What are your favorite light and heavy hors d'oeurves?!
2 regular sized pita pockets (6 inch)
2 large cloves garlic, minced
3 tablespoons olive oil
1 tablespoon butter
1/4 teaspoon oregano
1/4 teaspoon sea salt
1/4 teaspoon pepper
16 slices pepperoni
4 round slices provolone cheese
1/3 cup medium chunky salsa
In a heatproof cup or bowl heat olive oil, oregano, salt and pepper in microwave on high for 40 seconds. Remove and add butter. Stir and set aside.
Using kitchen scissors, cut pita pockets into 4 pizza slice shaped wedges (slice in half, then slice each half again to make the wedges). Cut again along curved outer edge to separate into 2. Brush both sides of the pita wedges with warm olive oil mixture, coating well.
Place wedges crust side down on a baking sheet. Spread 1 teaspoon of salsa to top each wedge. Cut provolone slices into 4 wedge shapes and place one on top of each. Top with a slice of pepperoni, if desired. Drizzle with any remaining olive oil and sprinkle lightly with coarse sea salt.
Bake in a preheated 375°F oven for 15 minutes or until golden brown and cheese is bubbly. Serve while still warm.
Makes 16 wedges.
Variation: Cut pita into 4 wedge shaped pockets. Fill the same way as above (but only half as much cheese wedges and pepperoni slices will be needed if making pockets instead of crusts).
LITTLE SAUSAGE PARTY BREADS
1 pkg Jimmy Dean sausage( any flavor)
1 pound hamburger
1 small box Velveeta cheese
1 loaf party bread ( sourdough, rye, or pumpernickel)
Fry your sausage&hamburger till its done then drain. Then add it back to the fry pan and add your veleveeta cheese, a little at a time, just kepp mixing it until it all comes together. This usually takes about 15-20 minutes. Then spread your little party breads out on a cookie sheet, spoon a little bit of the sausage/hamburger/cheese mixture onto each one, and then you want to bake these under the broiler just until they reach a light brown color.
These are a favorite with my family, they always go so fast. These are a favorite for games whether it be for baseball, basketball, hockey, football , or whatever!!! They are so quick and easy!!
BAKED BRIE IN PUFF PASTRY
1 sheet Pepperidge Farm puff pastry - thawed
1 Brie - about 1 lb. in size
1 egg yolk mixed with
1 tsp. water
Set out frozen puff pastry about 20 to 30 minutes before ready to use.
Roll out pastry to 1/8" thickness. Cut off a 4" strip and set aside to use as decoration.
Place Brie in center of puff pastry and bring up edges and crimp edges together around Brie, sealing completely. Turn Brie - crimped dough side down on a baking sheet. With remaining 4" of dough left cut out leaf design or anything you may want to use as a decoration. Place on top of dough covered Brie. Refrigerate until ready to bake. This can be kept overnight for your convenience. Just cover with plastic wrap.
When ready to bake - remove plastic wrap. Mix egg yolk with 1 teaspoon water and brush entire dough covered Brie.
Preheat oven to 400 degrees. Bake for 15-20 minutes. Remove from oven and let set 20-25 minutes before serving.
SPINACH CRAB DIP
1 1/2 packages Knorr vegetable soup
1 1/16 cups (250 ml) light sour cream
7/8 cup (125 ml) light cream cheese
1/2 cup (125 ml) Miracle Whip
1/4 tsp garlic powder
2 tbsp liquid honey
1 tbsp lemon juice
3/4 pound (330 g) shredded real or imitation crab meat
1/2 cup chopped green onions
1 small can of water chestnuts
2 packages frozen chopped spinach
assorted crackers or bread
Mix first 7 ingredients together until smooth.
Add crab meat, chopped green onions, and chopped water chestnuts.
Cook frozen spinach with salt to taste. Drain well.
Mix all ingredients together.
Refrigerate 3 hours before serving with bread or crackers.
Answers: PARTY PITA WEDGES
2 regular sized pita pockets (6 inch)
2 large cloves garlic, minced
3 tablespoons olive oil
1 tablespoon butter
1/4 teaspoon oregano
1/4 teaspoon sea salt
1/4 teaspoon pepper
16 slices pepperoni
4 round slices provolone cheese
1/3 cup medium chunky salsa
In a heatproof cup or bowl heat olive oil, oregano, salt and pepper in microwave on high for 40 seconds. Remove and add butter. Stir and set aside.
Using kitchen scissors, cut pita pockets into 4 pizza slice shaped wedges (slice in half, then slice each half again to make the wedges). Cut again along curved outer edge to separate into 2. Brush both sides of the pita wedges with warm olive oil mixture, coating well.
Place wedges crust side down on a baking sheet. Spread 1 teaspoon of salsa to top each wedge. Cut provolone slices into 4 wedge shapes and place one on top of each. Top with a slice of pepperoni, if desired. Drizzle with any remaining olive oil and sprinkle lightly with coarse sea salt.
