Need a simple, yet delicious cold appetizer recipe. Ideas?

Question

What are your tried & true for parties?

Answer 1

Ok here it is my new favorite... Stores well and Very fast with the ability to make it way ahead of time.


1 package (9 ounces) refrigerated cheese tortellini
40 pimiento-stuffed olives
40 large pitted ripe olives
3/4 cup Italian salad dressing
40 thin slices pepperoni
20 thin slices hard salami, halved
Fresh parsley sprigs, optional

Directions:
Cook tortellini according to package directions; drain and rinse in cold water. In a large resealable plastic bag, combine the tortellini, olives and salad dressing. Seal bag and turn to coat; refrigerate for 4 hours or overnight.
Drain and discard marinade. For each appetizer, thread a stuffed olive, folded pepperoni slice, tortellini, folded salami piece, ripe olive and parsley sprig if desired on a toothpick or short skewer.

Answer 2

This is a simple do ahead even and it's delicious. Tastes just like a BLT sandwich.

BLT Dip

Ingredients

16 oz. sour cream
16 oz. mayonnaise
3 diced tomatoes
1 pound bacon, cook crisp and crumbled
1 loaf fresh, hardy bread of your choice
Preparation

Mix all ingredients together and refrigerate for about
three hours or
until it is cold.

Cut bread in triangles and toast well.

Answer 3

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Answer 4

I think these appetizers have been such a hit since I started making them last year.
You will need
Thick sliced ham - cut into bite size pieces
pineapple chunks
maraschino cherries
toothpicks (does not have to be the fancy frilly kind)

take your ham chunk, put the pineapple then the cherry with a toothpick in it on top and they are adorable and delicious and big crowd pleasers too. You can't go wrong with these, I promise!

Answer 5

Spinach Dip in a Bread Bowl:

1 round sourdough bread, top cut off and bread inside removed to within an inch of sides.
1 package Knorr Vege Soup/Dip Mix
1 16 oz container sour cream
1 cup mayonaise
1 10oz package frozen spinach, defrosted and squeezed to remove excess water
1 can chopped water chestnuts
1 T horseradish

Mix all ingrediants (except bread bowl) and spoon into bread bowl. Refrigerate for several hours, or until serving. Cube remaining bread for dipping and also serve with sliced baguette and artisan crackers.

Answer 6

Here's any easy recipes that I like.

~Cream Corn with Shrimp & Celery Dip~

Servings: 12
Preparation time is 10 minutes.
Inactive preparation time is 10 minutes.

Ingredients
2 cups diced celery
16 ounces baby shrimp
1 can corn, cream style
1 teaspoon white pepper

Instructions
(i) Combine ingredients and refrigerate for 20 minutes.
(ii) Serve on melba toast or with tortilla chips.

Answer 7

The Cream Cheese and Pepper Jelly idea is great- especially this time of year as you can take 2 blocks of cream cheese, cover one with red and one with green pepper jelly and surround with the christmas shaped crackers- really yummy and very festive.

Answer 8

cheese and crackers
veggie tray (carrots, broccoli, celery, olives, ranch dressing)
I make this really good dip where I take sour cream and mix taco seasoning with it till it's a light orange and put it into a 9" by 13" glass container, and top it off with cut lettuce, tomato, olives, and cheese and put tortilla chips on side it is so good and is always completely gone!

Answer 9

ham n pickle snackers

take a slice of sandwitch ham and spread cream cheese on it then take a dill pickle spear and roll the ham around it cream cheese side in. the cream cheese will help hold it together. insert toothpicks and cut up if you want, one toothpick per section.
the cream cheese spreads better if you warm it first then you let it cool before you put the pickle in, and you want to dry the pickles with a paper towel to help them stick.
you can make it a day ahead if the pickles are dry but it works better to make them the day of the party.

Answer 10

take salami slices, put a little cream cheese in the center, put a mild green pepper on top of that, roll it up and stick a toothpick in it. YUMMMM. Bruno's wax peppers are the best!