This weekend I went to a lovely family engagement party for my dear cousin, Maury and her fiancée, Michael.  My uncle hosted the party and I decided to bring a light appetizer to add into the mix.  My cousin is a vegetarian who eats fish, so I settled on making smoked salmon and cream cheese crackers – something that would resemble the bagel and lox breakfast you’d find in every diner in New York City.

Finished!

These little treats are easy and fast to assemble. They can be prepared in just about 20 minutes.

Here’s what you’ll need:

• 1 package of mini breads (I like these pumpernickel ones) or crackers
• Smoked Salmon – we made 18 with 6 ounces of salmon
• 1 package of cream cheese, whipped.  1 tomato, diced
• 1 small jar capers
• 1 small red onion, diced

Directions:

If your grocery store doesn’t have whipped cream cheese (the kind that comes in a tub), you can manually whip it for a minute or two with a hand beater.  This makes it a little more airy and easier to spread.

Spread a thin layer of cream cheese on each cracker.  Then cover with salmon. Add a small dollop of cream cheese on top of the salmon. This is to hold the toppings in place – to give them something to stick to.  (If you’re transporting this to a party, you’ll be very happy you added in this step!)  Add a few capers, tomatoes and diced onion to each.  (I used pieces of onion, but they proved VERY difficult to eat! I advise dicing.

Enjoy!