Help: need to bring an appetizer to a party

[Anonymous]

So... what kind of couscous? Couscous is the grain. If you add couscous grains to herbs, lime juice and diced vegetables to make a salad, it might make it lighter and more appealing than just the huge mound of pasta that it is.

But please remind him that couscous is not an appetizer. He needs to assess whether it's the sort of party where it's OK to not bring what was asked.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:https://www.franksredhot.com/en-us/recipes/franks-redhot-buffalo-chicken-dip

Buffalo Chicken Dip. The recipe above or some version of it. Everyone loves this.

YES! Have to agree.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Let him bring what he wants. Why are you micro managing? Who cares if it’s app or side.

+1 don't waste a correction on something so minor

+2. Let him do what he wants. Bring it with crispy pita chips and you’ve got a ‘dip’.

[Anonymous]

Sausage dip:

2 8oz of cream cheese
2 cans rotel tomatoes and chilies(sp)
1 sausage (like Jimmy Dean) browned

soften cream cheese
In large bowl mix together really well the rotel tomatoes and cream cheese .
Add the warm browned sausage to the cream cheese and tomatoes and mix well.
Cook on 350 for 30 minutes
Serve with tortilla chips.

[Anonymous]

Spinach puff pastry pockets

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Let him bring what he wants. Why are you micro managing? Who cares if it’s app or side.

The host! Were you raised in a barn?!?

[Anonymous]

Mini quiche (Costco sells some great frozen ones)
Stuffed mushroom
Samosas or bhaji/pakoda
Fried cauliflower with dip
Devilled eggs
Toasted ravioli with dip

[Anonymous]

OP here.

What about a fruit tray or pita and dips tray?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:OP here.

What about a fruit tray or pita and dips tray?

Fruit tray is more of a dessert. I'd go with chopped veggies/pita with dip. Nice to have some veggies to eat.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:OP here.

What about a fruit tray or pita and dips tray?

Where are you two from that you think couscous and fruit are appetizers?

[Anonymous]

Appetizer implies easy-to-eat, no utensils needed, can easily fit on a small plate, not messy.
Couscous is opposite of that.

And OP said this is a bbq not a Mediterranean themed sit-down dinner party.
Couscous does not pair with this.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:OP here.

What about a fruit tray or pita and dips tray?

Where are you two from that you think couscous and fruit are appetizers?

+1
And who hosts a BBQ in January?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:OP here.

What about a fruit tray or pita and dips tray?

Where are you two from that you think couscous and fruit are appetizers?

+1
And who hosts a BBQ in January?

Not everyone on this board is from the DC metro area. I’m Canadian, myself. I imagine it might be BBQ weather is some of the Deep South right now.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:OP here.

What about a fruit tray or pita and dips tray?

Where are you two from that you think couscous and fruit are appetizers?

+1
And who hosts a BBQ in January?

Not everyone on this board is from the DC metro area. I’m Canadian, myself. I imagine it might be BBQ weather is some of the Deep South right now.

It is! Grilling this weekend!

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:OP here.

What about a fruit tray or pita and dips tray?

These would be fine!

But I will add, people may turn up their noses at pigs-in-blankets, but they get DEVOURED. Easy to make, or you can usually buy them premade in the freezer section.