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Cricket · Gucci

Appetizers

lsubatgirl · Gucci

What kind of thing do you want? finger foods? dips? any specific thing you want to use or don't want to use? I have a good crawfish dip (you can get the frozen tails for around $4.95/lb and it makes a lot!!) recipe that can be frozen (serve with melba toast) and my mom has a good spinach dip recipe I could get for you (not sure if it can be frozen - i can ask though - I would think it could be).

I'll check some recipe books that I have at home and see what might be useful for you.

Cricket · Gucci

Thanks, Catherine. Guess I should have elaborated. The first party is a Bunko party. It's just 12 of us girls getting together casually. I want to do finger foods. Maybe a little dip. Second party is my 2 year old's Birthday party. The appetizers will be for adults. We're just serving hot dogs, hamburgers, fruit & potato salads. I'm open to anything. I love to cook and try new foods. I do like crawfish (or is it crawdads? Or crayfish?).

lsubatgirl · Gucci

Oh cool my mom just hosted a pokeno party and we made some food for it. We did a few dips, lemon bars, fruit tray with homemade cool whip. It was all stuff we could make the day before and refrigerate. The dips can be frozen so let me get the recipes for you. The cool whip is just 1 cup whipping cream, a few tablespoons of powdered sugar and whip with a whisk until stiff peaks form (usually no longer than 5 minutes) It can be refrigerated for a few days before the event.

Bastet · Kate Spade

I've made a fennel, leek, and onion bisque before that froze beautifully in plastic bathroom cups. I would nuke it for a few mins and serve it in my demitasse cups and people were really impressed! I got the recipe from epicurious.com. Since I froze it, I didn't add the Pernod until I reheated it to serve. I just eyeballed it and used a few drops per cup.

http://www.epicurious.com/recipes/recipe_views/views/108863?epiSearchPage=http://www.epicurious.com/recipes/find/results?search=fennel+onion+leek+bisque

lsubatgirl · Gucci

Hi Cricket! I didn't forget about you - I was just in the middle of finals.

Glazed Lemon Bars (great for stuff like this):

http://www.activeboard.com/forum.spark?forumID=44784&subForumID=102168&action=viewTopic&commentID=2207122&topicPage=2

Peanut Butter cups:

http://www.activeboard.com/forum.spark?forumID=44784&subForumID=102168&action=viewTopic&commentID=1927498&topicPage=4

Crawfish Dip:

http://www.activeboard.com/forum.spark?forumID=44784&subForumID=102168&action=viewTopic&commentID=2072478&topicPage=3

I'm going to ask about the spinach dip when I get home. I couldn't find the recipe in my mom's recipe box.