Light Pimiento Cheese-Stuffed Celery

Prep: 15 min. Don't be tempted to use preshredded cheese. It takes a few more minutes to shred your own, but you'll be much more pleased with the creamy texture.

Yield: Makes about 3 cups pimiento cheese (serving size: 4-inch piece of celery with 1 tablespoon pimiento cheese)

Ingredients

• 1 1/4  cups  light mayonnaise
• 1  (4-ounce) jar diced pimiento, drained
• 1  teaspoon  Worcestershire sauce
• 1  teaspoon  finely grated onion
• 1/4  teaspoon  ground red pepper
• 2  (8-ounce) blocks 2% reduced-fat sharp Cheddar cheese, finely shredded
• 6  celery ribs, cut into 4-inch pieces
• Garnish: paprika

Preparation

Stir together light mayonnaise and next 4 ingredients in a medium bowl. Stir in cheese.

Spread 1 tablespoon cheese mixture into each celery rib. Garnish, if desired.

Note: Store remaining pimiento cheese mixture in an airtight container in refrigerator up to 1 week.

Nutritional Information

Calories:

54 (68% from fat)

Fat:

4.1g (sat 1.8g,mono 0.0g,poly 0.0g)

Protein:

2.5g

Carbohydrate:

1.5g

Fiber:

0.4g

Cholesterol:

9mg

Iron:

0.1mg

Sodium:

147mg

Calcium:

75mg