Cucumber Cups with Crab Meat

Ingredients

• 1 cucumber
• 5-6 oz of fresh crab meat
• 4 oz of fat-free sour cream
• 4 tablespoon of chopped chives
• 2 tablespoon of mixed herbs
• 4 crab sticks
• 8 asparagus sticks for decorating
• Lemon flavoring
• Salt and pepper

Directions

1.  Wash and trim the ends of the cucumber.
2. Peel it lengthwise with a vegetable peeler, keeping 1 out of every other ribbon.
3. Slice the cucumber into 8 sections and using a teaspoon, remove the flesh, forming a “cup” with ½ cm-thick borders.
4. Drain crab meat and flake it using a fork.
5. Combine crab meat, sour cream, herbs, chives and a few drops of lemon flavoring. Season to taste with Salt and pepper.
6. Stuff cucumber cups with crab meat mixture, put them on a plate, sprinkle with the rest of the chopped chives and sliced crab sticks.
7. Decorate with whole crab sticks and asparagus spears.