Stuffed Celery Bites

Total Time: 30 mins Preparation Time: 20 mins Cook Time: 10 mins

Ingredients

• Servings: 8
• 2 tablespoons pine nuts
• 1 garlic clove, minced
• 8 stalks celery
• 1 (8 ounce) container sun-dried tomato cream cheese
• 1/4 cup italian cheese blend, shredded
• 2 tablespoons shelled dry roasted sunflower seeds

Recipe

• 1 lightly coat a skillet with cooking spray. add pine nuts and garlic.
• 2 cook over medium heat for 3-5 minutes or until nuts are golden brown; set aside.
• 3 remove tops and wide base from celery.
• 4 using a vegetable peeler, remove two thin strips from the rounded side of the celery, creating a flat surface.
• 5 in a small bowl combine the cream cheese and the shredded cheese.
• 6 spread or spoon cheese mixture into celery.
• 7 cut each filled stalk into 2 inch pieces.
• 8 sprinkle half the pieces with the pine nut mixture and half with the sunflower seeds.