Scrumptious Cheese Log

Scrumptious Cheese Log

Ingredients:
8 oz cream cheese, softened
5 oz Bleu cheese
2 T onion, finely chopped
3 T pickle relish
½ cup pecans, finely chopped

Directions:
Blend cream cheese and Bleu cheese. Add onion and pickles. On plastic wrap, roll cheese
mixture into 10 by 2-inch log. Wrap in waxed paper and chill at least 3 hours (overnight
works great).
Immediately before serving, remove plastic wrap and roll the cheese log in pecans. For an
extra touch of charm, serve on an antique platter or plate over a bed of leaf lettuce and
surround with a variety of breads and crackers.
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Author’s Bio:
Peggy Hazelwood loves to make this cheese log for guests or to share at a
potluck. She lives in Denver, Colorado, with two good kitties. Peggy is a freelance writer
and copyeditor, runs the Albooktross electronic bookstore,
and in her spare time, loves searching garage sales and thrift stores for “good junk” to
keep (and sometimes sell). She can be reached at Albooktross@aol.com.
Peggy Hazelwood is the author of From Old to Gold: How to Start and Run an
Antiques Business. This informative booklet will guide you on what you need to know in
starting and operating your own antiques and collectibles business. From Old to Gold,
available in the How To category at downloads
immediately to your PC!
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~ SOUPS, SALADS AND SANDWICHES ~
HANK’S CAJUN GUMBO
Setting the Scene:
Vickie, a distraught mother searching for answers to her daughter’s drug-related
death, has become friends with Hank, an addict turned drug counselor. Hank has
promised to cook her a Cajun gumbo in his apartment over his rehab center. The cooking
has beeninterrupted when Hank stops to register a young addict wanting help in the
center.
Excerpt from LAST STEP:
After answering a few more of Annie’s questions, he took her back to Hilda to
start her classes. He then escorted Vickie back to his apartment. “Sorry to have our day
interrupted like that but that girl needed help. I hope she makes it.”
“She seems so sincere,” Vickie replied.
“We’ll do our best. The rest is up to her.” He changed the subject. “Let’s start that
gumbo. I’m starved. Make yourself useful, woman. I’ll peel the shrimp; you cut up the
okra and onions.”
He got out a cutting board and knife for her. When their fingers touched, Vickie
felt the familiar tingle. She knew he did, too, but he turned away and busied himself
getting a large black iron pot and setting it on the stove.
The meal was delicious. They carried on a conversation about Saturday’s plans.
Both were conscious of the contained feelings in the room. Vickie knew that Hank had
only to make a slight move in her directionand they would end up in bed. Hank restrained
himself. He took her back to the hotel but made no move to accompany her to her room.
Hank’s Cajun Gumbo