What do you like for a pre-dinner snack?!
What do you like for a pre-dinner snack?
Either for yourself.... to keep the hunger away while dinner cooks ... or to offer to your guests?
Somehow, I am a little wary of serving anything Italian lest it becomes tiresome and then nobody likes it any longer ...... but there must be other things?
Ta!
Answers:
cheese and fruit are always good. if both are particularly good, you won't need to eat that much to get a good dose of flavor and get the urge to eat going.
i'll leave the actual choices to you, but say i dunno...apples, grapes with a good strong cheese served with a nice white wine sounds about right.
French baguette sliced topped with chevre, a slice of roma tomato and a sprinkle of sea salt
I smoke a cigarette and drink a beer!!!!!!
How about jellied eels? mmmmmm, mouth watering.
cheese and crackers...and a nice glass of merlot
try some other national foods...
-mexican
-french*
-spanish
-polish**
all very good for the tire some italian
and 4 a snack
hmm?
cottage cheese and fruit
yummp ;]
Bruchetta-awesome when heated in the oven
I always make Toasted garlic french or sour dough bread, then sprinkle it w/ Parmesan.
*If you like hot spinach artichoke dip, this is for you. It's yummy and quick. Serve with crackers or garlic toast. It nevers let's me down! Guest always enjoy it. If kids are over they will like the crackers.
INGREDIENTS
1/4 cup butter
1 (10 ounce) package frozen chopped spinach, partially thawed
1 (14 ounce) can artichoke hearts, drained and chopped
2 (8 ounce) packages cream cheese, softened
2 (16 ounce) containers sour cream
1 cup grated Parmesan cheese
garlic salt to taste
DIRECTIONS
Melt butter in a large saucepan over medium heat. Stir in the spinach and artichoke hearts. Cook until tender, about 5 minutes.
Mix cream cheese and sour cream into the spinach mixture. Stir in Parmesan cheese and garlic salt. Cook, stirring occasionally, until thickened, 10 to 15 minutes. Serve warm.
Hummus and Vegetables like red and yellow peppers, carrots and cucumbers with pita chips or other crackers. I also like to add some hot sauce or chili sauce for some added kick in the hummus.
sushi!
For myself, I taste as I cook.
For guests, pate (either real good goose liver pate or vegetarian pate of roasted portobellos) with water wafers.
If an asian meal is being served, tiny spring rolls and/or crab rangoons.
If a hearty american meal, those horrible little sauages in barbq sauce or buffalo wings
A light offering of fresh vegetables and hard cheese is best to me, for any meal. A light dip maybe cream cheese, sour cream and fresh herbs,
My guests like my grape tomatoes, roasted with olive oil, garlic, cumin, salt and pepper, served on toasted pita or bagel chips, with a nice glass or Reisling.
rice cracker .
Choccie digestive biscuits!
i like rodneys answer best-lol. i usually put out some raw veggies with a dip or some cheese and crackers, or i make cocktail meatballs with sweet and sour sauce. i also leave out a bowl of salsa with tortilla chips.
Cheese and crackers
Got to be olives baby!
Posh big fat ones from a deli, marinated in chilli and garlic!
Lovely! my mouth is watering just thinking about it.
Or feeling adventurous you could push the boat out and make some canape's.