Feta Cheese Dill Truffles

Ingredients:

4 oz cream cheese, softened

4 oz feta cheese, crumbled

Cottage cheese or greek yogurt (optional)

2  teaspoons green onion, chopped

1/4  teaspoon  black pepper

1/2  cup  chopped fresh dill

tomatoes

olives

cucumbers

or other fresh vegetables

Directions:
In a medium bowl thoroughly blend feta cheese, cream cheese, green onion, black pepper and fresh dill with an electric mixer. If the feta is very dry and the mixture doesn't hold together well, add some greek yogurt or cottage cheese. Taste and adjust seasoning.
Cover, and refrigerate at least 4 hours.
With wet hands form little balls or use a cookie baller to make the perfect round shape. Roll each ball in chopped dill.
Serve with crackers, olives, tomatoes or cucumber slices.

Tags: Feta cheese appetizer recipe, feta cheese truffles, feta and dill recipes, feta cheese balls

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Cheese wrapped in Prosciutto on a bed of Spinach

Cheese cut into 4 by 1/2 inch sticks
Prosciutto thinly sliced
Spinach
Balsamic vinaigrette


Wrap cheese sticks with Prosciutto. Lay rolls in a non-stick pan and sear them on high heat turning often, until Prosciutto is crisp and cheese is soft.
Serve on baby spinach with a few drops of balsamic vinaigrette.

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Prosciutto, Mushroom, Arugula Pizza

Sometimes you just want a pizza.
I was lazy to cook, so I decided to buy a pizza crust (multigrain), some prosciutto, mushrooms, arugula and voila. Light and quick pizza.

Preheat oven. Follow the instructions on the pizza package.
Rub crust lightly with crushed garlic, then add the mozzarella, prosciutto, mushrooms, salt and pepper. Be generous with the mushrooms as they tend to shrink in the oven. I made half of the pizza with mushrooms and the other half with prosciutto.Bake until golden and crisp. During baking time, mix arugula and basil with a little balsamic vinaigrette in a bowl.

Once pizza is ready and out of the oven, top on some of the arugula mix and cheese. I added some extra crushed garlic in the vinaigrette mixture for extra flavor.

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Fruit and cheese platter

I love good cheese with grapes and crackers.
In the keep trim weeks you can any cheese, in small quantities.

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Insalata Caprese - Caprese Salad

Ingredients:
ripe tomatoes, sliced 1/4 inch thick

fresh mozzarella cheese, sliced 1/4 inch thick

fresh basil leaves

extra virgin olive oil

balsamic dressing (optional)

chopped garlic

fine sea salt to taste

freshly ground black pepper to taste

Directions:

On a large plate, alternate and overlap the tomato slices, mozzarella cheese slices, and basil leaves. I add a lot of balsamic dressing with a splash of olive oil and a few cloves of fresh chopped garlic. Season with sea salt and pepper.

I know, I know ... I shoudn't use oil....

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