Ricotta & Pepper Spread
By: Diethood
Published: Sunday, November 7, 2010 - 9:35am

Ingredients




1 large tub of Low-Fat Ricotta cheese (about 2 cups)
1 red bell pepper and 1 green bell pepper, roasted
1 cup of feta, crumbled
4 tablespoons of non-fat plain yogurt
1 teaspoon crushed red pepper flakes
2 cloves of garlic, minced
Crackers, Whole Grain

Preparation

1 Put the roasted peppers and the minced garlic inside of a deep mixing bowl; blend, and mash with a fork. 2 Mix in the red pepper flakes. 3 In a separate bowl fuse together the yogurt, feta, and the Ricotta cheese; add to the pepper mixture. 4 Blend well and put it in the fridge for a couple of hours before serving on a platter with crackers.

About


For the reason that I grow peppers in my garden, I usually come up with very creative ways to use them; pepper jams, pepper sandwiches, pepper spreads, etc... This spread is one of my favorites because I get to incorporate one of the best foods out there; cheese!