Recipe Exchange - Week 1

Cheese Ball

4 packages cream cheese, softened
1 16 ounce can crushed pineapple, drained
1 package Lipton onion soup mix, dry
2 tsp. Worcestershire sauce
1/2 green pepper, chopped
OR
1/2 cup green onion, chopped


Mix together and roll in chopped walnuts. Makes 3 large cheese balls, 2 small cheese balls and log or platter of small individual balls. Serve with crackers. To make the snowman cheese ball:

DIVIDE mixture into 3 different-sized balls (1 small, 1 medium and 1 large). Coat with Parmesan cheese. Arrange on serving platter in a line to resemble a snowman lying down. (Largest ball should be at bottom of serving plate for base of snowman. Smallest ball should be at the top for head of snowman.) Decorate with peppercorns for the eyes and mouth. Add carrot for the nose. You could add pretzels for his arms.