Enjoy these yummy cheese balls with low-fat crackers or crisp breadsticks – a delicious appetizer ready in 40 minutes. Perfect if you love Italian cuisine.
Italian Cheese Balls
- Prep Time 10 min
- Total 40 min
- Ingredients 7
- Servings 2
Ingredients
- 1 (8-oz.) pkg. 1/3-less-fat cream cheese (Neufchâtel), softened
- 4 oz. (1 cup) shredded mozzarella cheese
- 1/3 cup sliced green onions
- 1/2 teaspoon dried Italian seasoning
- 1/2 teaspoon crushed red pepper flakes
- 1 (2-oz.) jar sliced pimientos, drained
- 1/2 cup chopped fresh parsley
Instructions
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Step1In large bowl, combine all ingredients except pimientos and parsley; blend well.* Stir in pimientos. Cover; refrigerate 30 minutes for easier handling.
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Step2Shape mixture into 2 balls; roll each in parsley. Serve immediately, or wrap each ball in plastic wrap and refrigerate until serving time. Serve with low-fat crackers or crisp breadsticks.
Nutrition
30
Calories
2g
Total Fat
2g
Protein
1g
Total Carbohydrate
1g
Sugars
Nutrition Facts
Serving Size: 1 Tablespoon
- Calories
- 30
- Calories from Fat
- 20
- Total Fat
- 2g
- 3%
- Saturated Fat
- 1g
- 5%
- Cholesterol
- 5mg
- 2%
- Sodium
- 60mg
- 3%
- Total Carbohydrate
- 1g
- 0%
- Dietary Fiber
- 0g
- 0%
- Sugars
- 1g
- Protein
- 2g
% Daily Value*:
- Vitamin A
- 4%
- 4%
- Vitamin C
- 8%
- 8%
- Calcium
- 4%
- 4%
- Iron
- 0%
- 0%
Exchanges:
1/2 Fat;
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