Bake in a preheated 375°F oven for 15 minutes or until golden brown and cheese is bubbly. Serve while still warm.
Makes 16 wedges.
Variation: Cut pita into 4 wedge shaped pockets. Fill the same way as above (but only half as much cheese wedges and pepperoni slices will be needed if making pockets instead of crusts).
LITTLE SAUSAGE PARTY BREADS
1 pkg Jimmy Dean sausage( any flavor)
1 pound hamburger
1 small box Velveeta cheese
1 loaf party bread ( sourdough, rye, or pumpernickel)
Fry your sausage&hamburger till its done then drain. Then add it back to the fry pan and add your veleveeta cheese, a little at a time, just kepp mixing it until it all comes together. This usually takes about 15-20 minutes. Then spread your little party breads out on a cookie sheet, spoon a little bit of the sausage/hamburger/cheese mixture onto each one, and then you want to bake these under the broiler just until they reach a light brown color.
These are a favorite with my family, they always go so fast. These are a favorite for games whether it be for baseball, basketball, hockey, football , or whatever!!! They are so quick and easy!!
BAKED BRIE IN PUFF PASTRY
1 sheet Pepperidge Farm puff pastry - thawed
1 Brie - about 1 lb. in size
1 egg yolk mixed with
1 tsp. water
Set out frozen puff pastry about 20 to 30 minutes before ready to use.
Roll out pastry to 1/8" thickness. Cut off a 4" strip and set aside to use as decoration.
Place Brie in center of puff pastry and bring up edges and crimp edges together around Brie, sealing completely. Turn Brie - crimped dough side down on a baking sheet. With remaining 4" of dough left cut out leaf design or anything you may want to use as a decoration. Place on top of dough covered Brie. Refrigerate until ready to bake. This can be kept overnight for your convenience. Just cover with plastic wrap.
When ready to bake - remove plastic wrap. Mix egg yolk with 1 teaspoon water and brush entire dough covered Brie.
Preheat oven to 400 degrees. Bake for 15-20 minutes. Remove from oven and let set 20-25 minutes before serving.
SPINACH CRAB DIP
1 1/2 packages Knorr vegetable soup
1 1/16 cups (250 ml) light sour cream
7/8 cup (125 ml) light cream cheese
1/2 cup (125 ml) Miracle Whip
1/4 tsp garlic powder
2 tbsp liquid honey
1 tbsp lemon juice
3/4 pound (330 g) shredded real or imitation crab meat
1/2 cup chopped green onions
1 small can of water chestnuts
2 packages frozen chopped spinach
assorted crackers or bread
Mix first 7 ingredients together until smooth.
Add crab meat, chopped green onions, and chopped water chestnuts.
Cook frozen spinach with salt to taste. Drain well.
Mix all ingredients together.
Refrigerate 3 hours before serving with bread or crackers.
how fancy of hors d'oeurves are you wanting?? is it like a black tie event, wedding, or just a super bowl party or kids b-day?? i'd have to know that before i recomended any.
if its a casual even bbq sauce and lil smokies are soooo good and you cant get any easier!
chips and dip (queso, salsa)
shrimp coctail
ham, cream cheese, and pickle rolle up in flour tortillas and sliced into bite size pieces.
cookies, brownies
rumaki, guacamole, dates filled with talgio cheese and wrapped in raw ham, dates filled with chorizo and wrapped in smoked raw ham, tzaziki with chips or vegetables, salsa, shrimp with horseradish down the back wrapped in bacon and grilled, tuna tapenade, tomato tapenade, honeyed chicken wings, barbecued chicken wings, cocktail shrimp, mini burgers on mini buns, mini pizzas, mozarella sticks with marinara sauce, olives, olives filled with anchovies, filled with lemon, filled with pickled garlic, chicken marinated in garlic with oregano and thyme and grilled, hummus, white bean pureed and seasoned, tabbouleh, fattoush, basically all tapas, mezzes, sausage/cheese filled oven baked mushrooms, mini lamb chops with a mint salsa, garlic chutney, mint chutney, spicy grilled peppers, papdums, samosas, chapatis, salami and cheese rolled in tortilla, cut in pieces and baked in the oven
I like serving crackers with chedder and cabana or crackers and and range of dips like hummos, taziki, red capsicum etc.
Another one of my favourite home made things are puff pastries with cherry tomatoes and goat fetta. It's really very simple. All you have to do is:
* Cut a piece of ready rolled puff pastry into 16 equal squares
* Slice cherry tomatoes and place a few slices on each square
* Bung it in the oven for about 20 mins on 180 degrees C (or until brown)
* Add some fetta and tada!
* If you like, you can also sprinkle some olive oil mixed with some fresh crushed rosemary or another herb of your choice after adding the fetta.
pigs in a blanket
stuffed mushrooms
anything wrapped in bacon
... I guess I don't like any "light" ones!
