INGREDIENTS

INSTRUCTIONS

Mix cream cheese and Cheddar cheese; divide in half. Mix pesto into 1
half; mix onion, mustard and pepper sauce into other half. Cover each
halh and refrigerate about 4 hours or until firm enough to shape.
Place cheese mixtures on cookie sheet. Shape each half into cone  shape
to resemble Christmas tree. Wrap each tree and freeze..Can be  stored
up to 1 month...  12 hours before serving, remove trees from freezer.
Thaw in wrapper in  refrigerator. Just before serving, roll trees in
parsley, pressing  parsley evenly onto trees. Press pine nuts onto
trees in string form  for garland. Press bell pepper pieces onto trees
for ornaments...Top  each tree with star shape cut from lemon peel....
Dress up the trees  with a tree skirt using kale or Bibb lettuce.  For
Snowman: Omit parsley,pine nuts and bell pepper. Mix cheeses  together
and divide into 3 equal parts. Combine 2 parts to equal  two-thirds pf
mixture; mix in pesto. Mix onion, mustard and pepper  sauce into
remaining one-third mixture. Refrigerate as directed.  Shape each
cheese mixture into ball; roll in 1/3 cup finely chopped  blanched
almonds. Wrap each ball and freeze.  12 hours before serving, remove
balls from freezer. Thaw in wrappers.  Arrange balls on serving plate
with smaller ball on top for head of  snowman, flatten slightly. Insert
pretzel sticks for arms. Decorate as  desired with sliced olives,
capers, chopped bell peppers,ect...  NOTES : Makes 2 trees or 1
snowman....  Recipe by: Betty Crocker 1994  Posted to recipelu-digest
Volume 01 Number 362 by  ctlindab@mail1.nai.net on Dec 12, 1997

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Nutrition (calculated from recipe ingredients)
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Calories: 2430
Calories From Fat: 1702
Total Fat: 193.4g
Cholesterol: 566.6mg
Sodium: 3776.7mg
Potassium: 717mg
Carbohydrates: 33.1g
Fiber: 1.7g
Sugar: 13g
Protein: 140.6g