Best appetizer recipe?!
Answers: Can be hot or cold, but prefer it be fairly easy, or something I can make ahead of time...
Fresh Veggie Pizza
2 packages crescent rolls
1/2 green pepper
1/2 red pepper
1/2 yellow pepper
1-1 1/2 cups broccoli florets
1cup cauliflower florets
2 thinly sliced green onions (optional)
1 c. shredded mozzarella
11 oz. cream cheese ;1 8oz pkg and 1 3oz or 2 8oz you do the math :)
2 Tbls dill
2 Tbls milk
Roll crescent rolls onto lighly greased cookie sheet. Be sure to press the pieces of dough together. I find it easier to leave them side by side and then flatten them out on the cookie sheet as needed. Bake according to package directions. Completely cool before putting on cream cheese mixture. In medium sized bowl mix softened cream cheese, dill and milk. Spread on pizza crust once it's completely cooled. Chop veggies and sprinkle over pizza, top with green onions and cheese. Lightly press down on toppings. Cover with plastic wrap and refrigerate at least 2 hours before serving.
*** You can add/omit whatever veggies you like.
Ground Beef Dip
2Lbs. lean ground beef
1c. chopped onion
1 jalapeno seeded and chopped (optional but it doesn't make it too spicy if you remove the seeds)
2 cloves garlic, minced
2 cans (8-oz ea) tomato sauce
1/2c ketchup
1tsp oregano
16 ounces cream cheese
1/2c grated parmesan
1 1/2tsp chili poweder
Brown beef, onion and jalapeno until beef is cooked through. Drain fat and put into crockpot. Add the rest of the ingredients. Cook on low for 2 hours or until cream cheese is thoroughly blended. Stir, taste, and adjust seasoning if desired. Serve with tortilla chips!
Take care!
I love jalapeno poppers Mine are bacon wrapped and cream cheese stuffedThe cook determines the spice by how many seeds are left in the jalape?o "boats". The cream cheese cools off the spice a bit, so I encourage you to experiment with varying quantities of seeds.
Servings: poppers 12 Make 3 batches at least they run out quick!
6 medium fresh jalape?o peppers similar in size
8 ounces (or less) cream cheese block softened
12 strips or one pound raw bacon
Preheat oven to 250 degrees Fahrenheit.
Line a rimmed cookie sheet with foil and place a cooling rack on top.
Cut stems off jalape?os, careful to keep peppers intact (do not cut into the pepper yet, just remove the outside stem).
Wear gloves to hold jalape?os while cutting in half lengthwise. Remove veins and most of the seeds. While removing the veins and seeds, keep in mind each side of jalape?o will act as a "boat" holding the cream cheese, so be careful not to cut through peppers or the cream cheese will leak out. Leave a few seeds inside the "boats" for spice as desired.
Using a knife, fill each half of the jalape?os with cream cheese. Wrap each half with one slice bacon. Place bundles on rack on top of cookie sheet. Bake for 45-60 minutes. Most ovens cook hotter towards the back, so you might want to rotate cookie sheet half way through to ensure even browning of bacon. Bake until bacon is cooked to desired crispness. Use tongs to transfer to paper towels and allow to drain and cool for 10 minutes. Serve.
PARMESAN APPETIZERS
2/3 c. Parmesan cheese
1 c. mayonnaise
Garlic salt
1 bunch diced green onions
1 pkg. mini rye bread rounds or sliced French rolls
Combine Parmesan cheese, mayonnaise, green onions and garlic salt to taste. Spread on sliced bread. Broil until brown. Serve immediately
Stuffed mushrooms. Here are several recipes:
http://www.cooks.com/rec/search?q=stuffe...
Both of these recipes are super easy and I never bring home any left overs. Always a big hit!
********Marmalade Meat Balls
Ingredients
2 pounds fully cooked frozen meatballs
1 bottle (16-ounce) Catalina salad dressing
1 cup orange marmalade
3 tablespoons Worcestershire sauce
1/2 teaspoon red pepper flakes=1/4 cup
Instructions
Place frozen meatballs in the insert of a slow cooker. In a bowl, stir
to combine the remaining ingredients. Pour over meatballs and stir to coat. Cook on high setting for
2 to 3 hours.
Smoked Sausage Crock Pot Heinz 57
1 bottle Heinz 57 steak sauce (small)
1 can jelled cranberry sauce
2 tablespoons brown sugar
3 lbs sliced smoked sausage
Brown sliced smoked sausage. Melt steak sauce, cranberry sauce and brown sugar in a saucepan over medium heat until smooth. Place meatballs in crock-pot, pour mixture over and place the crock-pot on low. Excellent!
This is a hot appetizer dip, and it is very easy to make. I f you want to make it ahead of guests arriving, prepare and place dip in dish then cover and place it in the fridge, take it out remove cover, pop it in the oven about 45 minutes before you want to serve it. The first time I had it, a long time ago (way back in the 80's) I asked for the recipe, a keeper, here it is -
Hot Crab Dip
2 pkg. (8 oz. each) PHILADELPHIA Cream Cheese, softened
2 cans (6 oz. each) crabmeat, drained, flaked
1/2 cup KRAFT Shredded Parmesan Cheese
1/4 cup sliced green onions
2 Tbsp. dry white wine
1 Tbsp. KRAFT Horseradish Sauce
1 tsp. hot pepper sauce
PREHEAT oven to 350°F. Mix all ingredients with electric mixer on medium speed until well blended.
SPOON into 9-inch pie plate or quiche dish.
