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Tortellini Appetizers

Lend a little Italian flavor to your next get-together with these kabobs. Cheese tortellini is marinated in salad dressing, then skewered onto toothpicks along with stuffed olives, salami and cheese.

—PATRICIA SCHMIDT STERLING HEIGHTS, MI

PREP: 25 MIN. + MARINATING MAKES: 1/2 DOZEN

18 refrigerated cheese tortellini

1/4 cup fat-free Italian salad dressing

6 thin slices (4 ounces) reduced-fat provolone cheese

6 thin slices (2 ounces) Genoa salami

18 large pimiento-stuffed olives

1. Cook tortellini according to package directions; drain and rinse in cold water. In a resealable plastic bag, combine tortellini and salad dressing. Seal bag and refrigerate for 4 hours.

2. Place a slice of cheese on each slice of salami; roll up tightly. Cut into thirds. Drain tortellini and discard dressing. For each appetizer, thread a tortellini, salami roll-up and olive on a toothpick.

PER SERVING 2 appetizers equals 92 cal., 6 g fat (3 g sat. fat), 16 mg chol., 453 mg sodium, 5 g carb., trace fiber, 7 g pro. Diabetic Exchanges: 1 lean meat, 1 fat.