Finger food help!

Not sure how healthy this is but I know you can buy Fat Free Cream Cheese but.......

take a slice of Danish Ham, spread Cream Cheese on it, and put a dill pickle in it. Roll it up and cut it into how ever many pieces you can. That is a great snack and not too fattening. It doesn't sound or look appealing but it tastes Sooooooo good! I promise!

OMG I totally forgot about these! They were favorite baby shower snacks in my circle of friends several years back. Again, I could eat the whole tray.... :laugh:

I just made a fruit dip for the 1st time on Mother's day and it turned out awesome! Less cals than typical fruit dips, and the greek yogurt adds TONS of protein!

Vanilla Fruit Dip

1c Greek Yogurt, plain
2 Tbsp Brown Sugar (You could use Splenda Brown Sugar to make it less cals....I just didn't have any)
1 tsp Vanilla Extract (I used 2 tsp, I thought it needed more flavour)

Take vanilla and put in a coffee filter, and set that in a strainer sitting on top of a bowl. Let drain at least 20 mins (This makes the dip thicker). If you don't have time, that is fine, your dip will just be a bit runnier. Then, take out yogurt and put in a bowl, adding the next 2 ingredients and stir well, until sugar is dissolved. This is better if made a day in advance, the flavor is better, but it can be made the same day.

I like FF sour cream mixed with a package of dry onion mix. Might be empty calories but sure tastes just as great as the full fat kind!! (Just make sure to buy the good sour cream not store brand or you CAN taste it.. bleh).

Pair with some veggies or maybe baked chips and voila! Finger food.

http://recipes.sparkpeople.com/recipe-detail.asp?recipe=125156

I'm eager to try this one out. If you use it- let me know how it turns out. :bigsmile:

I have a similar recipe at home that I made for the SuperBowl party, man I'm forgetting about all these good things.

I'll try to dig out the recipe I used tonight!

Not sure where I got this (I *think* it may have been posted on here somewhere... so my apologies if I'm stealing your recipe )

Spinach Artichoke Dip

2 cups canned/jarred artichoke hearts, rinsed and drained (I saved about 1/4 cup of the marinating liquid they were packed in to use in the dip)
3/4 cup canned cannellini/white beans, rinsed and drained
1/2 cup frozen spinach, thawed and drained/pressed
2 TBL fat free sour cream
2 TBL fat free ricotta cheese
4 TBL grated Parm Cheese
1/2 tsp olive oil
1 clove garlic minced (I used 1 TBL of the pre-minced stuff in the jar, but I like garlic LOL)

Preheat oven to 350
Combine 1 cup artichokes, beans, spinach, 2 TBL parm cheese, sour cream, ricotta, olive oil and garlic in food processor or blender, pulse until almost smooth (I added the 1/4 cup of artichoke marinating liquid too)
Roughly chop the remaining artichoke hearts (I gave them about 2 whirls in the processor) and stir into the puree
Spread mixture into a 8x8 baking pan and top with remaining 2 TBL parm cheese
Bake 30-45 min until bubbly - turn on broiler for last 3-5 min to lightly brown cheese on top
Serve hot with tortilla chips and veggies

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