BAKE 25 to 30 min. or until lightly browned.
Serve with assorted crackers.
Little franks with orange dipping sauce
1 pkg. cocktail franks
2 cup orange juice
1/2 cup pancake syrup
In medium sauce pan heat orange juice and pancake syrup.
Bring to simmer and add in cocktail franks.
Let simmer for 10 minutes.
Serve in pretty bowl with toothpicks.
toasted Wild animal road kill on crackers with melted pepper jack cheese.
hands down almond stuffed dates wrapped in bacon.
Its just like it sounds. Wrap about half a piece of bacon around the date, and poke a toothpick through it. Drizzle it with maple syrup and bake till the bacon is done.
Voila!!
Apple Mayo Salad.
2 green apples
2 large onion
1 little can of corn
2 large baked potatoe,
i little can of green olives
Salt and peper for taste.
Cut everything in little pices
add 4 table spoon of Mayonese, Mixt it up.
Save in the refrigerator,
Serve 4.It is so delicious!!!and easy to make.Enjoy.
CRAB DIP
2 8oz packages of cream cheese
1 jar salsa
1/2 package imitation crab meat
Beat together cream cheese and salsa until no chunks in it. CHop up crab and stir into the mix. Refridgerate for at least an hour.
These are my standards:
ARTICHOKE BALLS (COLD)
15 ounces artichoke hearts, drained
1 teaspoon garlic powder
1 cup seasoned Italian breadcrumbs
? cup parmesan cheese
? cup olive oil
Put all ingredients in a food processor and pulse on and off until well mixed. Roll mixture into bite sized pieces and place on waxed paper. Refrigerate overnight to mix flavors.
ARTICHOKE BALLS (HOT)
2 cloves garlic, pureed
2 teaspoons olive oil
16 ounces artichoke hearts, drained, mashed
2 eggs, slightly beaten
? cup grated parmesan cheese
? cup Italian breadcrumbs
1 Tablespoon lemon
Sauté garlic in oil. Add artichoke and lemon juice. Cook over a low heat about 5 minutes, stirring constantly. Remove from heat and allow to cool. Add eggs and breadcrumbs. Mix well and refrigerate a couple of hours. Roll into balls and then into cheese. Bake at 325 degrees for 30 minutes.
~ can freeze before baking ~
CHEESE PUFFS
(I usually have a bag of these in the freezer for unexpected guests, parties, or for a snack with a nice glass of wine)
5 ounce jar of Kraft Olde English Cheese
1 stick of butter
? teaspoon seasoned salt
1 cup flour
? teaspoon garlic salt
? teaspoon baking powder
? teaspoon cayenne
Mix all ingredients. Shape into 1/2 inch balls and chill. Bake at 325 degrees for 10 – 15 minutes. Serve hot.
~ freezes well prior to baking~
SAUSAGE CHEESE BALLS
2 pound Jimmy Dean Sausage
1 ? cups baking/biscuit mix
4 cups shredded sharp cheddar cheese
? teaspoon garlic powder
Preheat oven to 375 degrees.
Mix all ingredients well. Form into 1 inch balls. Bake for 15 minutes on ungreased cookie sheet until golden brown.
~ freezes well prior to baking ~
I like these. Enjoy!
Green Olive Paste on Crostinis
http://www.foodnetwork.com/food/recipes/...
This one has a lot of ingredients, but most of it gets pureed together in the food processor to make the paste. Basically, make the french bread rounds and toast them in the oven (the crostinis). Then grind the almonds and add everything else except the last 3 ingredients and puree it together. Then, use the cheese, pimiento and paprika as garnish after putting the paste on the crostinis. Make the paste a day or so ahead and do the crostinis the day of the party, or serve it on melba toast or pita chips and save that work.
Cherry Tomatoes Stuffed with Spanish Olive Tapenade
http://www.foodnetwork.com/food/recipes/...
Don't let the name intimidate you. You can buy Olive Tapenade if you don't want to make your own, but you basically just throw some olives, capers, lemon zest and olive oil into a food processor and mince it all up. Then stuff hallowed out cherry tomatoes. You can have a kid help you by stuffing the tomatoes. Or, you can also make this and serve it over pita chips, that little bread that comes in a loaf and is sold in the appy department, melba thins, crusty bread ... anything really. I would make the tapenade the day or 2 days before and stuff the tomatoes the morning of the party.
Shrimp Ceviche
http://mexicanfood.about.com/od/fiestaap...
This is a marinated shrimp salad kind of dish that you can serve with tortilla chips or I like it on pita chips or crusty french bread (like a bruchetta). You basically marinate the shrimp in the juice which cures it (like smoking does to pork). Then you mix the rest of the ingredients with the shrimp and chill. This lasts up to a week so you can make this ahead of time.
Ham Appetizers
Dinner Rolls
Ham
Sliced Swiss Cheese
Sauce:
l 1/2 Sticks margarine
2 Tsp. Mustard
3/4 Tsp. Poppy seeds
l l/2 Tsp. onion flakes (dried minced)
3/4 Tsp. Worcestershire Sauce
Melt all ingredients for sauce in a sauce pan until mixed well
Before baking, hand cut dinner rolls and put on ham and cheese. Put tops on
sandwiches. Pour sauce on sandwiches cover with plastic wrap and set
over night. (Can be done early in the morning for later in the evening.)
Remove plastic wrap before baking
Bake at 300-325 degrees depending on intensity of oven for l0 minutes or until cheese is melted
***Be careful they burn EASILY!!!
These are good and talk about EASY