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Title: Easy delicious appetizer recipe needed
Post by: Magic Microbe on December 04, 2019, 03:19:08 PM
I need something for a christmas party saturday. It needs to not be something hot since I live an hour away and it needs to be quick to make because I am super busy this weekend. Give me ideas! There will be about 20 people there.

*The party is at my coworkers house. She is Italian (actually Italian not Italian American) and it will be lasagna for dinner and tiramisu for desert.
Title: Re: Easy delicious appetizer recipe needed
Post by: diablita on December 04, 2019, 03:31:25 PM
why don't you do caprese skewers?  they'd be very festive this time of year, too: small mozzarella balls, cherry/grape tomatoes, basil and other yummy things on the skewers.  You could make confit of garlic a littel bit ahead and add that as well.
Title: Re: Easy delicious appetizer recipe needed
Post by: BonitaApplebum on December 04, 2019, 06:34:08 PM
why don't you do caprese skewers?  they'd be very festive this time of year, too: small mozzarella balls, cherry/grape tomatoes, basil and other yummy things on the skewers.  You could make confit of garlic a littel bit ahead and add that as well.

I like the skewer idea, except I’d do more of an antipasto spin - a mozz ball, a roasted red pepper, a marinated mushroom, maybe some sort of cured meat if I didn’t need to be veggie.

I love caprese but I’m a tomato snob and don’t love the idea of a fresh tomato based app in December.
Title: Re: Easy delicious appetizer recipe needed
Post by: Run Amok on December 04, 2019, 06:38:01 PM
If you really want something easy: block of cream cheese w/ salsa (or something sweet like cranberry relish) poured over it with wheat thins. Almost no assembly required.
Title: Re: Easy delicious appetizer recipe needed
Post by: omega lambda on December 07, 2019, 03:37:47 AM
I love those caprese skewers.  I made some awhile ago and added a twist; I added sliced strawberry to the skewer, drizzled all with some evoo.  Super good!
Title: Re: Easy delicious appetizer recipe needed
Post by: ihop on December 07, 2019, 06:41:24 PM
We have been getting great tomatoes - granted, our seasons are wacky. Strawberry season starts in a couple of weeks.


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Title: Re: Easy delicious appetizer recipe needed
Post by: diablita on December 07, 2019, 06:53:52 PM
I can't wait for strawberry season!
Title: Re: Easy delicious appetizer recipe needed
Post by: caribougrrl on December 08, 2019, 02:36:22 PM
marinated olives?

super easy, and you can do them up days ahead of time... this time of year when clementine is easy to find, I like to marinate them with rosemary, clementine peel, garlic, and hot pepper
Title: Re: Easy delicious appetizer recipe needed
Post by: BonitaApplebum on December 08, 2019, 08:22:51 PM
marinated olives?

super easy, and you can do them up days ahead of time... this time of year when clementine is easy to find, I like to marinate them with rosemary, clementine peel, garlic, and hot pepper

Yum!!
Title: Re: Easy delicious appetizer recipe needed
Post by: ihop on December 09, 2019, 09:17:21 AM
I can't wait for strawberry season!

Our favorite farm opens on the 18th!
Title: Re: Easy delicious appetizer recipe needed
Post by: Magic Microbe on December 09, 2019, 11:44:41 AM
So I almost made the skewers but then I got lazy and just made a spinach salad.