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Healthy Eating Recipes: Celery With Cream Cheese Mousse

02/01/2011 02:10:00 admin
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This delicious and light snack will please the young . . . and young at heart

Recipe Source: Deliciously Healthy Family Meals

Prep time Cook time Yields Serving Size
10 minutes 0 minutes 6 servings 2 Tbsp of mousse with 1 celery stick (5 pieces)

Ingredients

1/4 C low-fat whipped cream cheese
1/4 C fat-free plain yogurt
2 Tbsp scallions (green onions), rinsed and chopped
1 Tbsp lemon juice
1/2 tsp ground black pepper
6 celery sticks, rinsed, with ends cut off
1 Tbsp chopped walnuts

Directions

1, Combine cream cheese, yogurt, scallions, lemon juice, and pepper. Mix well with a wooden spoon.
2, Spread mixture evenly down the middle of each celery stick.
3, Cut each stick into 5 pieces. Top with chopped walnuts, and serve.

Younger children can help mix the "mousse."  Older children can make the recipe themselves.

Nutrition Facts

calories 35
Total fat 2 g
Saturated fat 1 g
Cholesterol 4 mg
Sodium 58 mg
Total fiber 1 g
Protein 2 g
Carbohydrates 3 g
Potassium 131 mg
Vitamin A 6%
Vitamin C 6%
Calcium 4%
Iron 2%
Percent Daily Values are based on a 2,000 calorie diet.

Recipe courtesy of Keep the Beat™, National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute.
™Keep the Beat is a trademark of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services.
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