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Fabulous Finger Foods for Your Football Viewing Party

Whether you are hosting a huge college bowl game viewing party or settling in to watch the NFL playoffs with just a few close friends, you’ll want to have the following dishes on hand. Not only are these tasty recipes simple to prepare (leaving you more time to cheer for your team than cook for your guests), but they’re also hearty enough to forgo making multiple entrees. CRAB STUFFED MUSHROOMS Ingredients: 1 16 oz. pkg. medium to large mushrooms 1 (6 to 7 ounce) can lump crab meat, drained 3 green onions with tops, finely chopped 1/4 teaspoon dried thyme … Continue reading →

Recipes for a New Year’s Eve Feast

Whether you are ushering in 2009 with a romantic dinner for two or you are feeding the entire clan, the following recipes will make your New Year’s Eve bash one to remember. Simply adjust the ingredient portion sizes to match your needs and let the good time roll. BACON WRAPPED SCALLOPS Ingredients: 12 slices bacon, slightly cooked and cut in half 3 tablespoons minced scallions 1/2 cup maple syrup 1 tablespoon soy sauce 24 large sea scallops (about 1 1/2 pounds) Cooking Spray Toothpicks Directions: In a bowl, combine the green onions, maple syrup and soy sauce. Place scallops in … Continue reading →

Quick and Easy Holiday Appetizers

If you are hosting a holiday party there’s no reason to make it harder on yourself by making dozens of elaborate dishes. These quick and easy appetizers are just as mouthwatering as fancier munchies. What’s more, they can be made in advance and kept in the refrigerator until party time. Happy snacking and happy holidays! ITALIAN CHEESE AND PESTO PARTY TORTE Ingredients: 2 packages (8 ounces each) cream cheese, softened 2 to 3 cloves garlic, minced 10 slices Provolone cheese 8 ounces pesto 3 ounces sun-dried tomatoes, chopped fine Fresh basil leaves, for garnish Directions: Mix cream cheese and garlic; … Continue reading →

What’s Wrong with Appetizers for Dinner?

As a single parent, I have made many adjustments over the years to my family scene to accommodate the realities of a single parent family—we take things like time management and the organization of the how things operate into consideration fairly regularly. Just about everything I do is done with the intention to simplify and maximize the amount of stress-free time I can spend with my kids. Years ago, we instituted hors de oeuvres and appetizers as a way of transitioning from getting home to dinner time. Instead of making the kids wait to eat, I discovered there were many … Continue reading →

Aimee’s Inside Out Stuffed Mushrooms

I love mushrooms — and now we have a good reason to love them. Recent research from Tufts University found that common white button mushrooms are health heroes! Button mushrooms can give your immune system a boost, fight viruses, and help protect against cancer. They’re also a low calorie alternative to pasta and rice. Swapping one cup of button mushrooms for one cup of rice or pasta in your favorite recipes can save you two hundred calories. Make the switch twice a week for a year and you can lose as much as six pounds with very little effort! They … Continue reading →

Shrimp-tastic Snacks for Your New Year’s Day Party

T-minus 30 hours until my dad’s HUGE Sugar Bowl. For those of you who haven’t been following this epicurean countdown, my father (along with the rest of the state) is gearing up for the most anticipated college football game ever to be broadcast in the land of Aloha. On New Year’s Day Hawaii’s Warriors will take on the Georgia Bulldogs in New Orleans. In honor of UH’s trip to the Big Easy my dad plans to incorporate a few regional dishes in his party buffet. Besides the jambalaya he’ll be making the following shrimp dishes. Fresh shrimp is readily available … Continue reading →

Low-Cost Party Foods

We all love to entertain, right? And maybe we would do it more often if we could spend less money on feeding everyone. The holiday season is a great time for parties, but we are already spending so much money in other areas, how can we afford to have people over? Like always, in order to spend less you just need to do a little planning. Here are some great ideas for providing your guests with good foods that cost very little to make. Opt for foods that use inexpensive ingredients. Some examples are: Caramel Corn Caramel corn is tasty … Continue reading →

Two Yummy Appetizers For Your Next Get Together

I love appetizers. They’re small and lovely and usually provide a burst of flavor in your mouth. These recipes are especially delicious. I hope you’ll try them at your next get together. Date Nut Sticks This recipe is sweet and chewy. It’s a delicious change from traditional appetizers and one that will have your guests begging for more and wanting the recipe. For this recipe you’ll need: 1 ½ sticks butter 2 eggs 2 cups granulated sugar 1 (8oz) package chopped dates 1 cup chopped pecans 1 ½ cups Rice Krispies cereal 1 Tablespoon vanilla extract 2 cups sweetened flaked … Continue reading →

Baked Goat Cheese With Caramelized Onions and Figs

There are a few recipes, that, when I see them, I must immediately run to the grocery store and buy the ingredients to make them—this is one of those recipes. If you’ve never had goat cheese, it is comparable to Feta cheese, but creamier and milder. I recently had a goat cheese appetizer at a restaurant. It was slightly toasted goat cheese rounds paired with crostini and a red and yellow cherry tomato tapenade. It was out of this world delicious. In fact, I was certain no goat cheese appetizer could be better—that is, until I saw this recipe. Goat … Continue reading →

Two Great Italian Appetizers

Antipasto Squares For this recipe, you will need two cans of crescent dinner rolls, 1/4 pound of thinly sliced boiled ham, 1/4 pound of thinly sliced provolone cheese, 1/4 pound of thinly sliced Swiss cheese, 1/4 pound of thinly sliced of Genoa salami, 1/4 pound of thinly sliced pepperoni, a 12 ounce jar of roasted red peppers, eggs, parmesan cheese, and black pepper. Preheat the oven to 350 degrees. Unroll one package of the crescent rolls and lay it on at 9 x 13 inch baking pan. Layer the ham, provolone cheese, Swiss cheese, salami, pepperoni, and red peppers. In … Continue reading →