Inexpensive Appetizers?

[mnm'z]

Originally Posted by jamielynne

Spread out some ham, spread cream cheese on it, put a mini pickle in and roll it up. Slice it like sushi. Yum-o! I call them Frog eyes.

Oh man, I love pickle wraps. I don't slice them, I just leave em whole and now I have a craving.

[jillynoodle]

Originally Posted by alikat316

If you have salsa and shredded cheese here is one::


do a layer of cream cheese, layer of salsa and then shredded cheese. Put in the oven until cheese is melted. Now you have dip and use tortilla chips with it...very yummy.

Sour cream, by a packet of dip mix as some require sour cream. Use this dip fo chips

this is seriously sooooooooo good my dughter made it for me and yea its now a staple at every get together we have!!

[jamielynne]

Originally Posted by mnm'z

Oh man, I love pickle wraps. I don't slice them, I just leave em whole and now I have a craving.

I'm glad I'm not the only wierd one then. DH thinks this is so gross! Just imagine now the cravings when we decide we are ready for children.

[tdrshopping]

couples ideas for the cream cheese...
stuff cream cheese into black olives.
wrap cream cheese into buddig beef or turkey to roll up
mix a jar of salsa (any flavor spicy or sweet or a combo of both) with a package of cream cheese

other ideas
cutting the pillsbury crescent sheets into small triangles, wrap around lil smokies and bake

pop up a bunch of the cheapie microwave popcorn

[TBMomof3]

guys, these all sound so yummy! and yes, i can see the hot dog/bacon recipe going fast! so clever, the cream cheese into olives. thanks!

[TBMomof3]

Originally Posted by mnm'z

Oh man, I love pickle wraps. I don't slice them, I just leave em whole and now I have a craving.

ok, so these pickles are the "mini gherkins" in the jar?
TIA

[TBMomof3]

Originally Posted by livingfree

One other idea I like to use is baked potato skins. Whenever I make baked potato soup, I keep the skins and throw them in the freezer. To make, I just take them out, add a touch of butter to each, salt and pepper, and a little cheese. Add bacon bits if you have them or like them. Baked in the oven at 350 for about 15 - 20 min. Tasty and very cheap!

Would you share your Baked Potato soup recipe? sounds delish!!!!
tia!

[ameeker]

Okay here are some goodies from my family.

Dough Boys (mom's specialty).
Take a roll of sausage, hot spicy Bob Evans is a good one (q), but any brand of ground sausage will do. Take a package of canned dough (Pillsbury q), I use the dinner rolls but again any kind will do. Break the dough out and cut each roll into quarters and flatten out each piece, should be about the size of a silver dollar. Drop a teaspoon of uncooked sausage into the middle of the dough and wrap it up to look like a ball. Plop onto a cookie sheet and bake at 350 for about 10-11 minutes. Making the dough balls is a little time intensive, but you can make them in advance, cook them and everything, and refrigerate, and heat them in the oven or microwave just before serving. Serve them with BBQ sauce or mustard for dipping.

Hot biscuit cheese dip
Again take out a can of Pillsbury dough, but use the crescent rolls for this one. Unroll the dough but don't break the individual rolls apart, and squish together to make one big sheet of dough. Drop a block of cream cheese in the middle of the dough and fold the rest of the dough over the cheese to cover it completely, sprinkle the top with dill weed if you like. You can get fancy with crimping the edges if you want to, or maybe cut your monogram in the top like a pie crust. Then just bake it for 12-13 minutes at 350, and viola hot biscuit cheese dip, serve it with crackers and a couple of small knives. We also call this one "poor man's Brie".

Cheese cake
If you have cream cheese, you can always make cheese cake, in mini or full sized.

Wraps
Use flour tortillas spread with softened cream cheese and add whatever fillings you have, olives, turkey, veggies, salad dressing, cheese, etc. Wrap, slice and serve.

[twinsplus14me]

Here's an easy one!

Shrimp Dip

1 can (drained) or 1/2 lb fresh cooked salad shrimp
1 package cream cheese
Milk (3-4) tablespoons usually

Blend in mixing bowl with mixer until creamy, but not runny.

Use as a dip for Fritos, veggies, or crackers. Very popular at parties!

[mnm'z]

Originally Posted by TBMomof3

ok, so these pickles are the "mini gherkins" in the jar?
TIA

Nope, just a jar of regular old dill pickles. Take the packaged ham/beef - like Carl Buddhig, spread softened cream cheese on the slice of meat, and wrap it around a pickle. With the pickles, I do slice them lengthwise and usually get 4 slices per pickle. It can be time consuming, but they are so good.