Looking for an Easy Recipe for Treat Day?

Marinate 3 dozen chicken wings in the following marinade:

1 C. Soy sauce (lite is fine)

2-3 cloves of minced garlic

1 tsp. of sugar

1 tsp. toasted sesame oil

1/2 C. of chopped green onions

Place the chicken wings in a large baking pan. In a small bowl, combine all of the marinade ingredients and make sure you stir to dissolve the sugar. Pour this mixture over the chicken wings, baste with a pastry brush ensuring that everything is well coated. Cover with plastic wrap and marinate for about 2-3 hours. Pour off the excess marinade.Cover the pan with foil and bake at 375 for about 30-45 min. Run under the broiler to brown. NOTE: If you really want to be the talk of the town, just pour off the marinade, pat the wings slightly dry with a papertowel and then deep fry them. IF you do this, you'd better make more...they are addicting and will go fast!!! Trust me on this! Enjoy!

Meatballs are great appetizers. You can mix them in large quantities and place them in a crock pot to stay warm. They are easy to mix up and cook in no time at all. Mix up a sweet barbecue sauce for over top of them. It will add a great layer of flavor and will become sticky as they sit in the crock pot, creating a sweet glaze. People can put them on a toothpick and lay on a plate to take back to their desk. Or you could provide rolls and have a meatball sandwich. They can make a quick snack or serve as lunch. Cocktail weiners can also be prepared in a sweet barbecue sauce and be served the same was as the meatballs. You could also chop up different meats and cheeses into cubes and put them on toothpicks. They would be easy to grab and go with. Cheese balls would also be good with some crackers. A homemade trail mix would be an option too. You can just use any ingredients from around your house to prepare the mix. This will allow you to be creative and include ingredients that everyone likes.

Baby Reuben’s

40-48 slices cocktail-size rye bread

1 lb. corned beef, sliced or chopped

Thousand Island dressing

1 1/4 cup sauerkraut, about 8 oz. juice lightly squeezed out

5-6 slices swiss cheese, quartered

Cornichons or baby gherkins, optional

Toast bread in a toaster oven until lightly browned, 3-4 mins. Arrange on work surface. Spoon about 2 T. corned beef* onto each slice. Top with 1-2 t. dressing, 1 T. sauerkraut, and a quartered square of cheese. Toast in the oven until cheese melts, 2-3 mins. Remove, top with toasted top and a pickle. Makes 20-24 sandwiches.

*Some may prefer pastrami.

Pigs-in-a-Blanket

1 tube crescent rolls

48 cocktail franks

Preheat oven to 375 F. lay crescent rolls on a cutting board. Cut three 1/2” horizontal slices from the wide end, then divide the remaining triangle into three 1/2” slices (they won’t be even). Roll 1 slice around each frank. Place on a baking sheet and cook for 12-15 mins., until crust is golden brown. Serve with ketchup or mustard. Makes 48. Has 50 calories per piggy.

Hummus with pita, vegetables, corn chips.

Chickpeas, cooked and drained -- 2 cups

Tahini (sesame paste) -- 1/4 to 1/2 cup

Lemon juice -- 1/4 cup

Garlic, crushed -- 2-4 cloves

Salt - 1/2 teaspoon

Water -- as needed

Olive oil -- 1/4 cup

Parsley minced -- 1-2 tablespoons

Place the chickpeas, tahini, lemon juice, garlic and salt into a food processor or blender and process until very smooth. Add water as needed to achieve a soft, spreadable consistency. Adjust seasoning with lemon juice and salt to taste.

Mound the hummus in a serving bowl and drizzle the olive oil over the top. Sprinkle with parsley and serve.

Wings with Blue Cheese Dip. Makes 32 appetizers.

ingredients

16 chicken wings (about 3 pounds)

1-1/2 cups bottled chili sauce

3 to 4 tablespoons bottled hot pepper sauce

1 recipe Blue Cheese Dip (see recipe below) or bottled ranch salad dressing

directions

1.Cut off and discard wing tips. Cut each wing into 2 sections. Place chicken on the unheated rack of a broiler pan. Broil 4 to 5 inches from the heat about 10 minutes or until chicken is browned, turning once. Transfer chicken to a 3-1/2- or 4-quart crockery cooker. Combine chili sauce and hot pepper sauce; pour over chicken wings.

2.Cover and cook on low-heat setting for 4 to 5 hours or on high-heat setting or 2 to 21/2 hours. Serve chicken wings with Blue Cheese Dip or ranch salad dressing. Makes 32 appetizers.

3.Blue Cheese Dip: In a blender container combine one 8-ounce carton dairy sour cream; 1/2 cup mayonnaise or salad dressing; 1/2 cup crumbled blue cheese (2 ounces); 1 clove garlic, minced; and 1 tablespoon white wine vinegar or white vinegar. Cover and blend until smooth. Store dip, covered, in the refrigerator for up to 2 weeks. To serve, transfer dip to a serving bowl; top dip with additional crumbled blue cheese, if desired.

Try a frozen yogurt parfait. Find a couple fancy-looking, tall glasses, and layer vanilla frozen yogurt (or ice cream if you want it less healthy) with chocolate shavings and/or fancy canned or frozen fruit. You can alternate layers (yogurt, chocolate, yogurt, fruit) or you can put the two together (yogurt, fruit, chocolate, yogurt). Start with a little fruit on the bottom, and end with either fruit or chocolate on top. If you use frozen fruit, thaw it overnight so it is not hard and cold. There are some neat canned fruits, like raspberries, available at most grocery stores. To make chocolate shavings, freeze a milk chocolate bar and shave slices off with a sharp knife. Top it with some whipped cream (the canned kind is fine) and mini chocolate chips or more shavings. If you want to get more creative, you can try some other layers, but remember, this should look pretty, and not like a banana split. :) Good luck!

What about stromboli? yummyyyy I love it, and with a home made marinara sauce as a dip (just perfect)

Chick it out here, you can mix and match your preferred stuffing:

Chicken Stromboli

http://julienjulia.blogspot.com/2010/10/chicken-st...

Triple or increase the ingredients x4 for 20 people, as a treat it can serve from 4 to 8

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here is a favorite of ours.... 20 servings too... Good luck

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