Fellow No cheaters here is the recipe I talked about this morning.

BEEF AND PECAN SPREAD SERVES 10
1/2 cup pecans, unsalted-chopped
1 teaspoon butter
8 oz. chipped beef (we used the carl budding)
1 Tablespoon heavy cream
1/4 cup green pepper-chopped
1/2 teaspoon garlic powder
1/2 cup sour cream
8ozs. cream cheese
2 teaspoons onion flakes

Saute the pecans in butter until warm. Set aside. Cut the chipped beef into small pieces. Blend the remaining ingredients in a food processor.
Place mixture in a glass pie pan and sprinkle with pecans.

Bake at 350 degrees for 20 minutes or until bubbly.

Per serving:
2.5 grams Carbs.
0.3 grams fiber
159.4 calories
14.0 grams fat
7.0 grams protein

serve with celery or pork rinds, we did celery it was wonderful, but another thing would be cucumbers. As you can see the calorie count is high as well as the fat. hope ya'all enjoy. joan