Red Pepper-cheese Dip

Total Time: 1 hr 15 mins Preparation Time: 15 mins Cook Time: 1 hr

Ingredients

• Servings: 16
• 1 large red bell pepper
• 1 small onion, peeled and halved
• 1 whole head of garlic
• 1 cup plain fat-free yogurt
• 4 ounces fat free cream cheese
• 1/4 teaspoon ground cumin
• 1/8 teaspoon ground red pepper
• 1/4 cup chopped fresh flat-leaf parsley

Recipe

• 1 preheat broiler.
• 2 cut bell pepper in half lengthwise and discard seeds and membranes; place peppers, skin sides up, on foil-lined baking sheet and flatten with your hand; broil 15 minutes or until blackened.
• 3 place in a zip-top bag and seal; let stand for 10 minutes, then remove peel.
• 4 reduce oven temp to 400 degrees.
• 5 place onion halves, cut sides down, on baking sheet coated with cooking spray.
• 6 remove papery skin from garlic head (do not peel or separate the cloves); wrap in foil.
• 7 place garlic on baking sheet with onion and bake at 400 degrees for 15 minutes; turn over onion halves and bake for 15 more minutes or until onions are soft and begin to brown.
• 8 remove onions and continue baking garlic for 15 more minutes.
• 9 cool garlic for 10 minutes then separate the cloves and squeeze to extract the garlic pulp.
• 10 place roasted pepper, onion and garlic pulp in food processor and process until fairly smooth.
• 11 add yogurt, cheese, cumin and ground red pepper and process until smooth.
• 12 spoon dip into a bowl and stir in parsley.
• 13 cover and chill.