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Meatball Mummy Crescent Bites

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trick or treat ghostCelebrate Halloween with this festive appetizer recipe from the Pediatric Diabetes Clinic

Kitchen Tools:

Knife or Pizza Cutter
Parchment paper
Large cookie sheet

Ingredients:
1 can (8 oz) refrigerated crescent dinner rolls
20 frozen cooked turkey meatballs, thawed
Ketchup or mustard
Marinara sauce (1 oz or 2 tablespoons = 4 gm Carb)

Directions:
Heat oven to 375 degrees Fahrenheit. Put piece of parchment paper on work surface (counter).  Unroll dough onto parchment paper, press out perforations to make one sealed large rectangle.  Cut into 4 small rectangles with knife or pizza cutter

Using knife or pizza cutter, cut each rectangle into 10 strips. You will have 40 strips of dough after all 4 small rectangles cut.

Wrap 2 strips of dough around each meatball to look like “bandages”.

Separate “bandages” near one end to show meatball “face”. Place wrapped meatballs on ungreased large cookie sheet.

Bake 13 to 17 minutes or until dough is light golden brown and meatballs are hot. With ketchup or mustard, draw “eyes” on mummy bites.

Serve warm with marinara sauce if desired.

Prep time: 15 min lTotal time: 30 minutes l Makes: 20 servings l Serving Size: 1 meatball l Carbs per serving: 7 grams

Recipe amended from Pillsbury.com/recipes
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Breaded Honey Mustard Shrimp

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Instead of being fried, these shrimp are baked and served with homemade
honey mustard dipping sauce. Compared to similar restaurant appetizers, you’ll save over 50% of the calories of both the shrimp and sauce by making them yourself.

Ingredients:
Small amount of olive or canola oil to grease baking sheet
½ cup panko breadcrumbs
¼ tsp garlic powder
½ tsp onion powder
Pinch of salt
1 large egg white, beaten
12 shrimp, peeled and deveined
1 tbsp grainy Dijon mustard
1 tbsp honey
1 tsp orange juice
Pinch red pepper flakes

Instructions:
Lightly coat a baking sheet with canola or olive oil. Place pan in 400 degree oven while you
prepare the shrimp (this will shorten the cooking time). Meanwhile, combine breadcrumbs,
garlic and onion powder, and salt in a small bowl and stir to combine. Place egg whites in another small bowl. Dip shrimp in egg whites and then in breadcrumb mixture. Place on preheated baking sheet and bake for about 5-8 minutes, until shrimp is opaque if cut with a knife. While shrimp is baking, combine mustard, honey, orange juice and red pepper flakes. Serve honey mustard as a dipping sauce, alongside of shrimp.

Yield: About 2 servings (serving size: about 6 shrimp and 1 tbsp sauce)

NUTRITION INFORMATION PER SERVING:
CALORIES: 160 calories • PROTEIN: 8 g • SODIUM: 305 mg • CARBOHYDRATE: 26 g FIBER: 1 g • FAT: 3 g • Sat Fat: 0 g

(Recipe adapted from Cooking Light)
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Spinach Artichoke Dip

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Tomorrow’s the big game!  Need an appetizer to serve at your viewing party?  How about this BeFit spinach artichoke dip with an assortment of your favorite veggies.

Ingredients:

1½ cups part-skim mozzarella cheese, shredded (divided)
¼ cup Parmesan cheese, grated (divided)
½ cup 2% Greek yogurt
1 cup red pepper, diced
3 garlic cloves, minced
1-14oz can artichoke hearts, drained and chopped
1½ blocks 1/3 less fat cream cheese (12oz), softened
1-10oz package frozen spinach, thawed, squeezed dry
¼ tsp black pepper

Instructions:

Preheat oven to 350 degrees. Combine 1 cup mozzarella cheese, 2 tbsp Parmesan cheese, yogurt, red pepper, garlic, artichokes, cream cheese, spinach and black pepper in large mixing bowl and stir well until combined. Place mixture into a baking dish and top with remaining mozzarella and Parmesan cheese. Bake for 30 minutes, or until bubbling and golden brown.

Serve warm with your favorite raw veggies; carrots, broccoli, cherry tomatoes, cauliflower and celery make great dippers.

Yield: About 4½ cups (or about 18 servings)

NUTRITION INFORMATION PER SERVING (¼ cup vegetables not included):
CALORIES: 165 • PROTEIN: 16 g • SODIUM: 260 mg • CARBOHYDRATE: 7 g • FIBER: 1 g • FAT: 9 g • Sat Fat: 3.5 g

(Recipe adapted from Cooking Light)

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