Did somebody say cheese.......................ball?!

I have had literally thousands of email requests for the famous ball of cheese recipe,(OK maybe 7 :-)) so without further delay I present to you the famous Ball of Cheese recipe! Here's what you need. Two packages of cream cheese, a package of Hidden Valley Ranch Salad dressing mix (make sure it is the package that says to mix with milk & mayonnaise, not the buttermilk one), sharp Tillamook cheddar cheese and chopped pecans.

Soften the cream cheese. Add 3/4 of the dry salad dressing mix (sometimes I go hog crazy and add the whole package). Mix so the dressing mix and cream cheese are well combined.

Next add 2 cups of grated cheddar cheese. This is more of a cream cheesy cheese ball, if you want more cheese go for it. Next form in to a ball and start rolling in the pecan pieces. I crushed the pecans in a plastic bag first so there are finer pieces.

Keep rolling until it's covered with the pecans. Better to make at least a few hours ahead, or overnight . Yummy! As I told Carol, after 5:00 there are no calories in the cheese ball - just one of the rules of the ball :-)!!! My nephew

John is the one who name it the world famous ball of cheese!

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Today we totally switched plans. We had planned to go to the horse races and spend the day out in the sun. We like to go to Santa Anita and sit in the infield with a picnic lunch. I always take some handwork and John usually takes a book. We are crazy betters - $2.00 per race. The winds have been really bad today, and a few fires around so we decided to stay home. Our best to everyone who might be affected by the fires.

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So here's my updated plan. Finish up Carol's binding (the blue plaid) and start the binding on another customers quilt, Ruth's wonderful Egg Money quilt, and maybe read a few magazines.

Also, game 7 of the playoffs are on at 5:30, so we will definitely be watching that! Hope all of you are having a wonderful weekend! Later gators!
PS - almost forgot to mention I finally finished my Lucky Star quilt