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janey831 · Kate Spade

help!

hotcocoa · Kate Spade

i don't have any of my own ideas and i don't know how much time you have or how fancy you want to get, but i just picked up the "everyday with rachael ray" magazine the other day and there is a feature that includes 6 or so recipes that require no cooking whatsoever. they are "little bites" type recipes but some of them look really good. i'll list them (since i have my mag right here) and if you want any of the recipes, let me know.

Tortilla Chips with Black Beans, Corn and Spicy Cilantro Cream

Cucumber Rounds with Beet Cream and Smoked Salmon

Minty Shrimp Rolls (i guess you'd have to find pre-cooked shrimp for this one)

Open-Faced Ham Sandwiches with Pineapple Relish

Caesar Salad Skewers

Darling Clementines

and to drink: Orangina Sunrise

Eurodaisy · Dooney & Bourke

Foccacia bread is good to eat cold, too... you can probably pick some up at a nice grocery store's bakery.

What a nice idea for your bf! Hope you have fun!

cc · Marc Jacobs

You could get a good loaf of bread and make nice sandwiches. And maybe a salad or a cheese platter with 2-3 kinds of cheese, apples or grapes, olives, nuts. I guess certain kinds of pasta - like pasta salad - would be good too but I don't really like pasta salad so I have no good recipes.

Metric · Gucci

Hotcocoa - I'd love the recipe for Orangina Sunrise. I Orangina

janey831 · Kate Spade

thanks for all of the suggestions! i have decided to make a salami, tomato, and mozarella salad and smoked salmon, cucumber and cream cheese dill sandwiches. mmmm!! cant wait!!!

laken1 · Hermes

I have a great recipe for marinated mushrooms that I make all the time & they are a hit everywhere I go. I did them for a similar weekend once with wine & cheese & it made a nice addition . your menu sounds great though, just thought i'd add the suggestion.

janey831 · Kate Spade

mmmm laken, that sounds so g ood!!! would you mind posting the recipe?

NCshopper · Hermes

janey831 wrote:

thanks for all of the suggestions! i have decided to make a salami, tomato, and mozarella salad and smoked salmon, cucumber and cream cheese dill sandwiches. mmmm!! cant wait!!!

I was thinking along the lines of this too, but more as an antipasto dinner.

Salami, tomato, mozarella, olives, artichoke hearts, pesto, bruscetta topping, nice crusty bread, and a bottle of wine would be an awesome meal. My husband and I will have this for dinner every now and then and it's great.