Pumpkin Shape Ham and Cheese Ball
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Recipe type: Appetizer
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Serves: 32 servings 2 TBL each
 
A Festive Ham and Cheese Ball recipe that reduces calories and fat but not taste
Ingredients
  • 2 (8-oz packages cream cheese) ⅓ less fat
  • 1 package dry ranch salad dressing
  • 8 slices cooked ham
  • ½ onion diced fine
  • 3 T real bacon bits
  • Stick of celery
  • 2½ cups finely grated cheddar cheese (put ½ cup in the cheese ball and 2 cups used outside)
Instructions
  1. Remove cream cheese from packages and place in med. bowl. Warm cream cheese in the microwave on the defrost setting for about a minute to soften. Stir in diced onion, 1 cup of the cheese and ham. Fold in all ingredients (Except 2 cups of cheese). Wet hands and form cream cheese mixture into a ball shape. Roll the cheese ball in the finely grated cheese and place in serving plate. Cut celery stick and a celery leaf to size (to use as a pumpkin stem) and put in the pumpkin shape cheese ball.
Nutrition Information
Serving size: 2 Tablespoons Calories: 83 Fat: 6.4 g Saturated fat: 3.6 g Unsaturated fat: 1.4 g Carbohydrates: 1.8 g Sugar: 1.0 G Sodium: 289.9 mg Fiber: 0 Protein: 4.4 g Cholesterol: 22.5 mg
Recipe by Homemaking Divas at https://homemakingdivas.com/pumpkin-shape-cheese-ball/