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Keep it simple by preparing just about everything ahead of time.
Cost per serving: 82¢

Yield: 16 Servings

Ingredients

  • 1  (4 oz.) package cream cheese, softened
  • 8  ounces  soft, mild goat cheese, at room temperature
  • 1/4  cup  pesto
  • 2  tablespoons  coarsely ground black pepper
  • 2  tablespoons  poppy seeds
  • 8  pitted olives, sliced
  • 32  peppercorns
  • 32  triangular blue corn chips or free-form wing shapes made from leftover tortillas from Ghost Chips

Preparation

Mash together cream cheese, goat cheese and pesto. Chill for 40 minutes.

Shape mixture into 16 2-inch balls, about 1 heaping tsp. each. Roll in black pepper and poppy seeds to cover. Press two olive slices into balls for eyes and place peppercorns in centers for pupils.

Insert chip on either side of ball for wings; serve.

Nutritional Information

Calories:
130
Fat:
10g (sat 4g)
Protein:
4g
Carbohydrate:
7g
Fiber:
1g
Cholesterol:
15mg
Sodium:
154mg
All You, OCTOBER 2005