Recipe: Beef & Creamcheese Pinwheels

This is one of my favorite holiday recipes and very BFC friendly.

Ingredients

• 1 package (8 oz.) cream cheese, softened

• 1 tablespoon grated onion

• 1 teaspoon horseradish

• Dash Worcestershire sauce

• 2 packages (2 oz. each) Buddig Sliced Beef

Directions

Combine cream cheese, onion, horseradish and Worcestershire until well blended. Separate sliced meat, laying two slices in a row, slightly overlapped. Spread with cream cheese mixture. Roll up and fasten with a wooden pick. Repeat with remaining meat and cream cheese. Refrigerate, covered, at least 2 hours. Just before serving, cut into 1-inch slices. NUTRITIONAL INFORMATION: Calories per serving (one 1-inch piece) 23; Calories from Fat 19; Total Fat 2g; Saturated Fat 1g; Trans Fat 0g; Cholesterol 8mg; Sodium 55mg; Total Carbohydrate <1g; Dietary Fiber 0g; Protein 1g PREP TIME: 20 minutes CHILL TIME: 2 hours Makes approximately 3-1/2 dozen pinwheels.

S/C: 0/0

Product: Trader Joe's Double Roasted Salsa

This salsa with an S/C value of 0/0 would be a favorite, even if it wasn't a 0/0. It's heat value is advertised as medium hot but to my burnt out taste buds, it's pretty mild. It's got great flavor, though, brought on by the double roasted anaheim peppers and cilantro. The TJ's Fire-Roasted Salsa, also shown, may sound better but has sugar so doesn't get the 0/0 S/C rating.

Pros: no sugar, great taste
Cons: none that I can see
Cost: $2.49 for 12 oz jar
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Product: Virgil's Diet Black Cherry Cream Soda

This had great flavor and tasted great. I could get hooked on this! A real winner if you like black cherry flavor. Somewhat reminds me of Dr Pepper.

Pros: Flavor, taste, S/C

Cons: cost

Cost: $6.69 for 4 pk, works out to $1.67 a bottle

S/C: 0/0

Product: Virgil's Diet Vanilla Cream Soda

Reeds Inc. makes Virgil's Soda. The diet varieties are sweetened without sugar, they use stevia and xylitol. Each 12 oz. bottle contains only 2 g of carbs, 5 mg sodium and 6 calories. I bought this in a 4-pk but it was also available at my health food store by the bottle for a greater cost. It's been awhile since I had regular cream soda, I remember drinking Barq's Cream Soda as a kid and loved it. This somewhat reminded me of that but it's been many years. The flavor tasted a bit too sweet for me but was pretty good. I also have the diet root beer and diet black cherry cream soda so we'll see how they are.

Pros: No sugar, low carbs, low calorie, low sodium

Cons: A bit sweet for me, high cost

Cost: $6.69 4 Pk works out to $1.67 a bottle

S/C: 0/0

Product: Virgil's Diet Root Beer

Like the Diet Vanilla Cream Soda, this was purchased in a 4-pk. I liked the taste a lot better than the diet vanilla cream soda, so of the 2 flavors tried so far, this is the winner so far. I felt it tasted a lot like regular root beer I've had. Same nutrition content as diet vanilla cream soda.

Pros: True root beer taste, not as sweet as vanilla cream soda

Cons: High cost

Cost: $6.69 a 4 pk, $1.67 a bottle

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Product: KETOslim® Vanilla Shake with Critical Keto-Nutrients

I spent a couple hours over at my local health food store the other day reading labels on all of the (seemingly 1000's) of protein products. Many were anything but healthy sounding after reading the fine print. I came home with several single serving sizes, mostly in vanilla flavor. I will review each of them as I try them. I have one of the imitation bullet blenders and mixed the KETOslim with crushed ice and water to make 8 oz. It came out a bit too frozen to drink so I added another 3-4 oz. of water to liquify it a bit more. It still had plenty of flavor and seems to be chocked full of all kinds of good things, including probiotics. Be sure to check out the nutrition info at the link noted in the title above. I'd definitely drink this again and might even try adding cocoa powder to it.

Pros: good flavor, not gritty

Cons: contains FOS (please read comment)

Cost: $1.89 (single serving envelope)

S/C: 0/0