Ingredients

The following ingredients have 20 Servings
  • 2 green onions
  • 6 oz cream cheese, softened
  • 6 oz canned salmon (or cooked fresh salmon)
  • 1 teaspoon liquid smoke (optional)
  • zest of 1/2 lemon
  • 1 tablespoon lemon juice
  • 2-3 tablespoons Everything Bagel Spice (See Note about making your own)

Instruction

  • Add the green onions to a food processor pulse until chopped into tiny pieces.
  • Add in cream cheese, lemon juice, lemon zest, liquid smoke and process until well combined.
  • Next add the salmon and pulse until it's well combined then spoon into a bowl.
  • Take a tablespoon of the mixture and roll into a ball. The mixture is too soft, place it in the refrigerator or freezer for 20 minutes to harden.
  • Take all of the balls and roll in the Everything Bagel spice and place on a plate.
  • Continue with all of the mixture then refrigerate until ready to serve.
  • Alternatively you can make this into 1 big cheese ball and then roll in the Everything Bagel spice.
  • The Everything Bagel Spice can be a bit salty for the cheese ball bites so you can also add some finely chopped pecans or walnuts to dilute it a bit. Or you can add some extra sesame seeds or poppy seeds to the mixture.
  • You can also make your own spice blend with equal parts sesame seeds, poppy seeds, granulated garlic, granulated onion spices and 1/2 part salt. For this recipe you need 2 - 3 tablespoons total of the spices so I used 2 teaspoons of granulated garlic, 2 teaspoons dehydrated onion, 2 teaspoons poppy seeds, 2 teaspoons sesame seeds and 1 teaspoon salt.