I so need your help. I’ve got an event to attend this weekend and I need to bring an appetizer. Now I’ve got my list of old stand by’s (this Surprise Spread recipe is one of them) but I’ve made them so often that I’m bored silly with them. I need to branch out, to be wild and crazy. I’m looking for something new and exciting with some wow factor and that’s where you come in. I’m hoping you’ve got a tried and true recipe to share with me. I’m looking for an appetizer recipe that wherever you serve it people always gobble it up and ask for the recipe. In other words I want to bring an empty dish home with me.
My only other requirement is that it can’t contain green peppers. The green pepper and I aren’t friends so it’s best we avoid each other at all times :)
Oh and to be on the safe side it probably shouldn’t be to complicated to make. Remember this is me, the queen of recipe disasters, we’re talking about here!
Leave the recipe or the link to the recipe in the comments of this post, prior to Wednesday evening at 9:00 pm PST, and I’ll select one recipe from the list of entries to make for my potluck. As a thank you I’m going to personally send the person whose winning entry I select this lovely Taste of Home Holiday Gifts & Crafts magazine. It’s packed full of tasty treats and crafts to take you through the holidays.
So what do you say? Can you help make this girl shine?
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Warm gooey brie!
Take one wheel of brie, drizzle with honey, then bake until warm…add pecans if you want for a yummy fall treat!
PS Don’t forget the crackers or french bread!
Spinach Dip
1 (10 oz.) pkg. frozen chopped spinach, thawed (do not use fresh)
1 1/2 c. sour cream
1 c. mayonnaise
1 (4 oz.) pkg. Knorr vegetable soup mix
Squeeze spinach until dry. In medium bowl, stir together spinach, sour cream and soup mix. Cover and refrigerate 2 hours or overnight. Cut slice from top of round loaf of bread (I use Kings Hawaiian), hollow out loaf to leave shell to contain dip. Use bread removed from shell and top slice to cut into bite size pieces. I also serve with tostitos.
I love easy appetizers too . Enjoy so yummy!!
Apple Caramel Dip
1 pkg (8oz) cream cheese
3/4 cup brown sugar
1 container caramel (usually found in the produce section)
1 pkg skor bits
Granny Smith apples, sliced
1. Beat the cream cheese with brown sugar until smooth. Spread thinly onto large serving plate.
2. Heat the caramel slightly (about 15 second in microwave) to make spreadable. Spread on top of cream cheese.
3. Sprinkle the package of Skor bits all over the top. Serve with sliced Granny Smith apples for dipping.
Another really easy one is to unwrap a brick of cream cheese and pour red pepper jelly over it and serve with crackers.
As simple goes, this is it. Pears and Blue Cheese are a classic combo. When I saw this recipe, I new I was in love with the simple presentation. I hope you’ll try it.
http://www.realsimple.com/food-recipes/browse-all-recipes/pears-blue-cheese-prosciutto-10000001694964/index.html
I always have good luck with the buffalo chicken dip.
http://www.recipezaar.com/Buffalo-Chicken-Dip-79116
I also have very good luck with this caramelized chicken wings.
http://www.recipezaar.com/Caramelized-Chicken-Wings-44888
Definitely Olive Dip!
Chop up one small jar of green olives
Mix into small block of cream cheese
Sprinkle in garlic power to taste
Mix well- can add a little milk if you want it creamier.
I serve it with Wheat Thins.
I have one that is impossible to mess up and only uses 4 ingredients: cream cheese, chili (leftover or canned), shredded cheese, and chips.
http://packetqueen.blogspot.com/2009/10/what-to-do-with-your-leftover-chili.html
My SIL taught me this dip and I’ll always love her that much more for it! Always goes over well with everyone. Good luck to you, I am going to be browsing through these comments for something to bring to my neighbor’s “Girls Night In” on Friday because I am fresh out of chili!!
I found this Baked Fruit Dip at All Recipes last fall and it’s terrific. Perfect for a fall get together. http://allrecipes.com/Recipe/Baked-Fruit-Dip/Detail.asp
Enjoy!
Hey there!! Well, we have several good, tried and true, quick and easy….so easy in fact, my kids can cook them!! Check out our family blog to see “cooking camp” adventures, but to see the recipes, go to our recipe blog for some DELICIOUSNESS!!!
Sweet, savory…it’s all there!!
http://www.bowlingfamilymoments.blogspot.com
http://www.houseofbowlingrecipes.blogspot.com
It’s all about Horsey Doovers :) http://heavenlyhomemakers.com/blog/its-all-about-horsey-doovers
That post gives links to my favorite appetizers: Ranch Cheese Ball,
Homemade Onion Rings, Cream Cheese Salsa Dip and Chicken Veggie Quesadillas
found this winner on a blog a while back!
Bleu Cheese Buffalo Chicken Dip
-2-3 cups of shredded chicken (Rotisserre is the way to go here!)
