Really good appetizer to take to a party...........?

These three are always a hit.

7-LAYER DIP

1st layer - 1 can of jalapino bean dip

2nd layer - 2 avocadoes - mashed with lemon juice

3rd layer - Combine 2 T sour cream, 3 T mayonnaise and 1/2 pkg Taco mix

4th layer - 2 cups (1 each) shredded cheddar and jack cheese

5th layer - 3 Roma tomatoes - diced

6th layer - 3 green onoins choppped fine

7th layer - 1 can chopped ripe olives - drained

Put together in order, cover with saran and refrigerate at least 4 hours or overnight to meld. Serve with Tortilla chips

CRAB MOLD

1 can cream of mushroom soup

2 (3 oz) pkgs cream cheese

1 pkg Knox gelatin

1/4 c cold water

1/2 c green onion - chopped fine

1/2 c celery - chopped fine

1 can crab meat - drained

1 cup mayonnaise

1/4 tsp curry (optional)

Put the soup and cream cheese in a pan and heat and mix on low heat. Dissolve the gelatin in the 1/4 c cold water. Remove the mushroom/cheese mixture from the burner and add gelatin. Then add the green onion, celery, crab, mayonnaise and curry (optl). Mix together and pour into a mold and chill. Very good with either Ritz crackers or Waverly Wafers.

SWEET/SOUR COCKTAIL WEINERS

1 pkg cocktail weiners

1/4 c white vinegar

1 (7 oz) container raspberry preserves

Place the vinegar and preserves in a pan and heat until the preserves are melted and bubbly. Add the cocktail weiners and heat until they are thoroughly heated. Once the weiners are gone, you can put more into the sauce. Serve with toothpicks.

Enjoy!

Hi! Here is a great resource for innovative and SIMPLE recipes. http://www.20somethingkitchen.com/recipes/appetize...

Try the:

Blue Cheese and Bacon Stuffed Mushrooms

Prosciutto Wrapped Asparagus

Crescent-Wrapped Apricot Brie

ENJOY!

When I am invited anywhere or am havign people over ad I dont bring/make this, my friends YELL at me because it soooo good.

you will need:

9 x 13 baking dish

1 large can refied beans

1 8 ounce bag of taco cheese, shredded

4 to 5 green onions, sliced small

2 small cans black olives

a taco seasoning packet or 2 depending on how much you want to use

1 meduim tub of sour cream

tortilla chips

Mix the beans with 1/2 packet of taco mix and layer bottom of pan. Mix a whole taco packet into sour cream, add on top of beans. Add all the cheese, then the onions and olives. Cove rand put in fridge for a coupel of hours.

THIS WILL BE GONE IN SECONDS!!!!! People love it.

Now remember you can add anything you want to it, tomatos, guac, or just avacado...anything you like.

I serve mine with Taco bell Home Originals Hot Sauce (Tall skinny bottle not the short round ones)

Good luck!!!!

Grape Jelly Meatballs Recipe

Ingredients:

1 bag small frozen Homestyle meatballs- (40 to 50 count)

1 (16 oz) jar grape jelly

1 (8 oz) jar chili sauce

Directions:

Prepare the meatballs according to directions on the bag, drain when cooked.

Mix the grape jelly and the chili sauce together in a large saucepan, and add meatballs. Cook on medium until hot. Put out toothpicks for serving.

If using a crockpot, put all in crock and cook on low 6-8 hours. You can also make your own favorite homemade meatballs if you prefer.

I make these for the guys at work-but I make 300 of them and they eat all of them.

Very good and very easy to make and no one will know the sauce is Grape Jelly.

Hope this helps..

It's super easy......an assortment of bruchettas.

Buy a loaf of french bread, cream cheese, sun-dried tomatoes, diced can tomatoes w/basil, can shrimp/salmon.

Slice the bread, and lightly toast them in the oven. About 5minutes on each side.

On some of the pieces, put: about a tbsp. of diced tomatoes. Drizzle some olive oil on top.

On other pieces: spread cream cheese on them, and top some of them with diced sun-dried tomatoes. Others with pieces of the canned shrimp/salmon.

Place on on a big plattter, and watch them quickly disappear.

You could prepare these before hand, or quickly assemble them at the party.

This is so inexpensive, but everyone will think it is "high-end". Not to mention...everyone will like it.

Get little smokies and cresents. Cut cresents into strips and wrap smokies. Bake til golden

or

Pinwheels- Cream cheese and tortillas. Use regular and let it get soft first. Flavor the cream cheese however you like. Chipolte is good. Spread on tortilla. Lay meat slices over, if desired. Or sprinkle dices peppers, ro onions, or olives. Whatever you like. Roll up. Fridge to get firm. Slice and plate.

or

Get wonton wraps. Oil muffin tin. Line with wraps. Fill with halfway with something. Veggies and cheese is good. Bake til golden.

Water-chestnuts wrapped with bacon slices are DELIS! I didn't think they wold be but I was asking for the recipe before I left. I can't find it but you could find one on-line farely easy I would think. Have a great time.

Ok, mine sound pretty conventional - but I hope they might spark some other ideas

- crudites/crackers with tuna paste - made from cream cheese, tuna, scallions and salt and pepper.

- crudites with home made houmous/tzatziki/tahini sauce

- vegetable terrine

- crostini with pate

- salad nicoise

- quiche, home made

- blinis with cream cheese, dill and smoked salmon

- dolmades, stuffed with meat and rice

- mini spring rolls

- marinated mushrooms/olives

- proscuitto/parma ham around melon on sticks

- pineapple and sharp/mature cheddar on sticks

- cheese and crackers

- meat platter with items such as proscuitto, parma ham, salami etc

stuffed mushrooms

7 layer dip

crab cakes

mini chimichanga's

egg rolls

chopped cold smoked salmon mixed with cream cheese and fresh chopped dill. spread on cracker's.

egg 'salad'

you hard boil eggs, then peel and slice them. remove the yellows and put them in a seperate boal.

next you fill each egg uo with little peices of lettuce, carrots, or whatever else you put on a salad.

place on a platter, the sprinkle gratted cheese and your yellows over the top.

put dishes of dressing for them to dip it in.