Jan 13, 2010

Low-Fat Mexican Roll Ups Recipe

Ingredients:

2- 8oz packages of 1/3 less Fat or Fat Free Cream Cheese
1 can of Rotel (diced tomatoes and chilies)
8 large tortillas
1 package of Mexican finely shredded Cheese
1 tablespoon of Taco seasoning
Plastic Wrap
Salsa

Leave Cream Cheese on the counter to soften, about an hour. In the meantime drain the can of Rotel and finely chop the tomatoes and chilies, I used a food processor. Mix together in a mixer cream cheese, rotel, taco seasoning, ½ cup of shredded cheese, beat until mixed well.

Lay out your large tortillas and scoop about ¾ cups of the mixture onto your first tortilla and spread out thinly across the entire tortilla all the way to the edges. Sprinkle some shredded cheese over the spread and roll up tortilla tightly then wrap tightly in plastic wrap. Repeat until mixture is all gone. Refrigerate roll ups for at least 1 hour to set. When you are ready to serve them slice them in inch sections and place on a tray. Have a bowl of salsa available next to them and encourage your guests to add a dollop of salsa onto their roll up.

Enjoy!

Ham and Cheese Crescent Rolls

Ingredients:

1 can of Crescent Rolls
1 package of diced ham
1 Eight ounce package of cream cheese, I used the Garden Vegetable flavor
1 package of finely shredded cheese- you can use your favorite

Mix together softened cream cheese, diced ham and shredded cheese. Roll out the Crescent roll dough and break apart into individual pieces. Take a spoonful of the mixture and dab it on the big end of the dough of each Crescent and roll up the Crescent, trying to keep all of the mixture covered. Bake as directed on the Crescent package. Let cool for 5 minutes and serve.

I created this recipe while standing in the isle at the grocery store as Miley so gently stacked up a bunch of tubs of butter and cans of Crescent Rolls. It was a quiet Saturday night at the grocery store and my mind started whirling. I made these for an appetizer for a Christmas gathering and they turned out pretty good! Taylor requested them to be made again.