RecipesLack of Imagination? 15 Appetizer Ideas For a Great Party!
Oftentimes when we hold parties we become confused with what to serve up to our guests as appetizers. Appetizers are something that you offer to your guests prior to a meal to increase their appetite. We usually think that appetizers should be especially fancy or complex but they should not be. They should just be simple and taste great at the same time and need not be difficult to make.
Below is the list for 15 appetizer ideas that you can prepare the next time that you throw parties. It"s best to serve them together with small pieces of bread, crackers or chips and some might be served on their own. I posted the recipes of several on the list so you can try them out for yourself.
1) Buffalo Wings
2) Bacon Roll-Ups
3) Mushrooms stuffed with Crabmeat
4) Crabmeat with Cream cheese cocktail sauce served together with some crackers or rye bread
5) Fresh fruits on toothpicks dipped into cream cheese marshmallow cream
6) Blue Cheese Spread - serve together with some crackers
7) Tortilla or nacho chips served together with Salsa
8) Bread slices (toasted halved) layered with tuna spread olives
9) Artichoke dip served together with Pita bread
10) Bacon Stuffed Shrimp
11) A ball of cream cheese - serve together with Ritz crackers or any cracker
12) Beef Jerky
13) Fried chicken fingers on toothpicks 14) Salmon rolls 15) Finely chopped livers (chicken) with mayo
Here are some of the recipes from the list above. Enjoy!
Bacon Roll-Ups A loaf of thin sandwich bread For the spread:
1 lb. Bacon
3 (5 ounce) jars of Old English Cheese
Take off the crusts from the bread then flatten the slices of bread using a rolling pin. Evenly spread some cheese on the bread then roll it up into a jelly roll style. Slice them up in three and place 1/3 of a strip of the bacon all over each rolled up bread then secure using a toothpick.
Cook in the rack of your oven for 15 minutes. at 400" F. Best served when hot. For a variation: Substitute cream cheese with some chives, cream cheese with horseradish or peanut butter in behalf of the Old English cheese.
Blue Cheese Spread
1/4 cup of Cream cheese
1/2 cup of Walnut pieces Bleu or Danish Cheese
1 teasp. Cognac
1/2 cup of Oregon Maytag
1 tsp. walnuts, minced (to garnish)
Put walnuts into the food processor then process them until walnuts become chopped up finely and use short pulses so as not to over chop them. Next, add in cream cheese Bleu cheese then process it again until everything is mixed well. Add in cognac then process them still to mix well then place mixture into a big ramekin or 2 smaller ones. Sprinkle minced walnuts on top before serving.
Cream Cheese Appetizer Ball 16 ounces. Cream cheese 2 packets minced Chipped beef Scallions, chopped (about a tsp.) Garlic salt or powdered garlic Combine together cream cheese the rest of the ingredients together. Form it into the shape of a ball and chill it for a couple of hours or overnight inside the refrigerator.
Preparing appetizers need not be a chore. You do not need to serve anything fancy, just make sure that they taste delicious and for sure they will be a hit with the guests.