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Garlic and Cheese Bruschetta

“Reduced fat ingredients make this yummy bruschetta especially loveable. Swiss cheese and onions lend their distinctive flavors to appetizers that are impossible to resist.”


Ingredients:


  • 1 cup

    fat free cream cheese

  • 6 tablespoons

    nonfat sour cream

  • 2 tablespoons

    fat-free mayonnaise

  • 1 cup

    shredded reduced fat Swiss cheese

  • 1/4 cup

    freshly grated Parmesan cheese

  • 2 tablespoons

    minced parsley

  • 1 tablespoon

    minced green onions

  • 2 cloves

    garlic, peeled and minced

  • 2 (1 pound) loaves

    French bread, cut diagonally in 1 inch slices

  • 1/4 teaspoon

    ground black pepper

Directions:


  • Preheat the broiler.

  • In a medium bowl, mix fat-free cream cheese, fat-free sour cream and fat-free mayonnaise with an electric mixer until smooth. Stir in 1/2 of the reduced-fat Swiss cheese , Parmesan, parsley, spring onions and garlic.

  • Arrange bread slices in a single layer on a medium baking sheet. Lightly toast under the grill. Remove from heat .

  • Spread French bread with cream cheese mixture. Sprinkle with remaining Swiss cheese. Grilling under the preheated mast about 1 1/2 minutes or until cheese is melted . Remove from heat and sprinkle with ground black pepper.


Garlic and Cheese Bruschetta

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