My daughter makes this every year for Christmas & New Year's Eve.We leave the olives out & add some galic powder to it. Very easy & good!!!

The dried beef is made by Hormel and is sold in a small clear glass jar. Ask for help finding it. It's an old product that's been around for a long time.

really great!!

This is a good basic savory cheese ball. I mixed everything together in a food processor and it was super-easy. Just make sure the folks you will be serving it to like green olives.

This was so delicious! Everyone absolutely loved it and it was gone in no time. It tasted great on its own but I have also tried adding extra sharp cheddar cheese for some extra flavour and this was just as delicious. It gave it some extra flavour making the taste of the cream cheese a little fainter (although don't get me wrong I love cream cheese). All in all I loved this recipe (as is)!!! Will be making MANY times again. It's now a favourite for parties.

I make this every year but add 6 oz blue cheese and add a couple of dashes of garlic powder and onion powder diced fine green and red pepper and also diced black olives and a cap full of lemon juice. Easy on the olives as they can be over powering. I do not use nuts - just put it in a bowl and serve with several kinds of crackers. It is always the first appetizer to be gone. Chilling overnight is best.

I made this for two Christmas parties this year (2011) and it was a huge hit! I don't eat meat so I substituted smoked salmon instead. Amazing!

This is one of the best all time cheese balls everyone likes it. It also makes alot. Get out the crackers and enjoy.

I couldn't find the smoked beef at the grocery store which gave me the idea to use summer sausage from my husband's deer. I chopped it in the blender and it processed to perfection. I also used chopped pecans instead of walnuts. I didn't get a chance to try to original recipe but my what I did have was great. Thanks for sharing.