This is the appetizer to bring when you do not want to spend the whole party negotiating with a cracker tray. Cucumber does the job bread usually does, and at 2 g net carbs for three of them you can eat freely.

The filling is cream cheese and butter beaten together with garlic powder, which sounds plain and is not. Butter is what keeps the mixture pipeable straight out of the fridge instead of stiffening into a brick.

Fifteen minutes, no cooking, and they hold on a platter for a couple of hours if you salt the cucumber first.