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I asked my SIL if we wanted me to bring a side dish for tomorrow, and she asked me to bring an appetizer. My family doesn't usually do appetizers on Thanksgiving, so here I am the day before and I'm still thinking about what to do.
I don't want to bring anything that has to be heated up, since I'm assuming her oven will be packed. I figure it should be something light. I was thinking maybe veggies and a special dip? Anyone have a special dip recipe? Or thoughts in another direction? |
| sliced summer sausage, cheese ball, and crackers, best if all from Hickory Farms. |
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I'm doing this recipe for butternut squash soup:
http://rachaelwhite.me/butternut-squash-coconut-soup/ I'm also doing deviled eggs because everyone loves them. Yea, strange combo. |
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We are having veggies and dip (nothing special, just a favorite from the grocery store), cream cheese/jalapeno jelly with crackers and an old-fashioned relish tray (variety of pickles and olives). Easy to put out, something for everyone, not too filling.
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| I've done some cheese straws that went over well and were pretty simple. I'm sure there are recipes online, but basically you put down a piece of puff pastry, layer on some cheese and herbs, put the other sheet of puff pastry down, cut sticks with a pizza cutter, twist the sticks, and bake. |
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Super easy spinach dip... a family favorite, pleases rednecks and snobs alike (our family is a mix!)
1 block of cream cheese 1 cup of parm 1 cup of romano 1/2 block frozen spinach 1 pack knorr vegetable seasoning mix together and bake for 45 min at 400 degrees...sprinkle cheese of choice on top about 6 min before taking out of oven. |
| Whole Foods carries some very pretty red seedless grapes that they call Holiday grapes because they're large. On a tray, I'd put some grape clusters with a cheese ball and crackers or cheese straws and small squares of cheese. Also apple slices but cut too soon. |
| olives, relish tray |
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Here are my apps for tomorrow:
Jalapeño popper dip (easy, but requires heating) Olive assortment Trader Joe's quinoa and black bean tortilla chips and chunky guacamole Fancy cheeses and cracker assortment from trader Joe's. I have a blue cheese, the creamy Toscano, and a mozzarella/prosciutto roll. Crudités |
| Cheese and crackers |
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Asparagus (approx 4" spear) wrapped in crescent dough.
"healthier" pigs in a blanket. Prosciutto wrapped around melon. |
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This is ridiculously easy but always disappears quickly. And the taste combination is a little different for Thanksgiving.
http://www.cooksrecipes.com/appetizer/festive_cranberry_cheese_spread_recipe.html |
| We're doing a cheese plate: several different kinds of cheese, grapes, thinly-sliced apple, baguette & crackers. Also some olives. Kids will have the option of cheddar bunny crackers. |
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This is exactly the parade of vulgarity I hoped would unfold when I clicked on this thread.
Thank you, America! |
Ow, wow, you're so much better than us!! I'm going with the deviled eggs, too. |