Quick Cheese Ball
If you've ever been asked to bring something to a meeting or gathering at the last minute, you know how hard it can be to come up with something appealing. Cheese balls can be quick to make and offer the variety to appeal to anyone. Serve them with crackers.
Instructions
1. Make a cream cheese ball using 8 ounces of Philadelphia cream cheese. Place it on a piece of wax paper and use the paper to form the cheese into a ball. Pour dried or fresh parsley on another piece of wax paper. The amount of parsley you use is a matter of taste.
2. Make a Velveeta cheese ball using 8 ounces of Velveeta cheese. Form the cheese into a ball as above. Finely chop some nuts -- any kind will work, although walnuts and almonds are particularly popular -- on another piece of wax paper and roll the Velveeta in the nuts.
3. Make a combination cream cheese and Velveeta cheese ball in either of two ways. You can make the cheese balls separately, as above, then cut them in half and join one half of each, pressing the cheese together to make a seal, then roll them in different nuts. One combined ball could be rolled in almonds and the other in walnuts, for example. You also can blend the two cheeses together -- 4 ounces of each -- and roll in nuts.
4. Make a spicy cheese ball by combining the salsa and 8 ounces of Velveeta cheese and mixing well. Form the cheese ball as before. Crumble some Fritos Corn Chips, Cool Ranch Doritos or your favorite chips on wax paper. Roll the cheese ball in the chips.
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