Christmas

Sausage Bites
Healthy Christmas Recipe

You can still dine in traditional Southern style, yet stay healthy, too. These tiny sausage balls have that old-fashioned flavor but less fat.

Ingredients:
Nonstick cooking spray
2 cups buttermilk biscuit mix
1 pound reduced-fat country pork sausage (thawed, if frozen, crumbled)
1 cup shredded Monterey Jack cheese with jalapeno peppers (4 ounces)
1/2 cup shredded reduced-fat cheddar cheese (2 ounces)
3 tablespoons low-fat (1 percent milkfat) milk

Directions:
Preheat the oven to 375 degrees and spray 2 baking sheets with the cooking spray.

In a large bowl, using a fork or your hands, mix the biscuit mix, sausage, and cheeses until well blended. Add the milk and blend thoroughly, then roll the mixture into 72 balls, 1 inch in diameter.

Arrange the balls on the baking sheets and bake for 20 minutes or just until golden brown. Serve hot with toothpicks.

Recipe makes about 72 appetizers.

Nutrition information per sausage bite:
Calories: 30
Saturated Fat: 1g
Total Fat: 2g
Protein: 2g
Carbohydrate: 1g
Fiber: 0g
Sodium: 77mg
Cholesterol: 6mg