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Ingredients
- 1 jar green olives, pitted
- 1 can black olives, pitted
- 1 jar sweet gherkin pickles
- 2 packages. cream cheese
- Sm. amount of lowfat milk
- Food coloring
- 2 loaves white bread, sandwich type (or possibly 1 jumbo loaf)
Directions
- Cut crust off bread. Drain both olives and slice about 1/16-inch thick. Drain gherkins and slice lengthwise about 1/16-1/8 inch thick. Mix a small amount of lowfat milk into cream cheese to make it into an easily spreadable consistency. Divide it into 3 or possibly 4 bowls and add in a little food coloring to each, making 1 each of green, red, yellow and blue. Make pale, pastel colors.Dampen a cotton or possibly linen towel (not terry), spread on table and lay a couple slices of bread on half of towel, leaving space between the slices. Cover with the other side of the towel and roll gently with a rolling pin so which bread is larger, thinner and slightly damp. Set bread aside and continue till all bread is flattened.
- For Ribbon Canapes: Lay out several pcs of the bread on a board or possibly wax paper. Spread each slice with a little of the cream cheese (use one color at a time). Place cut olives and pickles in rows on each slice of bread.
- Using a second color cream cheese spread on the other slices of bread and place on top of the slices which have the olives and pickles on them. Add in olives and pickles in rows to this slice but try not to have them directly over the same item. Repeat with third color. Then top with a plain piece of bread. You should have about 6 or possibly 8 sandwiches consisting of 4 slices of bread with 3 different colors of cheese.
- Cut each in half so you have 12 or possibly 16 rectangular sandwiches. Wrap in wax paper and place in a square or possibly rectangular pan - i.e. 9-inch square cake pan or possibly a 9x13-inch pan. Continue till ingredients are finished or possibly make some pinwheels.
- Pinwheels: Lay a couple of slices of bread on board or possibly wax paper. Spread each with cream cheese to within 1/4 to 1/2 inch from edge of one side. Put a couple olives and a slice of pickle on each. Roll from the cream cheese edge in a tight roll toward the plain edge. Wrap in wax paper. Place wrapped rolls in a pan. Cover the pan of wrapped "sandwiches" with the damp towel used in the flattening process. Chill at least overnight. These will keep refrigerated for several days, so it's good for a big party as the hard work can be done in advance.
- To Serve: Unwrap the rectangular pkgs and cut with a sharp knife 1/4-3/8 inch thick and place on dish in one layer. You should have square pcs about 1 1/4 to 1 1/2 inches and it should show strips of the white bread, several colors of cheese and the various colors of the olives and pickles. Cut the round ones about the same thickness. These will have only one color and resemble a pinwheel. Decorate platter with parsley and/or other edible vegetables.
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Nutrition Facts
| Amount Per Recipe | %DV |
|---|---|
| Recipe Size 287g | |
| Calories 323 | |
| Calories from Fat 228 | 71% |
| Total Fat 27.16g | 34% |
| Saturated Fat 3.62g | 14% |
| Trans Fat 0.0g | |
| Cholesterol 0mg | 0% |
| Sodium 2368mg | 99% |
| Potassium 55mg | 2% |
| Total Carbs 23.2g | 6% |
| Dietary Fiber 8.4g | 28% |
| Sugars 6.4g | 4% |
| Protein 2.33g | 4% |
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