What Is Your Favorite SIMPLE Appetizer?

Caprese Salad Skewers

You will need:
wooden skewers (I get the shorter 4-5" ones)
cherry tomatoes
fresh basil
1/2"-1" mozzarella balls (available packaged in salt water in cheese section of grocery)
bottle of blaze- balsamic glaze available at target (Balsamic vinegar will work if you can't find this)

Grab skewer, place tomato, cheese and basil leaf on it.
Place on plate, drizzle with blaze or vinegar.
SO good and easy.

Enjoy!

Ham & Asparagus Roll Ups

16 fresh asparagus spears, trimmed
1 medium sweet red pepper, cut into 16 strips
8 ounces Havarti cheese, cut into 16 strips
8 thin slices deli ham or prosciutto, cut in half lengthwise
16 whole chives

In a large skillet, bring 1 in. of water to a boil. Add asparagus; cover and cook for 3 minutes. Drain and immediately place asparagus in ice water. Drain and pat dry.
Place an asparagus spear, red pepper strip and cheese strip on each slice of ham. Roll up tightly; tie with a chive. Refrigerate until serving. Yield: 16 servings.

Here's a family favorite!!

Stuffed Jalapenos

20 fresh jalapenos halved
1 16oz. package of cream cheese
1 package bacon

Scoop out the seeds of the jalapenos and fill with cream cheese. Cut bacon into half slices and warp around the jalapeno. Bake at 350 degress for 1 hour!!

Great for football games too!! Good luck!!

Homemade Gourmet Spinach Dip in the bread bowl with the bread pieces surrounding the bowl. It is the best spinach dip ever!!!

Cream cheese at room temp and then stir in a can of rotel! Serve cold with fritos-my co-worker made it for our potluck and it was super yummy! You can also make the spinach dip on the back of the Knorr Veg Soup mix- its easy and really good.

I just had this last week at a potluck - don't know if there are too many ingredients for what you are looking for!
1 lb chicken boiled (20 minutes) and chopped
2 - 8oz packages of cream cheese (I used the 1/3 less fat version)
8 oz blue cheese dressing (I use the light version)
10 oz buffalo wing sauce (TX Pete or Stubbs Wicked(hotter))
8 oz shredded sharp cheddar cheese (I use the part skim milk version)

Preheat oven 350 degrees.
Mix all ingredients and 4 oz of the 8 oz shredded cheddar cheese with an electric mixer on the lowest speed.
Place in baking dish and top with remaining 4 oz if shredded cheddar cheese.
Bake 25 minutes.

OR

8 oz. cream cheese (softened)
1 can lump crab meat
Cocktail Sauce

Mix the cream cheese and lump crab and form into a ball - pour the cocktail sauce over - serve with tortilla chips and or water crackers.

One thing of cream cheese and one small jar of dill pickle relish - Mix together with a fork and serve with wavy lays. I know it sounds crazy but its really good.

Block of cream cheese covered with hot pepper jelly (or red pepper jelly, or green pepper jelly, or raspberry chipotle sauce, you get the idea), served with crackers -- always a hit and the easiest spread ever.

I also love a simple cheese cube and grapes tray. That's my favorite appetizer personally.

Blessings,
N.

Cream cheese block with pepper jelly poured over top-best served with Wheat Thins

Veggies and dip

Frozen meatballs in slow cooker with BBQ sauce

wrap bacon around butter cracker(the rectangular ones)and bake in oven until bacon is crisp; serve warm

I second Lisa's response, we call them armadillo eggs in our family and they are delicious and easy to make. Good luck!

Our favorite is water chestnuts with bacon and/or hot artichoke dip.

you wrap a little piece of bacon around a water chestnut, secure with toothpick and bake. Crunchy tasry treat.

Atrichoke dip is drained can of artichokes, mashed, mix with mayo, parmesan cheese and bake. Yummy!

smoked salmon wrapped around garlic cream cheese stuffed with capers. Stick a toothpick through the middle and you're done!
OR
boil tiny new potatoes (red or gold work too), scoop out the middle with a melon baller, fill with creme fraiche (or sour cream), top with chopped chives and a tiny bit of caviar.

Sausage Cheese Balls
Deviled Eggs
Shrimp Cocktail
Stuffed Mushrooms or Tomatoes (stuffed w/ spinach artichoke dip)
Brushetta

dried apricots and a japaleno wrapped with a half a piece of bacon (I use turkey bacon)secure it with a toothpick and pop them in the oven on 350 until the bacon is cooked...my neighbor gave me this recipe awhile back and still a hit everywhere I take it.....Good Luck!

I love the jumbo frozen Shrimp from Sam's Club with cocktail sauce, Chipoltle Sauce over Cream Cheese, and Cressent Roll wrapped around Cream cheese and baked according to standard instructions.

Another new favorite of mine is the Smoked Gouda Cheese dip from Market Street :-) I also have a good recipie for Spinich Dip that I make low fat.

Good Luck!
E.

Go to a high end grocery store and check out the olive bar - olives in a marinade are ready to go as are good hummus with a few cut up veggies.

OK..I know this one sounds a bit odd..but go with me, you will love it, I promise. I just made it for something and it was highly praised.
I bag of frozen meatballs...I even used the walmart brand
1 jar of Grape jelly..not a sper big one, I think it was 10oz, but I could be way off on that one:)
1 jar of Heinz chilli sauce (found by the ketchup)
I turned on my crockpot and dumped the jelly and chilli sauce together and stirred until well mixed. Then add the meatballs, toss together and cook. I would say on high for about 3 hours, or low for 5-6. I did open the pot and stir them up a few times, and dont over cook them..they can get over done for sure. It was a filling appetizer that adults and kids really liked:) Have fun!