... dips & finger foods?!
Answers: I wold like some great recipes & ideas for dips .. and for finger foods .. for Christmas.
I have a couple you could try, they're very good.
1. Potato skins
First Step: Take some potatoes and put em in a 350 degree (celsius) oven for an hour. Then take them out and cut them in half.
Optional step: Scoop out the insides so it makes a little dip in the potato about 1/2 inch from the skin (I say "optional" because they're usually so hot at this point that it would burn your fingers to do this, so sometimes I skip the scooping and just leave them cut in half)
Second Step: Sprinkle your favorite cream cheese over top of the potato insides, and then sprinkle some of your favorite cheese on top. (I usually find that red pepper cream cheese and swiss cheese make a really good combination)
Third Step: Put back in the oven and cook for 20-30 minutes more until potatoes are soft enough to eat.
2. Cooked Broccoli (At first glance this might not appeal to you, but trust me, it's really good-and I'm pretty finicky at what I eat, I can tell you :) )
First Step: Cut up 2 stalks of brocolli and put in a pan.
Second Step: Season with salt and pepper to taste (or even chili pepper or garlic salt) and drizzle oil onto them.
Third Step: Cook in the oven for 15 minutes.
Hope this helps ya out a bit :) You could probably find other appetizer recipes on the food network site.
http://www.foodnetwork.com/
Crab salad and ritz crackers are so good.
Ritz crackers
shrimp cocktail!!!!!!
It always a hit. ;)
Happy Holidays!
Well for christmas we don't make any finger foods, but for small get togethers, we normally buy small buffalo hot wings, and buy tortilla chips and salsa and set it out. We also would sometimes get the potato skins.
there's this dip for chips/crackers, etc. omg it is sooo good.
1 block cream cheese,softened
2 bell pepper, 2 jalapenos, 2 cloves garlic, 2 tomatos, an onion, all chopped.
a little milk
salt, pepper, etc.
mix it all together then whip. sooo good.
foie gras on crackers, spinach dip on pumpernickel, and sharp white cheddar on triscuits are good too.
Spinach dip with a bread that is round domed bread, is great, take the top off and put the dip inside or make bite size pieces and put it around the bread. Recipes on Knorr packages.
easy cheese ball
2- 8 oz cream chees
2tablespoons worchishire sauce
2 tablespoons accent
3 to5 green onions
1 package wafer ham or beef(like carl budding)
mix all together of course chop onions and ham into small pieces
OLD RUSSIAN FAMILY RECIPE
BUY A LITTLE JAR OF CAVIAR IN THE SUPERMARKET, ABOUT FIVE BUCKS, LUMPFISH, OR IF YOU ARE RICH GO TO THE GOURMET STORE AND BUY BELUGA CAVIAR FOR FIVE HUNDRED. IFYOU ARE RICH IT IS WORTH IT
ONE PINT SOUR CREAM, BEST YOU CAN FIND
ONE BUNCH SCALLIONS
CHOP SCALLIONS REALLY FINE, ADD TO SOUR CREAM, AND ADD CAVIAR AT THE LAST MOMENT. THIS WAS A FAVORITE OF RUSSIAN CZARS.
There are a lot of great finger food ideas and dips for Christmas:
* Shrimp cocktail and cocktail sauce
* Hot wings and ranch sauce
* Taco dip and chips
* Mozzarella sticks with marinara sauce
* Crackers and cheese (ritz & cheddar are the best)
* Cocktail weines
* Veggie tray with any type of dip
Somethink that is way good is,
ingredents
1-2 cans of caned corn
some fresh celontro
12 cans of black beans
and some fresh tomatoes-use corn chips to dip it hope you love it!
spinach artichoke dip
1 package frozen chopped spinach (squeeze out excess water)
1 jar marinated artichoke hearts (drained well and chopped)
1 cup mayonaise
1 16oz container sour cream
1/2 cup grated parmesan cheese
2-3 cloves minced garlic
preheat oven to 350 degrees. mix all ingredients together and put mixture in a 10 inch deep dish pie plate. bake at 350 for 15 - 20 minutes or until bubbling. serve with tortilla chips.
want more? email me - i got TONS of recipes
THREE CHEESE ARTICHOKE DIP
2 cans artichoke hearts, drained and chopped
1/2 c. Parmesan cheese
1/2 c. shredded cheddar cheese
8 oz. shredded Mozzarella cheese
1 c. mayonnaise
1 tsp. garlic salt
Mix together. Spread in 8 x 8 inch baking dish. Bake 25 minutes until hot at 350 degrees. Serve with an assortment of crackers.
Here is a quick and easy chip dip.
16 oz conatainer of sour cream
1 Packet of Liptons French Onion Soup Mix
Mix the Sour Cream and soup mix in a bowl. Cover the bowl and put in the fridge for 10 to 20 minutes and then serve
CREAMY SALMON
SWEET PEPPER&TOMATO
AVACADO&CORRIANDER
EGGPLANT DIP
BEETROOT&EGGPLANT DIPS WITH CRUDITS:
serves10
crudits:1bunch dutch carrots,scrubbed&trimmed,1bunch raddishes clean/trim&1/2,9sticks celery cut into sticks125packet grissini sticks(bread)200g packet of lavosh crackers.
BEETROOT&ORANGE DIP:
450g,can baby beetroot,drained
1/3cup plain greek yoghurt(any)
1garlic clove
1/2tspn ground cumin
1tspn grated orange rind
pinch chilli/paprika
Blend beets till almost smooth,add everything else&process till smooth,season with s&p.Pour into dish&refigerate.Serve along side eggplant dip with crudits....
EGGPLANT&CHICKPEA DIP:
1eggplant
400g,can chick peas,drained&rinsed
1cloves garlic,chopped
2TBLspn tahini(sesame past)
2TBLspn olive oil
1/3cup lemon juice
1Heat oven200c(4?f).Line baking tray(baking paper)bake eggplant40-60min till soft.Remove from oven.Allow to cool a bit>Place chickpeas,garlic,tahini&oil in food proccesor&blitz till well combined.Peel eggplant,chop flesh&add to blender with lemon juice.Proccess&season.Cover&refrigerate.
If you want the other 3 contact me&i'll write them.(The salmon one is especially nice,just to much typing...
PRAWN,CUCUMBER&BEAN STARTER(easy)
PRAWN FRITTERS with CAPSICUM AIOLI
ROAEMARY<CHILLI&LEMON MARINATED OLIVES
ORANGE&THYME ROASTED OLIVES
both good on antipasta platter
MINI SPRING ROLLS with LIME&SWEET CHILLI dipping sauce
TURKEY<MANGO&MACADAMIA STARTER
SPICED RED RASCAL POTATO SKINS with SWEET CHILLI_SOUR CREAM DIP.
LITTLE BEEF&SULTANA EMPANADAS.