Bacon Lettuce & Tomato Treats

Serves: 6-8

Carbs Per Serving: 2

Prep Time: 30 minutes

Effort: Easy

Ingredients:

• 1 pound bacon
• 2 cups mayonnaise
• 1/2 teaspoon salt
• 1/4 teaspoon pepper
• 24 large cherry tomatoes
• Leaf lettuce

How to Prepare:

Cook up bacon crisp Drain on paper towels Crumble bacon finely. Mix bacon, mayonnaise, salt, and pepper all together. Refrigerate for 4 to 6 hours allowing flavors to blend and mixture to become firm. Slice cherry tomatoes in half. Lightly scoop out fruit. Cover platter with lettuce leaves. Working quickly, scoop mixture into cherry tomato cavity; place on platter.

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Bites of Heaven

Serves: 1,2

Carbs Per Serving: Depends on serving- very low

Prep Time: Seconds

Effort: Easy

Ingredients:

• Salami slices
• Cream Cheese or Cheddar Almond Accents" (salad topping by Sunkist any flavor)

How to Prepare:

Spread cream cheese on a salami slice, top with a few Almond Accents (any flavor), fold like a taco and sit down to watch your favorite movie with a little plate of these. You can also substitute cream cheese for cheddar, or use both!

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Bacon and Cheese Stuffed Mushrooms

Serves: Depends on # of mushrooms

CarbsPerServing: About 2 per mushroom

Prep Time: 20 min

Effort: Easy

Ingredients:

• 8 oz cream cheese, softened 
• 5 or 6 slices of bacon, fried crisp
• 1 small onion, chopped 
• 15-20 large mushrooms

How to Prepare:

Preheat oven to 350.Take the stems out of your mushrooms, reserving 4 or 5. Clean your mushrooms well and set aside. Chop your onion well, and chop up the reserved stems. Fry your bacon til crisp, reserving the grease. Cook your onion and stems until tender in the bacon grease. Drain the grease and add onions/stems to the softened cream cheese. Crumble your bacon in cheese mixture. Combine well. Scoop some into each mushroom cap. Bake for about 10-15 minutes on baking sheet with edges, then broil to brown the tops. YUMMY! Great refrigerated and reheated in oven the next day!

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