Christmas cocktail party appetizer ideas?

Question

I need to bring one meat and one non-meat. Thanks!

Answer 1

Easy appetizers:

1. Asparagas wrapped in prosciutto (steam asparagas until crisp tender, then put in ice water to stop cooking process. Drain, pat dry, and wrap with thinly sliced prociutto or ham)
2. Deviled eggs (to your egg yolk mixture add curry powder, sweet relish, and mayonais. Sprinkle with Hot Hungarian Paprika for a kick)
3. Smokies in crescent rolls (cut each crescent dough into four pieces and wrap around smokies. Bake until golden brown. Serve with sweet hot mustard or barbecue sauce.)
4. Hot artichoke dip with blue corn tortilla chips (2 cans artichoke hearts, drained and chopped; 1 can diced green chili; 1 T lemon juice; 1/2 tsp hot sauce; 1 cup mayonaise; 2 cups good shredded provolone or parmesan cheese. Mix and bake until golden brown. Serve with chips)
5. Peppered salami rollups: (spread each slice with cream cheese and place a small cornichon in the center. Wrap salami around it and secure with toothpick)
6. Spinach dip in bread bowl: (get 2 packages of Knorr vegetable soup mix and mix with sour cream, water chestnuts, mayonaise, and drained defrosted spinach. Serve with chunks of bread and crackers)
7. Prawns with cocktail sauce: (on serving dish over ice, place lettuce leaves, prawns and slices of lemon. In hollowed out bell pepper, place your favorite cocktail sauce and put in middle of lettuce/prawns.)
8. Mushrooms en Croute: (Take crimini mushrooms and remove stems. In each mushroom, place herb and garlic boursin or cream cheese. Wrap each mushroom in puff pastry and twist the top. Brush with egg wash and bake until puffed and golden. Serve warm.)

Answer 2

Non-meat would be an easy to make chili con queso -
Easy & delicious

1 pkg Velveeta (mild or hot)
1 can Hormel No-Bean Chili
1 jar salsa (use the salsa heat of your choice)
Microwave till hot and gooey, serve with taco chips.

With Meat - and not real expensive
Make ham roll-ups.
Buy some sliced deli ham, smear it with a thin layer of softened cream cheese. Then roll it up with a cleaned green onion inside. Make sure the green onion has some green attached and is the width of the ham slice. Let that sit for several hours or even better overnight for the flavors to meld.
Then when ready to serve slice them in about 3/4 - 1" pieces and put on a platter. Easy and pretty as well as tasty. People gobble them up. Looks like more work that it actually is...

Answer 3

Bacon Wrap Arounds.
Mix together
6 ozs minced cold cooked meat.
4 ozs cottage cheese.
1/2 stuffing mix.
1 medium finely chopped onion.
Salt and pepper.
1/2 chopped red Bell pepper.
1 tablespoon of chopped parsley.
Spread the mixture on the strips of bacon and secure with a cocktail stick.
Place on a greased oven tray and bake for 20 minutes at 180C (350F)

Cheese Rolls.
Spread sandwich bread with butter or margarine and sprinkle with grated tasty cheese and fold into 3.
Place under a heated grill, and toast turning when the first side is done. Spread with butter on the top and serve.
Options; add some spring onions, chives or garlic chives, spread bread with butter and vegemite, or make with cold mince.
Options; To toast, use a sandwich press, George Foreman Grill etc.

Answer 4

For the non-meat I like to make snow peas stuffed with Boursin. Just take a paring knife, slit open the pea, take out any peas that are oversized, take a butter knife(gently) and stuff the Boursin. It is always the most popular appetizer. It is easy to pick up and fits nicely in the mouth! If that one isn't to your liking, I like Roquefort Grapes. It is a little more complicated. Take Roguefort cheese with cream cheese, a bunch of nice red grapes wash and dried, take the cheese mixture in your fingers and cover the grapes with it. It works best when the grapes are completely dry. To finish, take crushed walnuts and roll the grapes in them. Good Luck!

Answer 5

meat - chicken strips and sauce. Cut chicken breast in strips, dip in egg wash, then crushed vanilla wafers. Put on cooling rack over cake pan in over @ 425 for 20 min. Use a tart fruit dipping sauce (cranberry raspberry is great) Really easy.

Non meat - cream cheese soften, mix with shredded monterey jack cheese, add chopped chives and sweet red roasted peppers (drained and chopped) Mix well, form into a ball and serve with crackers or pulled hawaian bread or pumpernichel. Easy and ymmm!

Answer 6

Deviled eggs are always good

Ham and Cheese Squares...

I take these often because they can be served at room temperature


Layer in lightly buttered 13 x 9...

12 oz shredded cheddar
5 -6 seeded jalapenos
12 oz shredded Monterrey kack
1 C. finely diced ham

Pat this down and pour 7 beaten eggs over it. Bake at 325 for 45 min.

Cool and cut into squares. Refrigerate left overs.

Answer 7

This one for meat...

Italian Appetizer Bites

2 packages (8 oz each) refrigerated crescent rolls
½ pound sliced deli salami
½ pound sliced deli ham
½ pound slide deli provolone cheese
7 eggs
1 cup parmesan cheese
2 jars (12 ounces each) roasted red peppers, drained

MAKES: 32 pieces. PREP: 15 minutes.
BAKE: at 350° for 60 minutes.

Heat oven to 350°. Coat 13x9x2” glass pan with nonstick cooking spray. Unroll 1 package of the crescent rolls and line the bottom of the pan. Pinch seams together.

Cover rolls with half of the salami, provolone and ham. Lightly beat together 6 eggs and the parmesan cheese; pour half evenly over top. Top with half of the roasted red peppers. Repeat layering with remaining salami, cheese, ham, egg mixture & peppers. Top with remaining package of crescent rolls.

Lightly beat remaining egg and brush over top. Cover dish with foil; bake at 350° for 30 minutes. Uncover and bake 30 more minutes. Cool for 1 hour; cut into 32 squares & serve.


This one for non-meat....

Pecan Cream Cheese Ball

2 - 8 ounce packages cream cheese – softened
1 – 8 ½ ounce can crushed pineapple, drained
2 cups (7 ½ ounce bag) pecans, chopped
¼ cup finely chopped green pepper
3 tsp finely chopped onion
1 tsp seasoned salt


Mix all; form into 1 large or 2 smaller balls. Can be frozen. pssst.. this is REALLY good

Answer 8

Meat -
Mini reubens - use one of those mini pumpernickel loaves. Line a cookie sheet with foil and then do a layer of the bread. Layer with corned beef and then a slice of swiss cheese on top. Broil until bubbly. Serve with Russian dressing, mustard, sauerkraut on the side.

Non meat-
Take a piece of fresh basil, put a slice of cherry tomato on top of that, and then 1/2 of those mini fresh mozzarella balls on top of that. Serve with balsamic vinegar and good olive oil.

Answer 9

These are simple, easy and tasty. One can of fruit cocktail drained and mixed with cool whip and tiny marshmallows.

The little smokies in BBQ sauce and dumped in a crock pot, you can put that on low and simmer for hours.

Answer 10

Non Meat:
Taco dip
Mozzarella sticks

Meat:
Cocktail wienies
Cheese, crackers and pepperoni platter
Nachos with steak meat