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# Healthy Eating Recipes: Celery With Cream Cheese Mousse
- URL: https://www.foodconsumer.org/celery_with_cream_cheese_mousse_0131110811/
- Published: 2011-01-31T21:10:00.000Z
- Updated: 2026-09-22T15:54:43.000Z
- Description: Mix low-fat whipped cream cheese with fat-free yogurt, scallions, lemon juice and pepper, spread it down celery sticks, cut them into pieces and top with walnuts. Six servings at 35 calories each, and children can help make it. From NHLBI's Keep the Beat.
- Author: Food Consumer
- Tags: Snacks, Recipes & Dining, #vivvo-import

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.*