Watercress Canapés

• 1 (8-oz.) package cream cheese, softened
• 2 tablespoons sour cream
• 2 tablespoons mayonnaise
• 1 cup lightly packed watercress
• 1/4 cup firmly packed fresh parsley leaves
• 1/4 teaspoon salt
• 1/4 teaspoon pepper
• 18 white sandwich bread slices
• Assorted vegetable slices and herbs

1. Pulse first 3 ingredients in a food processor until smooth. Add watercress and next 3 ingredients; process until finely chopped.
2. Spread 1 Tbsp. cream cheese mixture onto each bread slice. Top with assorted vegetable slices and herbs in a single layer, pressing lightly. Trim crusts from bread. Cut each bread slice into 4 squares or 2 rectangles.
3. Try These Twists:
4. Goat Cheese Canapes: Omit watercress and parsley. Reduce cream cheese to 4 oz. Add 1 (4-oz.) goat cheese log, softened, with cream cheese and 2 tsp. chopped fresh thyme with salt in Step Top with: candy-cane beets and chives, or sliced squash and salmon caviar.
5. Bacon-and-Olive Canapes: Omit salt. Substitute 1/2 cup green olives, chopped, and 6 cooked and crumbled bacon slices for watercress and parsley. Add salt to taste. Top with: sliced grape tomatoes and hard-cooked eggs, or basil leaves, celery, and radishes.

cream cheese, sour cream, mayonnaise, watercress, parsley, salt, pepper, white sandwich bread slices, vegetable slices

Taken from www.myrecipes.com/recipe/watercress-canapes (may not work)