Holiday Pinwheels

Yet another tasty finger food! Pinwheels are always a treat because they're so versatile. And since it was for our Christmas party, I thought I had better stick with red and green.

Ingredients:

• Two 8 oz cream cheese, softened
• 1/4 cup onion, finely chopped
• 1/2 red bell pepper, finely chopped
• 1/2 green bell pepper, finely chopped
• Green olives (to taste), finely chopped
• 1 package of Hidden Valley Ranch Dressing mix (the powdered kind)
• Tortillas (I used spinach and herb tortillas. They're delightful!)

Directions:

• Mix cream cheese until smooth
• Add ranch dressing powder and mix until well blended
• Gently stir in the peppers, onion, and olives
• Spread 2/3 cup (I just eye-balled it) on each tortilla
• Roll the tortilla up to a make a pinwheel
• Wrap tightly in plastic wrap, twisting the ends to seal it
• Continue this process until cream cheese mixture is gone
• Refrigerate at least 2 hours (I did overnight)
• After being chilled, remove from plastic wrap, cut off the ends and then slice each roll into 1" pieces

In hindsight, my girlfriend Lori and I thought some jalepenos would have added a nice kick to these rolls. I think I'll try that next time!