-1 bottle of buffalo wing sauce
-1 bottle of Bleu Cheese dressing (you can use less if yer a sissie)
-8 oz cream cheese, softened
-Mozarella cheese (whatever amount makes your little hearts leap for joy!)
Preheat oven to 350 degrees. Combine shredded chicken, wing sauce, bleu cheese dressing and cream cheese. Mix well. Put into 8×8 pan (or whatever size floats your boat) and top with the Mozarella. Bake in oven for 30 minutes.
Serve with some Frito’s scoops.
Here are three easy tried-and-true recipes. I cook alot and try lots of new recipes. These are three of my most well-received recipes. You can’t go wrong. Enjoy!
Buffalo Chicken Dip – Spicy! I use one cream cheese instead of two and up the hot sauce for more heat (personal preference). Serve with crackers or tortilla chips.
http://allrecipes.com/Recipe/Buffalo-Chicken-Dip/Detail.aspx
BLT Dip – So easy! I like to top mine with shredded lettuce for a true BLT taste! Great served with pita chips.
http://allrecipes.com/Recipe/BLT-Dip/Detail.aspx
Marinated Grilled Shrimp – This is probably my most requested recipe of all time! Great served hot or cold. YUMM!
http://allrecipes.com/Recipe/Marinated-Grilled-Shrimp/Detail.aspx
Here’s something really different but delicious! Check out the rave reviews:
Fruit Salsa with Cinnamon Tortilla Chips
http://allrecipes.com/Recipe/Fruit-Salsa-with-Cinnamon-Tortilla-Chips/Detail.aspx
Save time and buy the cinnamon tortilla chips (I buy them at Sam’s Club or Target). You can also change out the fruits based on what’s available and in season.
Note: Regarding my last post about the Buffalo Chicken Dip – Instead of canned chicken (yuck, smells and tastes like tuna to me!), I boil and shred my own chicken. It makes a huge difference!
This recipe is from Taste of Home’s 2005 Holiday and Celebrations Cookbook. I won a cooking competition at work with this recipe and well, it has bacon in it. You just can’t go wrong with bacon. I never take any leftovers home when I bring this dish and always have lots of requests for the recipe.
Baked Spinach Dip in Bread
2 packages (8oz each) cream cheese, softened
1 cup mayonnaise
1 package (10 oz) frozen chopped spinach, thawed and squeezed dry
1 cup (4 oz) shredded cheddar cheese
1 pound sliced bacon, cooked and crumbled
1/4 cup chopped onion
1 tablespoon dill weed
1 to 2 garlic cloves, minced
1 unsliced loaf (1 pound) sourdough bread
Assorted fresh vegetables
In a large mixing bowl, beat cream cheese and mayonnaise until blended. Stir in the spinach, cheese, bacon, onion, dill and garlic; set aside.
Cut a 1-1/2 inch slice off top of bread; set aside. Carefully hollow out bottom, leaving a 1/2 inch shell. Cupe removed bread and place on a baking sheet. Broil 3-4 in from the heat for -2 minutes or until golden brown; set aside.
Fill bread shell with spinach dip; replace top. Place any dip that doesn’t fit in shell in a greased baking dish. Wrap bread in heavy-duty foil; place on a baking sheet. Bake at 350 degrees for 1 hour or until dip is heated through. Cover and bake any additional dip for 40-45 minutes or until heated through. Open foil carefully. Serve warm with vegetables and reserved bread cubes. Yield: 4 cups. Note: fat-free cream cheese and mayonnaise are not recommended for this recipe.
Here’s a quick, simple one that is unusual & delicious.
4 slices white bread, crusts cut off and rolled flat
4-8 oz softened cream cheese (to taste)
4 large dill pickles
Spread the cream cheese on your flattened bread and roll around a pickle. Cover tightly with plastic wrap and refrigerate several hours or overnight. Slice thinly to serve. They look like little stained glass windows and fly off the plate.
This looks so pretty and isn’t the same ole thing!! It is oh so easy!
http://mamabirdsnest.blogspot.com/2009/10/super-simple-italian-app-for-tip-junkie.html
Funky Dip is so easy and so filling, it can be a great appetizer or as a part of a pre-game buffet for a sporting event.
Brown 1 lb. Jimmy Dean hot pork sausage in a skillet and drain fat. In a crockpot, mix browned sausage with 1 1lb. cubed Velveeta cheese pieces and one jar Pace picante sauce. Turn crockpot to low and stir mixture at least once every 30 min. until cheese is melted. Serve dip warm with large Frito Dips chips or corn tortilla chips. Enjoy!
I have bookmarked this page for myself! I love all of these recipes!
This recipe doesn’t have any WOW factor, but it sure is easy:
1 can Underwood Deviled Chicken
1 small container whipped cream cheese
Mix together and serve with crackers.
We call this Angel Dip because my friend, Angel, always made this for our parties. It’s easy and it’s very good…it’s always the first dip to go!
This is super simple, but everyone loves them. Proscuitto wrapped thin-crispy breadsticks. (I like the garlic breadsticks.
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