Lip Smackin’ Chive Spreads

Instructions/Ingredients:

Combine 4 ounces soft cream cheese (3.2 grams of carb) with 4 Tablesps (1/2 stick) soft butter in a blender or food processor. Add ½ cup chopped chives (0.8 gram of carb). Add 1 Teasp Worcestershire sauce (1.0 gram of carb) and salt and freshly ground black pepper to taste.

TOTAL YIELD: 18 Tablesps. One Tablesp has 0.3 gram of carb.

Lip Smackin’ Chive Spread with Smoked Salmon

Instructions/Ingredients:
Follow the recipe for Lip Smackin’ Chive Spread (above). Cover canapés generously with the spread and with slivers of smoked salmon, lox, or nova. Two ounces of smoked salmon have virtually no carb.

Lip Smackin’ Chive Spread with Prosciutto

Instructions/Ingredients:
Follow the recipe for Lip Smackin’ Chive Spread (above). Cover canapés generously with the spread and with slivers of Prosciutto. Two ounces of smoked salmon have virtually no carb.

Lip Smackin’ Chive Spread with Crabmeat

Instructions/Ingredients:
Follow the recipe for Lip Smackin’ Chive Spread (above), but reduce chives to ¼ cup (0.4 gram of carb). Add 1 Tablesp lemon juice (1.3 grams of carb), add 1 cup cooked, well-cleaned
crabmeat. Mash together.

TOTAL YIELD: 2 cups. One Tablesp has 0.2 gram of carb.