At Appetizers Unlimited, we know that good guacamole recipes are hard to come by, but after taste-testing this wonderful Halloween party appetizers guacamole recipe, we are sure you will agree that as a party or Halloween appetizers recipe, this is definately a keeper!!
And just to 'sweeten' the pot, this great 'Guacamoldy with Creature Chips' appetizer recipe also qualifies as one of our top star-rated make ahead appetizers recipes as a valuable time saver come party day!!
From Martha Stewart Living Ominimedia, we present:
Guacamoldy with Creature Chips
The chips can actually be made up to one day ahead. Store them in an airtight container at room temperature.
Plain or butter-flavored vegetable-oil cooking spray
24 assorted large flour tortillas, such as plain, whole wheat, and sun-dried tomato
Coarse salt
3 pound(s) (about 7) ripe Hass avocados, pitted, peeled, and cut into chunks.
1/4 cup(s) (about 3 limes) freshly squeezed lime juice
1/4 teaspoon(s) freshly ground pepper
1 fresh jalapeño chile, seeded and finely chopped
1/4 cup(s) chopped fresh cilantro leaves
Directions
Preheat oven to 350°F. Coat a baking sheet with cooking spray. Using a few Halloween-inspired cookie cutters, cut shapes from tortillas. Arrange as many shapes as can fit in a single layer on oiled sheet. Coat tortillas with cooking spray and season with salt. Bake until slightly darkened and crisp, 10 to 12 minutes. Transfer to a wire rack to cool. Repeat with remaining tortilla shapes, using a clean, cooled baking sheet.
Put avocados, lime juice, 1 1/2 teaspoons salt, and the pepper, jalapeño, and cilantro in a large bowl. Mash with a fork until chunky. Serve with chips.
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Monday, October 26, 2009
Friday, October 23, 2009
Halloween Appetizers - Spooky Bites
Courtesy of the Canadian Living Test Kitchen comes this Halloween party appetizers recipe for Spooky Bites - these terrifying tidbits are the perfect formula for some frighteningly good mouthfuls of Halloween appetizers for your Halloween cocktail party.
But before you serve your spooky appetizers, set the scene for an eerie Halloween party with some creative staging - arrange flowers and groupings of colorful liquids (such as Kool-Aid) in test tubes. Write scientific formulas in chalk on a chalkboard. Replace regular lightbulbs with red or green colored ones, or use black lights for an eerie setting. Tape colored cellophane gel to a lamp and direct the light towards a spooky object to highlight.
To serve your spooky appetizers, use metal medical trays, thin tongs and long tweezers for serving. Place food in specimen jars instead of bowls and label with their Latin names, for example: Caseoli (cheese, for bocconcini balls), luglandis (walnuts), Oleae (olives), Betae et ovi (beets and eggs).
Dressing the part of a mad scientist is the best part - Wear a tattered lab coat, chunky glasses with lenses removed (or goggles), a wild wig (think Albert Einstein) and a pocker protector filled with as many pens, pencils and gadgets as can be crammed in.
Now for the crowning glory of the night, your spooky Halloween Appetizers:
Ribs with Blackberry Sauce
3 lb (1.5 kg) pork back ribs, centre cut removed
Spice Rub:
2 tbsp (25 mL)chili powder
1 tbsp (15 mL) dry mustard
3 cloves garlic, minced
3/4 tsp (4 mL) each salt and cinnamon
Sauce:
1/2 cup (125 mL) blackberry jam
1/2 cup (50 mL) ketchup
1 tbsp (15 mL) balsamic vinegar
2 tsp (10 mL) minced gingerroot
1/4 tsp (1 mL) pepper
Preparation:
Pour enough water into shallow roasting pan to come scant 1/2 inch (1 cm) up side. Add ribs, meaty side up. Cover and cook in 325°F (160°C) oven for 80 to 90 minutes or until meat is tender. Drain; transfer ribs to cutting board. Let stand for 10 minutes. Cut into 1-rib portions.
Spice Rub: In large glass baking dish, combine chili powder, mustard, garlic, salt and cinnamon; rub all over ribs. Cover and refrigerate for 4 hours. (Make-ahead: Refrigerate for up to 24 hours.)
Sauce: In small saucepan, combine blackberry jam, ketchup, vinegar, ginger and pepper; bring to boil. Reduce heat and simmer, stirring often, for 5 minutes. Strain through fine sieve into bowl, pressing on solids. Set aside. (Make-ahead: Let cool; refrigerate in airtight container for up to 1 week.)Place ribs, meaty side down, on rack on foil-lined rimmed baking sheet. Broil for 5 minutes. Brush ribs with half of the sauce; broil until bubbling, about 2 minutes. Turn and brush with remaining sauce; broil until sauce forms bubbling glaze, about 2 minutes.
Enjoy!
