I am having one of those parties at my house where you invite your friends over and a lady comes over to sell?

Question

stuff. anyway, i am suppose to provide snacks. Can anyone give me some super super cheap food ideas or recipes?

Answer 1

Cucumber and creme cheese, tuna salad, and ham & cheese sandwich wedges, remove crusts. Also serve pasta salad, garden salad, fruit salad, and an antipasto tray of assorted meats and cheeses, olives, cauliflower, and such. Yummy

Answer 2

Remember you don't need that much. I would suggest only 3 -4 options, people should be concerned with purchasing the goods. I am going to go with assumption that you will have 20 people and give you approximate costs in NY.

Wings. 1 bag of frozen chicken wings ($8). 1 jar of bbq sauce,1 jar of wing sauce. Season the chicken wings well with salt and pepper and put them on a cookie pan you have lined with foil paper. Bake about 20 minutes on 400. Toss half in the bbq, and half in the wing sauce. Serve with bleu cheese. For about $12 you should get about 60 -75 pieces.

Easy Warm Dip. 2 boxes of cream cheese 1 jar of salsa. Spread the cream cheese in a glass baking dish. I generally use a pie pan. Top with the salsa and bake in the oven on 350 for about 7 - 10 minutes. You don't want it bubbling hot just warm. Serve with tortilla chips. This will cost about $6 total and be enough to serve 15 - 20.

Garbage Bread. Get 2 bags of pizza dough and fill them with what you like. I genereally fill one with pepperoni and mozz or provalone cheese. It's cheaper if you go to the deli and get 1/8 lb. large pepperoni and cheese. The next I fill with 1 box of chopped broccoli and cheddar cheese. Again if you deli sells sliced cheddar it will be cheaper than buying a whole bag. Expect each loaf to cost about $4.

Then have something sweet. Apples with caramel dip is good, but it is a pain to cut all those apples. Or you could just go to the bakery and get a box of mini pastries. Expect 2 per person.

Answer 3

Tried and true vegetable tray with dip. You can also have a cheese platter with different types of cheese, crackers and pile on some grapes. It's easy and it's attractive. The party really isn't about the food, anyway, so try not to take the focus away from the items you are trying to sell.

Answer 4

try these:
potato chips and french onion dip
tortillas and salsa or guacamole
pita triangles and hummus, babba ganuush, or tabbouleh
fresh fruit kabobs with fruit dip (or just get a watermelon and cut it into wedges)
mini sandwiches (just make regular ones and cut them into different shaped quarters)
if time is short, go to sam's or costco's and get a few boxes of assorted hors d'ouvers
oh yeah, one more. get some smoked sausages (the little cocktail ones are fine), sweet and sour sauce, and a can of pineapple. don't use the pineapple juice, save it for the punch. toss all of the other stuff in a pot and simmer. good luck

Answer 5

velveta cheese melted with salsa and nacho chips,
little weenie dogs in mix of 1 sml jar grape jelly and some mustard- heat up on sauce pan, stir alot.
pretzels / melted hershey kisses, take small pretzel and place under a kiss, put on plate and put in nuke for few seconds till melted...let cool. you can do same thing with rolo's but more expensive than kisses....yummo
7up mixed with orange sherbert in a bowl for a drink, float cut up strawb if ya want
make tuna or chicken salad sandwiches, cut off crust, cut into triangle, do same with ham and swiss/ or turkey and bacon. put thousand island and ranch dressing in a dish for dipping.
Make a cake or brownies ( 2 kinds that will go further)
Dont sweat it,,, people eat just about anyhing.

Answer 6

One quick and easy hors d'oeuvres that you can make is, of course, cheese crackers. Plain cheese crackers won't do, though. Try various crackers with assorted cheeses. For a different take on that same hors d'oeuvres add things like pepperoni, olives, pickles, or other meats. Or try different meat salads on the crackers, such as chicken salad.

Use English muffins to make another great hors d'oeuvres. Spread pizza sauce on each bagel and top with pepperoni bits and cheese. Bake until golden brown. Slice the tiny pizzas into four equal size pieces and serve.

