Arepa spread with cream cheese, cucumber slices, dill and lemon zest

Cream Cheese Cucumber Dill Arepa — No-Cook GF Snack

September 02, 2026

Category: After-School Snacks  |  Ready in 3 minutes  |  Serves 1 adult or 2 kids  |  Naturally gluten-free

Kid-friendly: a 10-year-old can make this one alone — no stove.

What You Need

  • 2 Zavor & Co gluten-free arepas
  • 4 tbsp cream cheese
  • 1/3 cucumber, thinly sliced
  • 1 tbsp chopped dill
  • Lemon zest

How to Make It

  1. Warm the arepas in the toaster on high, 2-3 cycles, then let cool for a minute.
  2. Spread cream cheese over each.
  3. Layer cucumber slices on top.
  4. Scatter with dill and a little lemon zest.

About This Recipe

Cream cheese, cucumber and dill is the flavor of a Scandinavian open sandwich — cool, fresh and clean. A little lemon zest sharpens it without a squeeze of juice making it wet.


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Laura Sophia — Zavor & Co.
Founder of Zavor & Co., the everyday arepa brand bringing naturally gluten-free arepas into everyday American life.
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