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But before you serve your spooky appetizers, set the scene for an eerie Halloween party with some creative staging - arrange flowers and groupings of colorful liquids (such as Kool-Aid) in test tubes. Write scientific formulas in chalk on a chalkboard. Replace regular lightbulbs with red or green colored ones, or use black lights for an eerie setting. Tape colored cellophane gel to a lamp and direct the light towards a spooky object to highlight.
To serve your spooky appetizers, use metal medical trays, thin tongs and long tweezers for serving. Place food in specimen jars instead of bowls and label with their Latin names, for example: Caseoli (cheese, for bocconcini balls), luglandis (walnuts), Oleae (olives), Betae et ovi (beets and eggs).
Dressing the part of a mad scientist is the best part - Wear a tattered lab coat, chunky glasses with lenses removed (or goggles), a wild wig (think Albert Einstein) and a pocker protector filled with as many pens, pencils and gadgets as can be crammed in.
Now for the crowning glory of the night, your spooky Halloween Appetizers:
Ribs with Blackberry Sauce
3 lb (1.5 kg) pork back ribs, centre cut removed
Spice Rub:
2 tbsp (25 mL)chili powder
1 tbsp (15 mL) dry mustard
3 cloves garlic, minced
3/4 tsp (4 mL) each salt and cinnamon
Sauce:
1/2 cup (125 mL) blackberry jam
1/2 cup (50 mL) ketchup
1 tbsp (15 mL) balsamic vinegar
2 tsp (10 mL) minced gingerroot
1/4 tsp (1 mL) pepper
Preparation:
Pour enough water into shallow roasting pan to come scant 1/2 inch (1 cm) up side. Add ribs, meaty side up. Cover and cook in 325°F (160°C) oven for 80 to 90 minutes or until meat is tender. Drain; transfer ribs to cutting board. Let stand for 10 minutes. Cut into 1-rib portions.
Spice Rub: In large glass baking dish, combine chili powder, mustard, garlic, salt and cinnamon; rub all over ribs. Cover and refrigerate for 4 hours. (Make-ahead: Refrigerate for up to 24 hours.)
Sauce: In small saucepan, combine blackberry jam, ketchup, vinegar, ginger and pepper; bring to boil. Reduce heat and simmer, stirring often, for 5 minutes. Strain through fine sieve into bowl, pressing on solids. Set aside. (Make-ahead: Let cool; refrigerate in airtight container for up to 1 week.)Place ribs, meaty side down, on rack on foil-lined rimmed baking sheet. Broil for 5 minutes. Brush ribs with half of the sauce; broil until bubbling, about 2 minutes. Turn and brush with remaining sauce; broil until sauce forms bubbling glaze, about 2 minutes.
Enjoy!
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Sunday, October 4, 2009
Kraft Appetizer Recipes - Kid's Halloween Party Appetizers
For some truly creative Halloween party appetizers for a kids' Monster Bash, look no further than these Ritz Spiders from the collection of easy Kraft appetizer recipes.
Most Kraft appetizer recipes use only a few general pantry staples (this appetizer recipe calls for just 5 ingredients) and are quick and easy to make and assemble. As an added bonus, these Halloween party appetizers are actually a healthy choice for your kids!
This Halloween give these kid-friendly Ritz Spiders a whirl - but make lots since they are sure to have all your little ghouls and goblins howling for more!!
Kraft Ritz Spiders
Ingredients:
12 RITZ Crackers
1/4 cup Smooth Peanut Butter, divided
48 small pretzel sticks
1 Tbsp. Halloween coloured sprinkles
12 currants
Directions:
SPREAD each of 6 of the crackers with 1 tsp. of the peanut butter; cover each with second cracker to resemble spider's body.
INSERT 8 pretzel sticks into peanut butter layer of each spider for the legs.
SPREAD 1 tsp. of the remaining peanut butter onto top of each spider. Decorate with sprinkles. Add 2 currants to each for the eyes.
Kraft Kitchens Tips
SubstituteSubstitute Cheez Whiz Process Cheese Product for the peanut butter and/or raisins for the currants.
Recipe courtesy Kraft Canada.
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Most Kraft appetizer recipes use only a few general pantry staples (this appetizer recipe calls for just 5 ingredients) and are quick and easy to make and assemble. As an added bonus, these Halloween party appetizers are actually a healthy choice for your kids!
This Halloween give these kid-friendly Ritz Spiders a whirl - but make lots since they are sure to have all your little ghouls and goblins howling for more!!
Kraft Ritz Spiders
Ingredients:
12 RITZ Crackers
1/4 cup Smooth Peanut Butter, divided
48 small pretzel sticks
1 Tbsp. Halloween coloured sprinkles
12 currants
Directions:
SPREAD each of 6 of the crackers with 1 tsp. of the peanut butter; cover each with second cracker to resemble spider's body.
INSERT 8 pretzel sticks into peanut butter layer of each spider for the legs.
SPREAD 1 tsp. of the remaining peanut butter onto top of each spider. Decorate with sprinkles. Add 2 currants to each for the eyes.
Kraft Kitchens Tips
SubstituteSubstitute Cheez Whiz Process Cheese Product for the peanut butter and/or raisins for the currants.
