Wanted Garden Vegetable Cheese Spread

Carol "Damsel" Peterson

Among all the other varietals NYC bagel shops sell garden vegetable cream cheese, in fact it's also sold in stupidmarkets in containers from Breakstones, etal. But I prefer to make my own, it's very easy and of course I like to know what-who's in it. Typically to softened cream cheese (just let it come to room temperature) I blend in some grated carrot, minced scallion, minced parsley, and finely diced bell pepper, can add some grated radish too. Place back in fridge to firm up. Thats all there is to it. Wanna get fancy schmancy let it firm up a bit and then form into a ball and roll in chopped nuts, wrap in plastic and return to fridge to fully harden. Some stupidmarket delis save cheese scraps (all sorts) and whip em up in a food processor with milk until it's the consistancy of cream cheese and then proceed as above, but I would not buy that dreck nor would I ruin perfectly good cheese to make something like that. I wouldn't ever buy store made cheese balls either, who knows what mystery it beholds.... nope, my garden veggie cream cheese works fine.

Sheldon