Name: Herbed Cheese Spread
Prep time: 10 min
Total time: 10 min
Ingredients: 8 ounces Temp Tee Whipped Cream Cheese; 2 cloves garlic (finely chopped); 2 scallions (finely chopped); 1/3 cup halved pitted imported black olives (or sun dried tomatoes); 2 tablespoons lemon juice; 2 teaspoons prepared white horseradish; 1/4 teaspoon salt or to taste; 1/4 teaspoon freshly ground black pepper; 2 tablespoons chopped fresh parsley; 2 tablespoons chopped fresh basil; 1 teaspoon chopped fresh thyme; 1/3-1/2 cup nonfat yogurt or dairy sour cream (optional)

Herbed Cheese Spread

Cheese spread is one of my handiest and most versatile recipes. Begin with soft, fluffy Temp Tee Whipped Cream Cheese and add just about anything from smoked fish (salmon, herring, trout) to raw vegetables (like radish, chili pepper, bell pepper, carrots, scallions, etc.) to deli-type foods (sun dried tomatoes, olives, capers, and so on), to fresh herbs (basil, parsley, thyme, savory) and condiments (horseradish, mustard, chutney). Then, when it’s all done you can go further and change it from a spread to a dip by mixing in plain yogurt or sour cream. Put it
in a bowl or stuff it into hollowed vegetables like grape or cherry tomatoes. Use your taste buds to guide you.

Herbed Cheese Spread

Prep Time 10

Total Time 10

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Ingredients

8 ounces Temp Tee Whipped Cream Cheese
2 cloves garlic finely chopped
2 scallions finely chopped
1/3 cup halved pitted imported black olives or sun dried tomatoes
2 tablespoons lemon juice
2 teaspoons prepared white horseradish
1/4 teaspoon salt or to taste
1/4 teaspoon freshly ground black pepper
2 tablespoons chopped fresh parsley
2 tablespoons chopped fresh basil
1 teaspoon chopped fresh thyme
1/3-1/2 cup nonfat yogurt or dairy sour cream optional

Instructions

Place the cream cheese, garlic, scallions, olives, lemon juice, white horseradish, parsley, basil, thyme and salt and pepper in a food processor and process until well blended. Use as a spread on crackers, matzo, cucumber or zucchini slices or stuff into grape or cherry tomatoes. To use as a dip, stir in the yogurt or sour cream and blend in thoroughly. Makes about 2 cups.