Featured Recipe: Savory Cheese Ball

Savory Cheese Ball

• 1 pkg. (8 oz.) cream cheese, softened
• 1 cup (4 oz.) crumbled blue cheese
• 1/4 cup butter, softened
• 1 can (4 1/4 oz.) chopped ripe olives
• 1 Tbsp. minced chives
• 1/4 cup chopped walnuts
• 1 broccoli stem
• Assorted crackers

1. In a large bowl, beat the cream cheese, blue cheese and butter until smooth. Stir in olives and chives. Cover and refrigerate for at least 1 hours.
2. Shape cheese mixture into a ball, roll in walnuts. Wrap in plastic wrap; refrigerate for at least 1 hour.
3. To make pumpin shape, score vertical lines along the outside of ball using a knife; insert a broccoli stem into the top. Serve with crackers.