The Healthy My Ass Cookbook

3 ozs.	Cream Cheese
1&1/2 lbs.	Shrimp
1/4 cup	Mayonnaise
1/2 cup	Thousand Island Salad Dressing
3 dashes	Tabasco Sauce
1&1/2 tsps.	Seasoned Salt
1&1/2 tsps.	Horseradish, grated
1/2	White Onion, small
1 2-oz. jar	Pimientos, chopped
2	Green Onions, chopped
	Crackers
	Decorative Lettuce, (optional)

Directions:

Place the Cream Cheese in a large bowl to soften at room temperature.

Boil, drain, peel, and chop the Shrimp or use cooked salad shrimp. (If you use salad shrimp, rinse and wring out any excess water.)

Using a fork, work the Mayonnaise into the Cream Cheese until blended. Whisk the Thousand Island Salad Dressing, Tabasco Sauce, Seasoned Salt, and grated Horseradish into the cream cheese mixture and blend thoroughly. Grate the White Onion into the bowl and whisk in. Drain the Pimientos, and mix along with the chopped Green Onions into the mixture in the bowl. Fold in the shrimp and refrigerate covered 8 hours.

Place in a decorative bowl or on a bed of Decorative Lettuce. Serve with Crackers.

Other Information:

Source: Rhetta Killion, mother of Jim, a friend from the seminary.

Times:
Preparation: 1:00
Chill: 8:00
Total: 9:00

Yield: 4 cups
Servings: 16

Nutrition Facts per Serving:
121 Calories
8g Fat (61.6% calories from fat)
9g Protein
2g Carbohydrate
trace Dietary Fiber
74mg Cholesterol
283mg Sodium.

Exchanges per Serving:
1 1/2 Lean Meat
0 Vegetable
0 Fruit
1 Fat
0 Other Carbohydrates.