Easy to make and popular with most everyone, pickle roll ups (pinwheels) are a failproof appetizer. Pickle roll ups with ham are perfect for lunchboxes, too.
Spread approximately 1 tablespoon softened cream cheese on each tortilla, going nearly to the edges. Arrange ham on each tortilla. Place pickle spear on one edge. Beginning at the pickle side, roll tortilla up tightly.
Tightly wrap each roll individually in plastic wrap. Refrigerate at least 2 hours or overnight.
Slice into 1 -inch pinwheels to serve.
Notes
Skip the tortilla and make ham pinwheels. Simply spread the cream cheese on ham slices (make sure you buy fairly thick slices so you can roll it), add the pickle and roll it up. Chill and slice.
Use flavored cream cheese. Or flavor it yourself with a teaspoon of horseradish or hot sauce to make it spicy. Add chopped herbs such as parsley or dill to the cream cheese. Go southwestern by adding taco seasoning to the cream cheese, mixing in black beans, and sprinkling Monterey Jack cheese on the cream cheese.
Mix chopped olives or sliced green onion with the cream cheese before spreading it. Or sprinkle them on after spreading the cream cheese.
Instead of making the pinwheels with dill pickles, try sweet pickles, roasted red pepper strips, pickled asparagus spears, a fresh cucumber spear, baby spinach, or a green onion (scallion).
Use whole wheat tortillas, spinach or tomato flavored wraps instead of flour tortillas.