Appetizer cheese trees or snowmen (recipe)
| Appetizer cheese trees or snowmen (recipe) | |
|---|---|
| Name | Appetizer cheese trees or snowmen |
| Ingredients | Cream cheese • Cheddar cheese • Pesto sauce • Onion • Ground mustard • Parsley • Cilantro • Pine nuts • Red bell peppers |
| Cooktime (in hours) | 4 |
| Preptime (in hours) | 0.5 |
| Totaltime (in hours) | 4.5 |
| Keto friendliness | Keto friendly |
| Calories | 634.5 |
| Fat | 58.6 |
| Protein | 24.2 |
| Carbohydrate | 4.5 |
| Fiber | 0.3 |
| Net carbohydrates | 4.2 |
| Sugar | 0.9 |
| Saturated fat | 35.2 |
| Cholesterol (mg) | 174.7 |
| Sodium | 690.6 |
| Yield | 7 Cups |
| Reviewaggregate | |
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Appetizer cheese trees or snowmen (recipe) is a keto friendly food item with net carbohydrates of about 4-5 per serving.
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Recipe instructions
- Mix cream cheese and Cheddar cheese; divide in half.
- Mix pesto into one half; mix onion, mustard and pepper sauce into other half.
- Cover each half and refrigerate about 4 hours or until firm enough to shape.
- Place cheese mixtures on cookie sheet.
- Shape each half into cone shape to look like Christmas tree.
- Roll trees in parsley, pressing evenly onto trees.
- Press bell pepper pieces onto trees to form ornaments.
- Press pine nuts onto trees in string to form garland.
- Top each tree with star-shape cut from lemon peel, if desired.
- Serve with crackers.
- For Snowman Cheeseball: above recipe enough for one large snowman or two small snowmen.
- Omit parsley, pine nuts and bell pepper.
- Mix cream cheese and Cheddar cheese; divide into 3 equal parts.
- Mix 2 parts to equal two-thirds of mixture;mix in pesto.
- Mix onion, mustard and pepper sauce into remaining one third of cheese mixture.
- Refrigerate as directed.
- Shape each cheese mixture into two balls; roll 1/3 cup finely chopped blanched almonds.
- Arrange balls on serving plate with smaller ball on top for head of snowman; press together slightly.
- Insert pretzel sticks for arms.
- Decorate as desired, with capers (for eyes), sliced olives (for buttons), chopped carrots (for nose), sliced cucumber (for hat a thin slice for brim a chunk for top), chopped bell pepper (for mouth) and fresh thyme leaves (for scarf).
Food tags
Christmas, Thanksgiving, Weeknight, Easy
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Prep Time in Hours and Mins:4H30M
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