Tuesday, June 16, 2009

Cream Cheese Rolls

Summer is the season of outing, picnic, BBQ and so on. All of these are incomplete without food. Cream cheese rolls are perfect for summer outings. They can be made very quickly and easily. It is also a great way to feed vegetables to kids.

Ingredients
8-10 tortillas (8 or 10 inch)
8 oz fat free/reduced fat cream cheese
1/2 red or yellow belle pepper
4-5 green onions
1 shredded carrot
1 jalapeno
1/4 cup celery grated
1 tsp garlic powder

Keep the cream cheese out of freeze for few hours and soften it. Finely chop belle pepper, green onion and jalapeno. take one mixing bowl and mix all the vegetables and garlic powder. Then add soften cream cheese and mix well.

Put one tortillas on flat surface. Spread the cream cheese mixture evenly on tortilla. Then carefully fold the tortilla into tight roll.

Repeat the procedure with all the tortillas. Put all the rolls in one tray and put it in the refrigerator for one hour.

Cut half inch slices of the rolls and serve with salsa or any other dip of your choice.

Notes:-
You can add any other vegetables of your choice like parsley, chiles etc.
You can also increase or decrease the quantity of vegetables as per your liking.
It is necessary to keep rolls in refrigerator, otherwise it will be difficult to cut.

2 comments:

Pavithra Elangovan said...

Looking so delish wish to have one .. can u send me pls

Parita said...

Welcome back dear, oh my cream cheese rolls look heavely and these are so versatile in terms of filling, yummy!!