Hummus and Cucumber Appetizer Bites with Sesame Seeds

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Jalapeno-Bacon-Cream Cheese Poppers

 

 

Original Recipe Yield 16 servings

 

Ingredients

• 1 (8 ounce) can Pillsbury® refrigerated crescent dinner rolls
• 2-3 fresh jalapeños
•  1 cream cheese
•  1 pkg fully cooked bacon

Oven pre-heated to 350 degrees F.  

Chop the jalapeños into small pieces. Clean out the seeds. Don't stick your fingers in your eyes or mouth for the rest of the day.

Cut the bacon into pieces and roll out your dough. It's perforated into triangles, but I cut each triangle in half with a pizza cutter and do one popper on each half.

 

Layer a small dollop of cream cheese, a piece or two of jalapeño, and bacon.

 

Bring the corners of the dough together and twist them together at the top. Press the edges of the dough together so the insides don't gush out.

 

Bake 10-15 minutes at 350 and munch away!

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Brown Sugar Smokies

 
Original Recipe Yield 12 servings

 

Ingredients

• 1 pound bacon
• 1 (16 ounce) package little smokie sausages
• 1 cup brown sugar, or to taste

Directions

1. Preheat oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C).
2. Cut bacon into thirds and wrap each strip around a little sausage. Place the wrapped sausages on wooden skewers, several to a skewer. Arrange the skewers on a baking sheet and sprinkle them liberally with brown sugar.
3. Bake until bacon is crisp and the brown sugar melted.

Mini Shrimp Packets

With New Years Eve just a day away now I thought it would be appropriate to give you a few of my favorite hors d’oeuvres recipes. Kids and men alike will snatch these little goodies right up!  One nice thing about New Years Eve is that there really isn't much expected of it. You can go out to a nice dinner, celebrate at a party or just stay home and enjoy a lovely crackling fire while snuggled under a blanket. All of which are perfectly acceptable ways to celebrate. Which one do you suppose I will be doing this year?
To ready my home for the New Year I've removed all the Christmas themed decorations. That is except for the tree which of course will remain up with its twinkling lights ( no ornaments) until New Years Day. As for the rest of my home I always feel sad when I remove all the Christmas cheer, and then feel impatient for spring after putting all my flowers and wreaths back in their usual places. So, I’ve decided that this year will be different. I believe it is about time to enjoy the  whole winter season which of course to me means keeping all my little chubby snow men up. I also decided to string the white snowflakes from my tree on some lovely snowflake ribbon. It now hangs over the big window in my living room. I've kept several icicle and berry wreaths up around the house too. I put an arrangement of white pearls and glistening ice on branches in a tall glass vase to aid in this wintry charmed feeling of snow. My Christmas cards will also stay up on their shinny ribbons for another week or so. All in all I'm quite happy with it, but of course my spring flowers will make their appearance again...I'm thinking the week before Valentine's Day should be perfect.

Ingredients

• 1 pound medium shrimp - cooked, peeled and deveined
• 8 ounces reduced-fat cream cheese
• 1 cup shredded part-skim mozzarella cheese
• 1 1/2 cups finely chopped cabbage
• 3 green onions, finely chopped
• 1/2 cup shredded carrot
• 1 1/2 tsp. of Tony's Cajun seasoning
• 1/4 tsp white pepper
• 2 garlic cloves, minced
• 48 wonton wrappers
• 2 tablespoons all-purpose flour
• 3 tablespoons water

Directions

1. Chop shrimp; set aside. In a mixing bowl, beat cream cheese until smooth. Add mozzarella cheese; mix well. Stir in the cabbage, onions, carrot, Cajun seasoning, white pepper, garlic and shrimp. For each shrimp roll, place 1 tablespoon of shrimp mixture across the bottom third of a wonton wrapper to within 1/4 in. of bottom and side edges. Combine flour and water until smooth; brush a 1/4-in. wide strip on side edges and fold side edges over 1/4 in. Brush side edges and top edge with water mixture. Fold wonton wrapper over filling  like an envelope over filling,  pinch edges to seal completely.
2. Lightly spray rolls with nonstick cooking spray. Place on a baking sheet coated with nonstick cooking spray. Bake at 400 degrees F for 15-18 minutes or until golden brown, turning once. Serve warm.  originally allrecipes revised

Ultimate Party Meatballs

INGREDIENTS:

1 14-ounce can Ocean Spray® Jellied Cranberry Sauce
1 12-ounce bottle Heinz® Chili Sauce
1 2-pound bag frozen, pre-cooked, cocktail-size meatballs

DIRECTIONS:

Combine sauces in a large saucepan. Cook over medium-low heat, stirring until smooth. Add meatballs. Cover and cook for 15 minutes or until meatballs are heated through, stirring occasionally.  Ocean Spray recipe

Makes 30 appetizer servings.

Little Smokies In A Blanket

Ingredients

1 pkg Little Smokies sausages   (need 32 individual sausages)

1 can of crescent rolls  (8 oz. size)
Parmesan cheese ( opt.)
garlic salt ( opt.)


Directions
1. Preheat oven according to directions on crescent roll package.
2. Unroll but leave intact 2 triangles of crescent rolls.
3. Pinch seam together and cut lengthwise into 5 strips and then cross-wise to make 10 strips.
4. Roll each strip around one sausage and place in baking pan that has been sprayed with non-stick cooking oil.
5. Sprinkle each pig with Parmesan and garlic salt.
6. Bake according to crescent roll package directions.