Tuesday, July 3, 2007

Blue Cheese Walnut Spread

Recipe by: Elizabeth Powell

Serves: 6 Servings

Ingredients:

4 oz Blue cheese; softened

4 oz Cream cheese

2 tb Butter

2 tb Sherry

1/4 c English walnuts; chopped

Instructions:

Beat cheeses and butter together. Add sherry and walnuts.

Serving Ideas : Serve with assorted

Blender Cheese Cake

Serves: 1 Servings

Ingredients:

1 2/3 c Graham cracker crumbs

1/2 c Butter, melted

1/2 c Boiling water

1 pk Lemon jello

2 tb Lemon juice

2 c Cottage cheese

1 Container frozen whipped

1 Topping (about 9 oz.)

Instructions:

Combine cracker crumbs and butter; mix well. Press into bottom of 7"x11"

pan. Set aside. Assemble blender. Pour boiling water into blender

container, add jello and process at "beat" until jello is dissolved. Add

lemon juice and 1 cup cottage cheese. Process at "liquefy" until smooth.

Add remaining cottage cheese and process until smooth. Pour into large

mixer bowl. Add frozen whipped topping and mix until smooth. Chill until

set. (This is ready for serving in minutes.) Spread Pie Filling over top

when set. For variety try different fruit filling or even fresh fruit for

topping. Fresh fruit can also be mixed into cheese cake before pouring into

pan.

3 Step Cheesecake Recipe

Source: TV Guide clipping

Serves: 8 Servings

Ingredients:

-Karen Thackeray

2 8 oz pkgs cream cheese;

-softened *

1/2 c Sugar

1/2 ts Vanilla

2 Eggs

1/2 Mini semi-sweet choco chips

Graham cracker crust

Instructions:

* You can substitute "light" cream cheese Beat cream cheese, sugar and

vanilla at medium speed until well blended. Blend in 2 eggs. Stir in

chocolate chips then pour batter into graham cracker pie crust. (you may

sprinkle 1/4 c mini semi-sweet chocolate chips on top if you desire) Bake

at 350F for 40 min, or until center is almost set. Cool. For best results

refrigerate for 3 hours.