appetizers

whats an easy one?


(Or a party pleaser)

This is my favorite dip...

Pizza Dip

Ingredients
1 (8 ounce) package cream cheese, softened
1 1/4 cups sour cream
1 teaspoon dried oregano
1/2 chopped pepperoni
1 jar pizza sauce
1/2 small sliced green onion
1/4 teaspoon minced garlic
1 package shredded mozzarella cheese
1 medium chopped red bell pepper


Directions
1. Preheat oven to 350 degrees
2. In a medium glass or foil pie plate, mix the cream cheese, sour cream, oregano, and garlic, and spread evenly over the bottom of the plate.
3. Top with half of the shredded mozzarella
4. Spread the mixture with the entire jar of sauce.
5. Sprinkle the top of the sauce with peppers, onions, and pepperoni.
6. Cover with the remaining shredded mozzarella
3 Bake in the preheated oven 15 minutes, or until the cheese is bubbly and lightly brown.

Serve with breadsticks and/or sliced Italian bread

This is good and simple!

Take slices of Italian bread and put a slice or two of tomato and put some cheddar cheese over it. Toast the topped bread. Yummy and simple!

Pigs in a blanket!!

I just jazz it up with the dipping sauces. I put out steak sauce, ketchup, mustard, Peter Lueger(sp) sauce, red onions, sauerkraut, etc...

bagel bites

I served these recently and they were a hit:

Ham, Cheese & Basil Pinwheels

6 (10 inch) flour tortillas
1 (8 ounce) package light cream cheese, softened
12 slices ham or proscuitto
4 ounces fresh basil
2 large tomatoes - chopped

Instructions:
Spread each tortilla lightly with cream cheese. Arrange two ham slices across the middle of each tortilla. Add a layer of fresh basil, then a layer of tomatoes. Do not place ingredients too close to tortilla edges.

Starting at one end, tightly roll up each tortilla. Stick toothpicks in four evenly spaced spots of tortilla roll. Place tortilla rolls in a dish, cover, and refrigerate for 2 hours to chill.


Slice each roll into four evenly sized sandwiches, and serve as soon as possible.

You will absolutely love these. I make them all the time and my family loves them. You can ask curly2003 and her FH, that is all he talks about when somebody mentions my name..lol.

STUFFED MUSHROOM CAPS

1 dozen mediums to small-sized mushrooms
1/4 cup freshly chopped onion
1/4 stick of margarine or butter
1 garlic clove section
1/4 cup of your favorite WINE
Salt
Pepper
Paprika (approximately 1/4 - 1/2 tsp)
Sage or poultry seasoning (approximately 1/2 - 1 tsp)
1 fried bacon slice

Remove stems from caps. Chop stems into fine pieces.

Chop 1/4 cup onions and 1 section of garlic and sauté in 1/4 stick
Of melted butter or margarine in frying pan.

Add chopped mushroom stems and sauté until stems are soft. Flavor
With salt, pepper, paprika, and sage to taste.

Add wine and heat a minute or two so alcohol burns off. Crumble
in 1 slice of crisp, fried bacon.

Add Italian-flavored breadcrumbs until mixture is thick and stiff,
Enough to spoon.

Coat inside of caps with soft butter, gently spoon mixture into
Caps. Broil stuffed caps under broiler for 3-4 minutes (Time based
On gas oven).