Bacon Cheese Spread - Wow!!!

[Jen111]

BACON CHEESE SPREAD
Your friends will beg you for this recipe!
(From Splendid Low-Carbing, © June 2002 (2nd printing), Jennifer Eloff
www.low-carb.us)

8 oz light cream cheese, well-softened (250 g)
½ cup mayonnaise (125 mL)
1 ½ cups Cheddar cheese (375 mL)
2 tbsp chopped chives or green onion (25 mL)
1 tsp parsley (5 mL)
¼ tsp garlic powder (1 mL)
8 crisply cooked bacon slices

In food processor with sharp blade or in blender, process cream cheese and mayonnaise until smooth. In medium bowl combine cream cheese mixture, Cheddar cheese, chives, parsley and garlic powder until well combined. Spread evenly in 9-inch (23 cm) glass pie dish.

Place bacon on bacon rack and cover with two paper towels. Microwave on high power 7 to 8 minutes. Cut into small pieces with pair of kitchen scissors. Garnish top of cheese spread with bacon pieces. Bake in 350°F (180C) oven 15 minutes and serve with low-carb crackers.

Yield: 12 servings.

176.4 calories, 7.5 g protein, 15.7 g fat, 1.1 g carbohydrate, 0.0 g fiber

PRE-MAINTENANCE OR OWL: serve with low-carb crackers
INDUCTION: serve with slices of English cucumber

[Navajetsfire]

this is amazing!!! I wish i had something to dip in it though! Since i hate celery

[JandLsMom]

sounds like a great recipe..but it says to serve with low carb crackers...ummm..whats a low carb cracker?

[Barbde]

When you get to the grains rung, Wasa crackers are fairly low carb.

My question is what is the A in place of in the measurements? Is it 1/2 cup mayo and 1 1/2 cups cheddar??
This sounds really good!!

[MotherOfGizmo]

You can use slices of bell peppers to dip if you don't like celery.
There is also a recipe somewhere on the board for crackers made from almond flour if you're on the nut rung.
I bet this would be good spread on flax crackers as well!
You can make crackers out of baked/nuked or fried cheese as well. (see my taco shell recipe, make them and break them up into "chips")