Recipes - Royal Oak,MI

fruit salsa: I've made this with watermelon, peaches, nectarines, apples, & a mix of several fruit too! Pick your fruit (or mix). Dice, add a chopped jalapeno, 1/2 a chopped onion, some cilantro, some lime juice (which will keep the fruit from browning), a little S&P. You can make this with/without some chopped tomato....I usually just use the fruit. Serve with some really good white tortilla chips. Yummm....making my mouth water!

A fruit bouquet. Serve with a simple pineapple cream cheese dip.

A fruited pizza: crescent roll crust, some type of cream cheese dip, & top it with a variety of fruit pieces! Super yummm. Cut into 1-2" squares to serve.

A tray of choc-covered strawberries....with....are you ready? Finely-minced jalapenos sprinkled on top! It only takes a little bit of the jalapeno to elevate this into an appetizer.

Fruit Skewers served with dip. Here's the link: http://allrecipes.com/Recipe/Fruity-Fun-Skewers/Detail.aspx. Beautiful on a large platter!

Lots of ideas.....enjoy!

I always bring deviled eggs because we always have a lot of hardboiled eggs around during this time of year. We keep them simple because some people don't like relish or olives. You just split the eggs, pop all the yolks into a bowl, add some mustard and mayo to make it a creamy paste, fill each little half of the egg white with the mixture, then dash the tops of them all with paprika. Easy and always a hit.

Spinach and artichoke dip - everyone LOVES this, and it would totally work spread on bread.

20 oz frozen chopped spinach, thawed in the microwave and squeezed out very thoroughly
1 large jar marinated artichoke hearts, drained and chopped
1 medium onion, chopped and sauteed in olive oil until translucent
about 20 oz reduced fat sour cream
1-2 cups shredded cheese: cheddar, mozzerella, fresh parmeasan, whatever you have on hand
1 tbsp italian seasoning

mix everything together so it's creamy, and put in a greased glass dish. bake (at whatever temperature 325-400) until bubbling.

For extra yummyness, top it with olive oil coated breadcrumbs before putting it in the oven.

*Cut up fruit w/chocolate sauce.
*Spinach dip in bread bowl. You buy small sourdough bread hump, scoop out the middle and save those pieces chopped up to dip into the dip inside the bread.
*Sourdough bread slices (found in deli area in supermarket) served w/pre-cut cheese slices and salami. Hot, sweet mustard served on side w/green & black olives.
*Crostini bread w/any kind of spread on top.

I love artichoke dip with a good bread. No special recipes off hand but easy to find on-line I'm sure.

My Fav recipe of all time for appitizers that I usually serve with chips but can also be served with bread. Super easy, super cheap and seriously super yummy

1 tube of sausage (sage flavor)
1 can of rotel
2 things of cream cheese

cook sausage, then through sausage, rotel and cream cheese all in a crockpot, cook on high til cream cheese is melted and hot.
For your gig, I would recomend doubling the recipe.

Someone brought this to our SuperBowl party and they were OUTSTANDING. If your group likes things on the spicy side, you should consider giving this a try...

Use whatever kind of hot peppers you want. The original recipe called for pablamos, but the grocery store did not have them this time. I used jalapenos and removed the seeds (I am kinda a whimp with too too hot.)

Wash and clean the peppers, slice them in half and pat them dry.
1 - 8 oz cream cheese (You can use lite if you want, I did)
1 package of bulk pork sausage -- Hot or spicy (I used Hot)

Brown the sausage. Add the cream cheese. Mix together. Stuff the peppers. Bake at 350 for 30 minutes or until the pepper are cooked thru.

So easy! And usually a big hit with anyone that likes spicy. Enjoy!

serve it with a garlic spread land o lakes has a good butter spread or it will also go with a almond butter. if you want fruit you can either add it into the bread when cooking it or serve the fruit on top or on the side.

Easy - Cream Cheese and Salsa. Open a block of cream cheese pour any favorite brand of salsa on top. Serve with bread or crackers
Pepperoni Biscuits - 2 cans biscuits one package pepperoni one bag shredded cheese. Flatten biscuit in hand, add pepperoni and cheese pull sides of biscuit dough up and form a ball. Cook according to biscuit directions on can. Watch em disappear!
CHICKEN WING DIP
4-6 oz Frank's Original Hot Sauce
2 8-oz packages regular (not low fat) cream cheese
8 oz bottle Ranch or bleu cheese salad dressing
2 lg cans chicken, drained and flaked apart with a fork (or cut up chicken)
8 oz shredded Monterey Jack or cheddar cheese
In a medium-size saucepan, bring hot sauce to a simmer over medium-low heat. Add cream cheese and stir continuously until fully melted. Stir in dressing.Add chicken and stir until fully coated. Add shredded cheese and stir until fully melted.Transfer mixture to a small crock pot and heat on low. Or transfer to a small casserole dish and bake at 350°F until bubbly (approximately 20-25 minutes).

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