Heavy Hors D’oeuvres ideas!

[Anonymous]

Cold shrimp with cocktail sauce
Raw veggies and some type of dip - hummus, ranch dressing, etc
Fruit kabobs

[Anonymous]

Here is what I have served for heavy apps:
--spiral ham, small rolls, mustard and a jar of pickles
--sausage rolls (puff pastry wrapped sausage, sliced and baked)
--devilled eggs
--curried chicken bites
--dim sum (dumplings, steamed rice covered pork balls)
--cocktail meatballs (actually never served them but love them at others houses)
--shrimp cocktail
--mini crabcakes
--mini empañadas

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Here is what I have served for heavy apps:
--spiral ham, small rolls, mustard and a jar of pickles
--sausage rolls (puff pastry wrapped sausage, sliced and baked)
--devilled eggs
--curried chicken bites
--dim sum (dumplings, steamed rice covered pork balls)
--cocktail meatballs (actually never served them but love them at others houses)
--shrimp cocktail
--mini crabcakes
--mini empañadas

Yes, these are heavy apps - OP, things on your list like veggie platters, cut fruit, chips/dip, and cheese/crackers are light apps. Not filling enough to replace a meal. You need more protein.

[Anonymous]

If you want it to function as a meal, I think you need one or two hot meat items. Also one or two hot non-meat mains if there are vegetarians, but the mini quiche could be that if you're serving them warm.

So, agreeing with others, I'd add something like meatballs, warm roast beef sliders, empanadas, etc.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Here is what I have served for heavy apps:
--spiral ham, small rolls, mustard and a jar of pickles
--sausage rolls (puff pastry wrapped sausage, sliced and baked)
--devilled eggs
--curried chicken bites
--dim sum (dumplings, steamed rice covered pork balls)
--cocktail meatballs (actually never served them but love them at others houses)
--shrimp cocktail
--mini crabcakes
--mini empañadas

Yes, these are heavy apps - OP, things on your list like veggie platters, cut fruit, chips/dip, and cheese/crackers are light apps. Not filling enough to replace a meal. You need more protein.

Correct.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:If you want it to function as a meal, I think you need one or two hot meat items. Also one or two hot non-meat mains if there are vegetarians, but the mini quiche could be that if you're serving them warm.

So, agreeing with others, I'd add something like meatballs, warm roast beef sliders, empanadas, etc.

Agree that I'd add more hot items, and you've gotten good suggestions. Everything on your original list is fine.

[Anonymous]

Frozen apps from Whole Foods or Trader Joe’s. I’ll always eat a mini hot dog wrapped In biscuit.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I would consider serving Italian beef sandwiches in a crockpot along with other apps for the guys

I think this a great idea but I hate that people think women don’t eat/want real food.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I would add two more varieties of hors d'oeuvres from the freezer section to serve alongside your mini quiche--things like arancini or caramelized onion and feta puffs etc. Maybe even meatballs! For your crudite plate, make sure it's not just the plastic grocery store tray of dried out celery carrots and raw broccoli - add sliced fennel and/or radishes. Find a dairy-based dill dip to offer contrast to your hummus. Also swap out your mixed nuts for marcona almonds or pistachios - adding unusual things elevates and adds interest (visual and otherwise), which can help people feel satisfied. It's weird but it works. On that note I'd skip slicing apples that will turn brown, and just put out a bowl of beautiful pears. Lastly something like Trader Joe's will have some bigger flatbreads - that will add some savory oomph (and again, visual contrast bc of the size.)

Yes I was going to say arancini!

And some kind of puff pastry with cheese/mushrooms.

[Anonymous]

I’d order some good pizza and have it sliced into smaller portions. Or make a crockpot chili. Your ideas are good but not filling enough.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I’m hosting about 16 people next week for a gift exchange! Instead of making a large meal, I plan to serve a variety of:
Cheeses (Brie, Gouda, etc)
Cured meats
Olives
Dried apricots
Sliced Apple
Grapes
Fig spread
Crudite + dip (hummus)
Crackers
Bread
Mini quiche
Mixed nuts

What are your favorite snack plate type foods - I would like this to have a lot of options so feels like a meal. Ideas?

This is not a “meal.” It doesn’t qualify in any sense of the word. Plenty of people don’t want to eat fatty cheese, cured meats, and quiche. So they can have a handful of nuts, apricots, and olives?

[Anonymous]

to make it heavy hors d'oeuvres, you've got to have more hot things.

I might ditch the mini quiches in favor of some of the other options people have suggested - some sort of sandwiches (hawaiian rolls or sliders, or Italian beef, yum), meatballs, pigs in the blanket or just lil smokies in sauce - stuff that actually eats like a meal.

Everything else on your list is just sort of an appetizer tray, you know? There's nothing that stands out as enough.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I’m hosting about 16 people next week for a gift exchange! Instead of making a large meal, I plan to serve a variety of:
Cheeses (Brie, Gouda, etc)
Cured meats
Olives
Dried apricots
Sliced Apple
Grapes
Fig spread
Crudite + dip (hummus)
Crackers
Bread
Mini quiche
Mixed nuts

What are your favorite snack plate type foods - I would like this to have a lot of options so feels like a meal. Ideas?

These are light hors d'oeuvres, not heavy. You need some chicken satay, empanadas, crabcakes, meatballs, sliders, etc... hot foods.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:You need some meat. Meatballs or pigs in blankets

Sliced steak with a chimichurri or laotian dipping sauce if you want something classier.

Or sliced ham with rolls to make little sandwiches.

[Anonymous]

Chicken satay or kebabs!