Dried Beef Cheese Ball

Dried Beef Cheese ball.  Impressive, yet so simple.  Easy ingredients.

The first time I had this, I was completely astonished it was so good.  I mean, these were ingredients that I was fairly familiar with…dried beef…cream cheese…green onions…garlic powder.  And even better, I knew where to find them at the grocery store! I was a newbie to the cooking world back in those college days.   I liked cooking, but felt as though I didn’t have much time or money to spend making meals.  Many, many nights were spent at the College of Design studio room.  Often, I would just grab a quick meal and head back to studio – and try to stay up as late as I could to get the project complete.  I had a few recipe cards saved away and started to acquire a taste for good foods.

This cheese ball comes from one of those old recipe cards, maybe even one of my first recipe albums.  It has been around a long time, and it is still so good!  It’s great for an easy appetizer or snack.  I think it’s also really pretty for Thanksgiving and Christmas with the red and green.  I don’t think you can really go wrong with anything in the cream cheese category   Let me know what you think.