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Herbed Blue Cheese Spread with Garlic Toasts
Yield: Makes 16 servings
This creamy cheese spread is a nice complement to the crunchy garlic toast base. So satisfying and full of flavor, it's hard to believe that each serving has less than 200 calories!
Ingredients:
1-1/3
cups low-fat (1%) cottage cheese
1-1/4
cups (5 ounces) crumbled blue, feta or goat cheese
1
large clove garlic
2
teaspoons lemon juice
2
green onions with tops, sliced (about 1/4 cup)
1/4
cup chopped fresh basil or oregano or 1 teaspoon dried basil or oregano leaves
2
tablespoons toasted slivered almonds*
Garlic Toasts (recipe)
Preparation:
1.
Combine cottage cheese, blue cheese, garlic and lemon juice in food processor. Cover; process until smooth. Add green onions, basil and almonds; pulse until well blended but still chunky.
2.
Spoon cheese spread into small serving bowl; cover. Refrigerate until ready to serve.
3.
When ready to serve, prepare Garlic Toasts. Spread 1 tablespoon cheese spread onto each toast slice. Garnish, if desired.
Nutritional Information:
| Serving Size: 2 garlic toast pieces, each with 1 tablespoon Cheese Spread | |
| Sodium | 521 mg |
| Protein | 9 g |
| Fiber | <1 g |
| Carbohydrate | 27 g |
| Cholesterol | 7 mg |
| Saturated Fat | 2 g |
| Total Fat | 5 g |
| Calories from Fat | 23 % |
| Calories | 189 |
Dietary Exchange:
| Fat | 1 |
| Starch | 2 |
This recipe appears in:
Dips & Spreads
