Easy Southwest Pinwheels
Hope you all had a great Memorial Day Weekend!
Memorial weekend has always been a huge celebration in my hometown. Friends and family line the streets for the parade on Saturday afternoon. Kids run up and down main street to gather as much candy as they can possibly get their hands on.
Clubs, schools, organizations, and high-school class reunion floats file in, wave, and throw candy to the kiddos. Every year is a reminder of my love for this small town.
This place we call home. This weekend, we celebrate and remember!
I enjoyed all of the festivities over the weekend! There was so much going on around town! I enjoyed spending time with family and friends I hadn’t seen in a while. We watched the parade, ate some barbecue and fried fish, and danced the night away to live music on main street! I was one happy girl!
I am thinking every weekend should be three days!
I wanted to take some time to share with you a SUPER quick – SUPER easy – SUPER delicious recipe from my weekend! Pinwheels are an easy appetizer for a crowd… and this weekend, I needed an easy crowd-pleaser to share with family and friends.
Easy Southwest Pinwheels
- 8-10 tortillas shells (flour or whole-wheat)
- 1 (8 oz.) pkg. cream cheese
- 5 oz. (1/2 can) diced tomatoes and green chiles (I used Rotel – medium)
- 1/2 c. sour cream (or substitute plain greek yogurt)
- 1/4 tsp. onion powder
- 1 c. Colby Jack shredded cheese
- Salt to taste
Directions:
- Mix cream cheese, onion powder, salt, sour cream and Rotel together in a medium bowl. Add Colby Jack cheese.
- Spread a layer of the cheese mixture onto each tortilla.
- Roll up the tortillas.
- Slice into bite-size pieces (discard the ends… or enjoy a few before the party!)
- NOTE: For easy slicing – refrigerate the rolled up tortillas for a few hours before slicing into bite-size pieces.)
Serve with salsa for dipping. ENJOY!
Dump it all in. Stir it all up. Cheese it all up. Spread it all out. Roll it all up. Chill it out! Keep it all cold! Slice it all up!
I dare you NOT to eat the ends as you cut them off! Caution: they will be calling your name! Snarf it all down! YUUUUUM!
Easy Southwest Pinwheels
Next time you are in a hurry or have few ingredients on hand, try these easy pinwheels. You will not be disappointed!
Ingredients
- 8-10 tortillas shells (flour or whole-wheat)
- 1 (8 oz.) pkg. cream cheese
- 5 oz. (1/2 can) diced tomatoes and green chiles (I used Rotel – medium)
- 1/2 c. sour cream (or substitute plain greek yogurt)
- 1/4 tsp. onion powder
- 1 c. Colby Jack shredded cheese
- Salt to taste
Instructions
- Mix cream cheese, onion powder, salt, sour cream and Rotel together in a medium bowl. Add Colby Jack cheese.
- Spread a layer of the cheese mixture onto each tortilla.
- Roll up the tortillas.
- Slice into bite-size pieces (discard the ends… or enjoy a few before the party!)
- Serve with salsa for dipping. ENJOY!
Notes
For easy slicing – refrigerate the rolled up tortillas for a few hours before slicing into bite-size pieces.)
Next time you are in a hurry or have few ingredients on hand, try these easy pinwheels. You will not be disappointed!
Enjoy!
-RH
These look so good, and I know kids would love them too!
For sure! Great finger food idea for the kiddos! 🙂
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ohh as always, my mouth is watering over your recipes!! these look so delicious! enjoy your thursday lovely!!
Thank you for reminding me it is Thursday already! Loving the short week! Have a good one too!
This is different than my recipe so I shall try it. Maybe this weekend!! Thanks.
Awesome! I have several different recipes I follow for pinwheels. What I love about them is that as long as I have cream cheese and tortillas I can change up the ingredients based on what I have on hand! Perfect for quick get-togethers!
This looks like exactly the kinda food my little man would LOVE! Need to try it! Thanks for the recipe!
I’m sure he would! Thanks for stopping by! It is great to see you! 🙂