Recipe: Strawberry-Cheese Ball, Pineapple Cream Cheese Ball, Salami Cream Cheese Rolls, Strawberry-Cheese Ball

Here are a few ideas Joyce~~

Pineapple Cream Cheese Ball

2 pkgs cream cheese
225 g can crushed pineapple
1 cup walnuts
1/2 cup green pepper
1/2 cup onion

Leave cream cheese on counter to soften.

Drain pineapple very thoroughly (squeeze if needed).

Chop walnuts, onions and green pepper finely.

When cream cheese is softened (you can speed this up by microwaving on power 30 for 1 or 2 minutes), add all ingredients, mix well and form into ball.

Refrigerate until cream cheese is firm again.

This spread goes well on crackers, bagels, celery (and other veggies) or (my fave) low salt Triscuits.

For a party, you can dress this recipe up by cutting the top off a large pineapple, forming the cream cheese ball into an oval, putting the pineapple top onto the cream cheese oval (so that it looks like a pineapple), and slicing or chunking the remainder of the pineapple as nibbles or garnish around the cheese ball.
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Salami Cream Cheese Rolls (Originally posted by Micha/AZ)

1 package cream cheese (low fat or fat free is fine)
1 package sliced hard salami

Spread each salami slice with cream cheese and roll up. Fasten with toothpicks if desired.

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Strawberry-Cheese Ball (originally posted by Judy/AZ)

1 cup mayo
1 1/2 cup sharp cheddar cheese
1/2 cup chopped pecans2 green onions, chopped

Mix in ball and refrigerate over night. Pour 5 oz. strawberry preserves over
ball just before serving. This is good with Ritz crackers.