Recipes

Cherry Veggie Roll Ups

Yield: 4 Servings

1 pkg. (3 oz.) cream cheese, softened
1 tablespoon finely chopped chives
1 teaspoon lemon juice
1/8 teaspoon coarsely ground pepper
4 flour tortillas, (7-in. diameter)
1 cup chopped Northwest fresh sweet cherries
1 medium cucumber, thinly sliced
1 cup alfalfa sprouts
4 lettuce leaves
Edible flowers, optional

The inspiration for Cherry Veggie Roll-Ups is the bountiful supply of fresh sweet cherries available from June through mid-August. These colorful salads-in-a-blanket are downright fun to make and they taste great, too. They're perfect as a fancy luncheon dish when garnished with edible flowers, but work equally well as a mid-morning or afternoon snack.

Kids will love to assemble Cherry Vege Roll-ups themselves. Set the ingredients out on the counter and give your budding cooks a quick demonstration. The cream cheese mixture binds the other ingredients together so little frustrations are kept to a minimum.

Combine cheese, chives, lemon juice and pepper, mix well. Spread each of 4 tortillas with cheese mixture. Top with cherries, cucumber, sprouts and lettuce; roll-up tortillas. Garnish with flowers, if desired.

Variation: Cut pita bread in half. Spread insides with cheese mixture; fill with cherries, cucumber, sprouts and lettuce.


Nutritional Analysis Per Serving: 226 Cal., 5.8 g pro., 10.0 g fat (38% Cal. from fat), 30.4 g carb., 24 mg chol., 2.8 g fiber and 68 mg sodium.