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Festive Stuffed Dates --- e-w

Source of Recipe

Light & Tasty 2005 – D. Debuyn; Cincinnati, OH
Festive Stuffed Dates

Plan ahead…needs to chill for at least 1 hour.

Serves: 10

3 oz. reduced-fat cream cheese
1/2 c. confectioners’ sugar
2 tsp. grated orange peel
30 pitted dates

In a small mixing bowl, beat cream cheese, sugar and orange peel until blended. Carefully make a slit in the center of each date; fill with cream cheese mixture. Cover and refrigerate for at least 1 hour before serving.

3 stuffed dates equal: 102 calories…2 gm fat (1 gm saturated)…6 mg cholesterol…37 mg sodium…22 gm carbohydrate…2 gm fiber…1 gm protein ++++ Exchanges: 1 fruit…1/2 fat+++ WWP: 2