Cream Cheese Garlic Dip With Pita Toasts

Ingredients

8 oz low-calorie cream cheese 2 tbsp low calorie mayonnaise 1 juice of 1/2 lemon 3 large garlic cloves -- pressed 1/4 small onion -- finely minced 1 tsp dried dill 1 tsp herbal salt substitute 1 tabasco sauce -- to taste 1 red bell pepper 3 large rounds 1 tsp garlic powder PITA TOASTS 1 whole-wheat pita bread	Advertisements

Preparation
  In a small bowl, mix together cream cheese, mayonnaise, lemon juice,
garlic, onion, dill, and salt substitute. Add Tabasco to taste. Cut
top off bell pepper and remove seeds. Spoon dip into hollowed-out
bell pepper, cover with plastic wrap, and chill while you make the
pita toasts.

Pita Toasts: Cut each round of pita bread into 4 equal wedges. Toast
until crisp, then open each wedge and dust inside lightly with garlic
powder. Then arrange on a platter with dip.

Makes 12 wedges.

Recipe By : the California Culinary Academy
 
  Servings: 12
 

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