Recipe courtesy Kraft Canada.
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Saturday, September 26, 2009
Trick or Tr-eating with Halloween Appetizers
With the devilishly fun day quickly creeping up now is the time to plan some frightfully quick and easy Halloween party appetizers for the big day.
Halloween appetizers are fun to create and can be very easy to make simply by converting your regular party offerings into scary appetizers with a few everyday ingredients. A baked brie appetizer can be made to look like a scarecrow by adding black olives as eyes, a thin slice of orange or red pepper as a nose and sliced almonds as a mouth. Pour ¼ to ½ cup of maple syrup on top and bake at 350F for 15 to 20 minutes or until warm. Garnish with shredded wheat around the top and bottom as hair and a beard and serve.
Transform everyday meatballs into delightful Halloween appetizers by topping with marinara sauce, adding a small round of cream cheese and dotting with olive pieces for the eyeballs and serve on wooden toothpicks.
As you can see, it is easy to transform everyday party appetizers into spooky Halloween appetizers with a few everyday ingredients and a little bit of imagination, so put on your witch’s hat and mix up your own brew of unique easy appetizers this Halloween.
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Halloween appetizers are fun to create and can be very easy to make simply by converting your regular party offerings into scary appetizers with a few everyday ingredients. A baked brie appetizer can be made to look like a scarecrow by adding black olives as eyes, a thin slice of orange or red pepper as a nose and sliced almonds as a mouth. Pour ¼ to ½ cup of maple syrup on top and bake at 350F for 15 to 20 minutes or until warm. Garnish with shredded wheat around the top and bottom as hair and a beard and serve.
Transform everyday meatballs into delightful Halloween appetizers by topping with marinara sauce, adding a small round of cream cheese and dotting with olive pieces for the eyeballs and serve on wooden toothpicks.
As you can see, it is easy to transform everyday party appetizers into spooky Halloween appetizers with a few everyday ingredients and a little bit of imagination, so put on your witch’s hat and mix up your own brew of unique easy appetizers this Halloween.
For more great appetizer recipes visit www.appetizersunlimited.com
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Tuesday, September 22, 2009
Halloween Appetizers - Spicy Pumpkin Seeds
Halloween party appetizers don't need to be complicated or time consuming to make. In fact some of our best tasting Halloween appetizers take very little time and effort to prepare.
That is certainly the case with this easy to make appetizer idea for Spicy Pumpkin Seeds and as far as Halloween appetizers go, there is nothing more typical of Halloween than pumpkins.
And while you are busy making these spicy pumpkin seeds for your Halloween party appetizers, double up the recipe and put some aside to 'dress up' your All Saints Day salad or vegetables.
Spicy Pumpkin Seeds
4 dried chiles de arbol, stemmed or 1/2 tsp cayenne pepper
2 tsp olive oil
1 cup unsalted shelled raw pumpkin seeds (pepitas)
1 tsp sugar
1/2 tsp salt
Finely grind chilies in small spice mill or mortar with pestle. Heat oil in large skillet over medium heat. Add pumpkin seeds and stir until evenly toasted (seeds will pop), about 5 minutes. Sprinkle evenly with sugar, salt, and 1/2 tsp chile de arbol powder or cayenne pepper. Toss to coat. Transfer pumpkin seeds to bowl and cool. Can be made 2 days ahead. Store seeds in airtight container at room temperature.
Tip: Chiles de arbol are thin, red, very hot three-inch-long chilies; available at some supermarkets or at specialty food stores and Latin markets.
Recipe courtesy Bon Appetit magazine.
Enjoy!
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That is certainly the case with this easy to make appetizer idea for Spicy Pumpkin Seeds and as far as Halloween appetizers go, there is nothing more typical of Halloween than pumpkins.
And while you are busy making these spicy pumpkin seeds for your Halloween party appetizers, double up the recipe and put some aside to 'dress up' your All Saints Day salad or vegetables.
Spicy Pumpkin Seeds
4 dried chiles de arbol, stemmed or 1/2 tsp cayenne pepper
2 tsp olive oil
1 cup unsalted shelled raw pumpkin seeds (pepitas)
1 tsp sugar
1/2 tsp salt
Finely grind chilies in small spice mill or mortar with pestle. Heat oil in large skillet over medium heat. Add pumpkin seeds and stir until evenly toasted (seeds will pop), about 5 minutes. Sprinkle evenly with sugar, salt, and 1/2 tsp chile de arbol powder or cayenne pepper. Toss to coat. Transfer pumpkin seeds to bowl and cool. Can be made 2 days ahead. Store seeds in airtight container at room temperature.
Tip: Chiles de arbol are thin, red, very hot three-inch-long chilies; available at some supermarkets or at specialty food stores and Latin markets.
Recipe courtesy Bon Appetit magazine.
Enjoy!
For more great Halloween apopetizers visit www.appetizersunlimited.com
For more great recipes, Chef's tips and tools visit www.amateur-chef.net
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