Here is a healthy and tasty recipe that I recently put together for a lunch date with my sister.
Now my sister is not terribly fond of what she refers to as “too much” cream cheese in her foods. Therefore, I always have to be conscious in how I use this particular ingredient, as well as a few others. So I challenged myself by adapting and modifying my recipe in order to accommodate and make her taste buds happy, and of which they were.

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The creaminess of mashed cannellini beans used here, combined with shredded cheese worked well at keeping the filling together with the use of only a minimal amount of cream cheese. Of which, can be skipped if preferred.

This baked ring—which generally uses an entire block of cream cheese to help bind the filling and ingredients together—uses only half the amount (i.e. about 4 ounces).So using mashed beans with the eggs and shredded cheese can prove to be a deliciously acceptable substitute.

Well enough said, other than this Rustic Spinach and Cannellini Bean Ring is very delicious and simple to make. The only challenge was, and it really wasn’t to difficult—was in forming and shaping the crescent ring around the thick, dense spinach, cream cheese and bean filling. Use a large glass or small bowl to help form this stuffed ring.

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Rustic Spinach and Cannellini Bean Ring

Heavy Spinach and Cream Cannellini Beans bakes up into a delicious filling in this flaky, golden brown pull apart (or sliced) ring.

Course Appetizer

Keyword appetizer, crescent ring, spinach and cannellini ring

Prep Time 10 minutes

Cook Time 20 minutes

Total Time 30 minutes

Servings 10

Ingredients

• 2 cans Crescent Dough
• 10 oz Frozen Spinach complete thawed and drained
• 15 oz Cannellini Beans drained
• 4 oz Philadelphia Cream Cheese softened
• 1 cup Mozzarella Cheese shredded
• 2 large Eggs
• 1/4 cup Parmesan Cheese grated
• 1 tsp Garlic Powder
• 1 tsp Adobo All Purpose Seasoning
• 1 tsp Lemon Pepper
• 1/2 tsp Cayenne Pepper
• 1 large Eggs for egg wash

Instructions

1. In a large bowl, thoroughly combine all of the ingredients together to make a thick filling.

2. Take the pieces of crescent dough and form around a small bowl or large glass, with large end at the top.

3. Top with the filling in a circle. Then cover and wrap the the pointed crescent ends around the filling-crimping the ends.

4. Egg wash the crescent dough . Bake in a preheated oven for 20 minutes or until golden brown at 350 degrees.