Good Appetizer recipes?

Hello everyone. My mom is throwing a ';southern living'; home party. It is a party where this person comes and show people real neat and unique items and you can buy them. My mom has to make like 10 different little appitezers for the party. For example a kind of dip or something. It must be pretty easy to make and not very expensive. Please post recipes or websites! Thanks so much. Best one will receive best answer!Good Appetizer recipes?
10 Easy Appetizers


1. Ranch dip in a hollowed out bell pepper with cut veggies (baby carrots, cellery sticks, whole cherry tomatoes, etc.)


2. Lipton onion soup mix stirred into sour cream served with potato chips


3. Mini rye breads topped with dill mixed into mayonaise and sliced cucumbers


4. Chili cheese dip (layer of cream cheese, layer of hormel chili, and layer of shredded cheddar cheese) baked in the oven until melted served with tortilla chips


5. Flour tortillas spread with cream cheese and layered with ham. Roll them up and slice them about 3/4 inch thick


6. Salsa and tortilla chips


7. bacon-wrapped water chestnuts


8. Potato skins (buy them premade and pop them in the oven)


9. Chicken fingers and honey mustard sauce (again, buy them premade and heat them in the oven)


10. Focaccia bread--you can buy it at the store and cut it into small squares





This provides both hot and cold appetizers and something for everyone. None are too difficult to make. If you need recipes, try allrecipes.com or recipezaar.comGood Appetizer recipes?
PARTY CREAM CHEESE PINWHEELS





10 large flour tortillas


2 boxes of cream cheese


1 cup pitted black olives, finely chopped


2 tablespoons pimentos, finely chopped


1 pkg ranch dressing


2 tablespoons green jalapenos, finely chopped





Soften cream cheese Mix in the powdered Ranch dressing Add the pimentos, black olives and the jalapenos.


Spread evenly over the flour tortillas using a rubber spatula. Roll tightly. Cover and chill for about one hour. Slice into pinwheels.
Poppy Seed Pinwheels





1 (8-ounce) package light or fat-free cream cheese, softened


1 teaspoon dried parsley flakes


1 teaspoon dried chives


1/2 teaspoon garlic powder


1 can refrigerated crescent rolls


Cooking spray


1 egg, slightly beaten (or egg substitute equivalent)


2 teaspoons poppy seeds





Preheat oven to 375 degrees F.


In a small mixing bowl, combine cream cheese, parsley, chives, and


garlic powder. Set aside. On a floured surface, unroll the crescent


rolls into rectangles and combine to make 1 long rectangle. Spread


cream cheese mixture on and roll up like a pinwheel, starting at the


long side. Seal edges. Spray a cookie sheet with cooking spray. Place


roll on the cookie sheet, brush with egg, and sprinkle with poppy


seeds. Score at 1/2-inch intervals along the roll (not all the way


through). Pull apart slightly so that your scoring will not


completely seal back up during baking. Bake until golden brown.





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Hot Bacon Cheese Dip





16 ounces cream cheese -- cubed


4 cups shredded cheddar cheese


1 cup half and half


2 teaspoons Worcestershire sauce


1 teaspoon dried minced onion


1 teaspoon prepared mustard


16 bacon strips -- cooked and crumbled


tortilla chips or French bread slices





In a 1-1/2-quart slow cooker, combine the first six


ingredients. Cover and cook for 2 hours or until cheeses are melted,


stirring occasionally. Just before serving, stir in bacon. Serve


warm with tortilla chips or bread.





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Ambrosia Spread


Ambrosia takes on a new role in this slightly sweet spread for


gingersnaps or breakfast breads.





Ingredients


1 (11-ounce) can mandarin oranges, drained


1 (8-ounce) container soft cream cheese with pineapple


1/4 cup flaked coconut, toasted


1/4 cup slivered almonds, chopped and toasted








Preparation


Set aside 3 orange segments for garnish. Chop remaining oranges; set


aside.


Combine cream cheese, coconut, and almonds in a medium bowl; stir until


blended. Fold in chopped orange. Arrange reserved orange segments on


top. Cover and chill. Serve with date-nut bread, banana bread, or


gingersnaps.
I don't have any websites, but I do have a few good ideas. I love potato skins, deviled eggs, crab dip, and ';Zesty Broccoli Spears';. The Zesty Broccoli Spears is from the Southern Living cookbook, too! The recipe is below:





Zesty Broccoli Spears





Ingredients:


1 pound of fresh broccoli


3 tablespoons olive oil


3 tablespoons lemon juice


1/4 teaspoon salt


1/8 teaspoon pepper


medium garlic clove





Directions





1. Cut large leaves off broccoli.


2. Wash broccoli well.


3. Cut into spears.


4. Boil for 10- 12 minutes in a small amount of water.


5. Mix remaining ingredients together.


6. Put broccoli in a nice bowl.


7. Sprinkle sauce over all the broccoli.


8. Chill and enjoy!





It's kind of not an appetizer, but it can be used as one. Hope you enjoy it!
THE BEST PINWHEELS


SALAMI


CREAM CHESSE


TOMATO SAUCE


PUFFPASTERY
This is one of my favorite online recipe sites: http://www.recipezaar.com/





You can search for just about anything and you can also convert the recipes easily if you need to increase the amounts. I like that the recipes are rated by average people and they also give input as to any changes they have made to make the recipe better.





A very popular dip is spinach and artichoke: http://www.recipezaar.com/recipes.php?q=鈥?/a>





To make any dip extra special, serve it in a bread bowl which is very inexpensive.
Meatballs, spicy glazed chicken wings, vegetable platter(carrots, celery, and broccoli) with blue cheese,fruit platter...
Here are some appetizer recipe sites:





http://allrecipes.com/Recipes/Appetizers鈥?/a>





http://appetizer.betterrecipes.com/





http://www.cooksrecipes.com/category/app鈥?/a>





http://www.appetizersrecipe.net/





http://www.free-recipes.co.uk/appetizer-鈥?/a>





http://www.cooks.com/rec/ch/appetizers.h鈥?/a>





http://whatscookingamerica.net/Appetizer鈥?/a>





http://www.recipezaar.com/recipes.php?ca鈥?/a>
This dip is cheap and delicious! It makes a lot too.





1 cup real mayo


1lb bacon, cooked and crumbled


2 cups cheddar cheese, shredded


1 bunch of green onions, finely chopped





Combine all ingriedients and serve with Wheat Thins.





This is also a good snack, sweet and festive.





large pretzel rods


white almond bark or white chocolate chips


candy canes


green food coloring





Crush candy canes into small pieces, but not too small. Melt the white chocolate or bark and add the food coloring. Dip 3/4 of the pretzel into the green chocolate and IMMEDIATELY sprinkle candy cane crumbles on it. Refridgerate for at least 30 minutes before serving.





Have fun cooking!