Cucumber Radish Carpaccio with Apricot Almond Cream Cheese

20250210 #breakfastdiary 1309, -9/mostly clear, 20 min/exercise (S) I was trying to figure out how best to eat this vivid, flavorful apricot almond cream cheese, and I figured it would clearly pair well with the flat shapes of cucumber and radish, in both taste and looks. #cucumberradishcarpaccio (approx 271kcal) served with apricot almond cream cheese

1/2 cucumber, 5 radishes, 1 shallot, 1/4 apricot and almond cream cheese, (dressing) 1T olive oil, 1T white wine vinegar, 1t whole grain mustard, a little minced shallot

1. Thinly slice the cucumber and radish with a mandoline. 2. Cut the root off the shallot, peel it, slice it into long thin strips (called a "julienne cut," named after 18th-century French chef Jean Julien), and soak in water. 3. Plate the cucumber, radish, shallot, and cream cheese, and drizzle with the vinaigrette dressing.