Cream Cheese and Garlic Dip with Pita Toasts(Low Fat)

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Cream Cheese and Garlic Dip with Pita Toasts (Low Fat)

Recipe By : The California Culinary Academy
Serving Size : 12 Preparation Time :0:30
Categories : Appetizers Dips
Low Fat

Amount Measure Ingredient -- Preparation Method
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8 ounces low-calorie cream cheese
2 tablespoons low calorie mayonnaise
juice of 1/2 lemon
3 large garlic cloves -- pressed
1/4 small onion -- finely minced
1 teaspoon dried dill
1 teaspoon herbal salt substitute
Tabasco sauce -- to taste
1 red bell pepper
Pita Toasts:
3 large. round whole-wheat pita bread
1 teaspoon garlic powder

In a small bowl, mix together cream cheese, mayonnaise, lemon juice, garlic, on
ion, dill, and salt substitute. Add Tabasco® to taste. Cut top off bell
pepper a
nd remove seeds. Spoon dip into hollowed-out bell pepper, cover with plastic wr
ap, and chill while you make the pita toasts.

Pita Toasts: Cut each round of pita bread into 4 equal wedges. Toast until cris
p, then open each wedge and dust inside lightly with garlic powder. Then
arrange on a platter with dip. Makes 12 wedges.





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NOTES : This rich, creamy dip is surprisingly low-calorie and goes as well
with a platter of crudites as with these crunchy pita toasts. It can be made
up to six weeks ahead of time and frozen, or will keep refrigerated for up to
5 days. Serve the dip in a hollowed-out red or green bell pepper for an
elegant presentation.


Nutr. Assoc. : 4049 4052 0 0 0 3061 4828 0 0 0 0 0