#1583 - Tuna and Cream Cheese Ball

(by Shirley McNevich)

1 - 8oz. Philadelphia cream cheese (softened)
1 - 6.5oz. can albacore tuna (drained)
1/2 cup chopped nuts
1/2 cup dried onions
1/2 cup dried parsley

In a mixer add cream cheese--beat. Remove bowl from mixer--flake the tuna into the cream cheese--stir. Add 1/4 cup chopped nuts--stir. Add 1/4 cup of the dried onions and 1/4 cup of the parsley--stir. Use your hands to form the mixture into a ball. In a bowl add the remainder of the chopped nuts, dried onions and parsley--stir. Roll the cream cheese ball into the nut mixture until outside of the ball is coated. Refrigerate until cold. Serve with good quality crackers.