy to make and so darn healthy rich in vitamins.

You can serve them on a bed of fancy greens, romaine, arugula or leave them plain and watch them fly off the plate, they won't last long especially for all my vegetarian friends out there.

Scroll down to my printable recipe card I have many filling ideas for your next picnic, dinner party, or just a great snack for lunch!

these are appetizers with cucumber and avocado on a white plate

Get Creative

You can actually cut the cucumber with a cookie cutter and shape them for a pretty party-themed event.

If you have meat eaters only try chopped some deli meats like turkey, salami or black forest ham and mix it with a little low-fat dressing then top your cucumber with avocado and tomato garnish.
Leftovers meat is great to use also like cooked finely chopped rotisserie chicken.

Just adding your favorite spreads like cream cheese or hummus will start endless varieties of finger foods everyone will love.

Ingredients You Will Need

cucumbers
grape tomatoes
fancy greens, romaine lettuce, or spinach leaves
avocado diced
lime juice
salt, pepper, granulated garlic powder
Optional: romaine lettuce, mixed greens, arugula

ingredients with cucumber, avocado and tomato for appetizers

Tool You Will Need

sharp knife
cutting board
spoon
bowl
toothpicks for serving

Other topping ideas:

Turkey salad
Egg salad
Chicken salad
Buffalo chicken shredded
Ham salad
Taco filling cream cheese with taco seasoning
Pizza filling cream cheese with chopped pepperoni and a dash or Italian seasonings
Vegetarian (I am sure you can be great creative, I also love avocado, olives chopped, tomato, and sunflower seeds
Diced apples, walnuts, arugula or other greens, raisins use peppercorn ranch
BLT filling mayo crumbled cooked bacon, shredded lettuce, tomato
Corned beef from the deli, thousand island dressing, coleslaw salad chopped, swiss cheese
Spinach and artichoke dip makes a great topping

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Healthy Appetizer Recipes:

If you're looking for low-calorie appetizers this is it and you can add more or fewer vegetables chopped to the avocado mixture.

You can even substitute avocado for hummus and top it with olives, and whole chickpeas!

I happen to love all the veggies in mine, however, we do have some picky eaters that just love their meat, and BLT style topped cucumbers are their favorite style snack!