Budget friendly New Year's Eve party recipes: Goat cheese and walnut stuffed endive

Yield: 8 servings (serving size: 2 stuffed leaves)

Ingredients

• 1/3 cup coarsely chopped walnuts
• 2 tablespoons honey, divided
• Cooking spray
• 1/4 cup balsamic vinegar
• 3 tablespoons orange juice
• 16 Belgian endive leaves (about 2 heads)
• 1/3 cup (1 1/2 ounces) crumbled goat cheese or blue cheese
• 16 small orange sections (about 2 navel oranges)
• 1 tablespoon minced fresh chives
• 1/4 teaspoon cracked black pepper

Preparation

Preheat oven to 350°.

Combine walnuts and 1 tablespoon honey; spread on a baking sheet coated with cooking spray. Bake at 350° for 10 minutes, stirring after 5 minutes.

Combine 1 tablespoon honey, vinegar, and orange juice in a small saucepan. Bring mixture to a boil over high heat, and cook until reduced to 3 tablespoons (about 5 minutes).

Fill each endive leaf with 1 orange section. Top each section with 1 teaspoon cheese and 1 teaspoon walnuts; arrange on a plate. Drizzle the vinegar mixture evenly over leaves, and sprinkle evenly with chives and pepper.

Nutritional Information

Calories:

92 (44% from fat)

Fat:

4.5g (sat 1.1g,mono 0.7g,poly 2.4g)

Protein:

2.5g

Carbohydrate:

11.9g

Fiber:

2g

Cholesterol:

3mg

Iron:

0.6mg

Sodium:

29mg

Calcium:

43mg