RECIPE OF THE DAY! "GROUND BEEF AND SPINACH GREEK CIGARS"

This is a great Greek recipe that is not only healthy but tastes good too. A wonderful appetizer great for the summer and all year round. It's called a cigar because once it's rolled and stuffed it looks like a cigar.

Makes 28 cigars

8 oz lean ground beef

1/2 cup finely chopped onion

1 pkg (10 oz) frozen leaf spinach, thawed, drained and coarsely chopped

1/2 tsp each salt and ground nutmeg

1/4 tsp pepper

3 oz crumbled feta cheese (about 1/2 cup)

3 Tbsp chopped fresh dill

1 roll fillo (1/2 a 1-lb box; we used Athens), thawed

1/2 cup smart balance whipped buttery spread (Low Sodium-Lightly Salted)

1 cup plain yogurt

1.Heat medium skillet over medium-high heat. Add beef and onion; cook 3 minutes, breaking up meat, until no longer pink. Add spinach, 1/4 tsp salt, the nutmeg and pepper; cook 2 minutes. Remove from heat; stir in feta and 1 Tbsp dill until well blended.

2. Heat oven to 400ºF. Line a 15 x 10-in. baking pan with foil; coat with nonstick cooking spray. Unfold fillo. Lay a sheet, with short side facing you, on work surface; keep remaining sheets covered with plastic wrap topped with a damp towel. Lightly brush top half of fillo sheet with butter. Fold unbuttered half on top of buttered half to make a 6 x 8-in. rectangle and brush again. Cut in half to make two 6 x 4-in. rectangles.

3. Place 1 Tbsp filling along a short side of one rectangle; roll up into a tight cylinder. Place on baking pan, seam side down; brush with butter. Repeat.

4. Bake 12 minutes or until golden. Meanwhile, stir remaining 2 Tbsp chopped dill and 1/4 tsp salt with yogurt in small bowl. Serve cigars warm with yogurt-dill sauce.

Calories 86 for 1 cigar