Cook cocktail wieners in barbecue sauce with a spoon full of grape jelly. The jelly and barbecue sauce together gives the wieners a sweet-and-sour taste that is divine. Serve by placing one wiener on a slice of cheddar cheese held together with a toothpick. You can also boil the cocktail wieners in beer with hot sauce until the liquid has almost evaporated. Stab with a toothpick and serve.

Use "scoop"-type chips and fill with different goodies. The chips are shaped like a mini bowl and are perfect for holding chili and cheese, taco-flavored meat with cheese, or even crab salad. Or, just put a dab of salsa and a dollop of sour cream in the scoop then sprinkle with cheese.

Use mini pastry shells to make any number of hors d'oeuvres. Bake the shells until golden brown and fill with deli salads or meat mixtures. Or mix up a tuna salad at home and place it in the browned shells.

Choose small, but not tiny, tomatoes at the grocery store. Cut off the top and use a melon ball scoop to remove seeds. Fill with cottage cheese and serve. Or, fill the tomatoes with a warm mix of hamburger, onions and cheese.

Use thinly sliced ham or other luncheon meats to make various hors d'oeuvres. Stack three pieces of the meat together and spread cream cheese on the stack. Lay a green onion at one end and roll shut. Cut in half and secure with toothpicks. Or, replace the onion with a chili pepper instead.

Deviled eggs are always a great hors d'oeuvres and are easy to make. After boiling the eggs and cutting them in half scoop out the hard boiled yolk. Put all the yolks into a small bowl and mash with a fork. Stir in mayonnaise until creamy but still thick and add mustard until very creamy. Add the tiniest pinch of sugar to eliminate the sour taste of the mustard. Arrange the eggs on a tray and sprinkle with paprika.

Serve fruits or veggies on a toothpick and your guests will love them. Place a cherry on a toothpick followed by a small slice of pineapple. Or a slice of cucumber topped with cottage cheese is great. Use your imagination and keep in mind that hors d'oeuvres should be as pleasant to see as to taste.

If you're not serving dinner you may wish to have a round or two of assorted meat, fruit and vegetable hors d'oeuvres followed by some dessert hors d'oeuvres. Dip banana chunks in melted chocolate and insert toothpick. To hold the chocolate to the banana try dropping a small chunk of paraffin into the chocolate. Or make it more attractive by skewering a strawberry then the banana. There are many hors d'oeuvres that can be made using inexpensive ingredients and little time.
(previous info found here: http://www.associatedcontent.com/article/15461/quick_and_easy_hors_doeuvres.html?page=2)

Also, here is a link to a site that has many ideas and recipes for "snacks" (which will serve fine as hors d'ouevres:
http://lesleycooks.com/snacks/snacks.htm

Anyway, good luck, have fun!

Answer 7

chex mix,
chips and dip,
marshmellow squares
hard pretzels and cheese dip,
popcorn with topping,
Slice up an apple and put peanut butter on it,
Peanut butter/celery/ and raisins,
Cheese and ritz crackers,
Cup of chicken soup,
fruit,
candies,
chocolate
oysters on the half shell
chicken tenders
strawberries dipped in sour cream and powdered sugar
cucumbers boats filled with chicken salad
sausage balls
vegetable dip with carrot and celery sticks
chocolate eclairs
cream horns
peach halves with whip cream
shrimp peeled with cocktail sauce and crackers
sliced beef tenderloin on party bread with mayo, mustard, and/or horseradish sauce on the side.
grilled banana's with cinnamon and whip cream
bowls of nuts
fruit bowl of melons cubed, grapes, strawberries, apples, peaches and plums.
cheese dip and chips
salsa and chips
spinach artichoke dip with chips
swedish meatballs
drunk weenies
pigs in a blanket
assorted soda's and other beverages


small treats like that =] have funn!
[crackers and sliced cheese is the bestt!]
i also love the marshmellow squares!


HOPE THIS HELPED!