Easy Appetizers

As the enticing beginning to any meal or as snacks for the big game, appetizers are the chance for a cook to show there is imagination and creativity.

If you are a great appetizer recipes, down to 3 delicious recipes are easy to prepare:

1. All-American Snack

Ingredients:

- 3 cups thin pretzel sticks
- 4 cups Wheat Chex
- 4 cups corn flakes
-13 Once can salted peanuts
- 1 teaspoon garlic salt
- 1 teaspoon celery salt
- 1 / 2Teaspoon seasoned salt
- 2 tablespoons grated Parmesan cheese
- 1st / 4 cup melted butter

Directions:

- In a large bowl or pot slowly pretzels, cereal and peanuts.
- All with salt, garlic, celery salt, salt, pepper and cheese.
- Pour the melted butter over all cast Mixed, goodness.
- Cover and cook in slow-cooker low 3 to 4 hours.
- Discover the last 30 to 40 minutes.
- Serve as an appetizer or snack.

2. AppetizerCheese Ball

Ingredients:

- 8 oz Cream Cheese - Room Temp
- 4 oz Blue Cheese - crumbled
- 4 oz Cheddar Cheese - Shredded
- 2 teaspoons mustard - Dijon --
- 1 teaspoon Worcestershire sauce
- 1st / 8 teaspoon garlic powder
-1 / 4 teaspoon salt
-1 / Pecan 2 cup - finely chopped
- 2nd / 3 cup currants
- 3 / 4 cup parsley - chopped

Ladle:

- Assorted Crackers
- Apple Wedges

Directions:

- Place the cream cheese, blueCheese, cheddar cheese, mustard,
Worcestershire, garlic powder and salt into a bowl and beat at low
Speed only until mixed well.
- Add the pecans and raisins.
- Taste and adjust seasoning.
- Blend of cheese refrigerator for 30 minutes or until a little 'stops, then the form of a sphere.
- Role in the well coated with chopped parsley.
- Cover with plastic wrap and refrigerate until needed.
- Let stand at room temperature for about 30 minutesBefore serving.
- Place on a platter surrounded by crackers and apple slices.

3. Appetizer Egg Rolls

Ingredients:

- 1 / 2 pounds of pork, boneless - Cut Julienne
- For 1 onion Small - Sliced
- 1 cup Cabbage - Green or Chinese
- 2 tablespoons vegetable oil
- 1st / 2 cup Mushrooms - Sliced
- 1 / 4 cup of sprouts - bean or alfalfa
- 1st / 4 cup currants
- 1 / 4 cup almonds - poles
- 1 teaspoon cornstarch
- 2 tablespoons Sherry - Dry
- 1 tablespoonSoy sauce
- 1 / 2 teaspoon ginger
- 12 each Egg Roll Wrappers-Abt 6 "Sq

Oil for Deep Fat Fry

Apricot Ginger Sauce:

- 1 / 4 cup Apricots - Dried (ca. 10)
- 1 / 4 cup sugar
- 1 teaspoon ginger
- 1 / 4 teaspoon salt
- 1 tablespoon lemon juice

Directions:

- Cabbage should be shredded.
- Fry the pork, onion and cabbage is browned in hot oil until lightly.
- Add the mushrooms, bean sprouts, raisins and almonds and cook, stirring for 1Minute.
- Dissolve the cornstarch in 2 T water, and combine with sherry, soy sauce, ginger, bring the mixture of pork and stir to cook, too.
- Remove from heat and let cool.
- Stack the spring roll wrappers and cut in half to form rectangles.
- Forming a role in a time, place a heaping teaspoon of pork mixture on one side of the rectangle, moisten the long edges and roll up.
- Press the edges to seal.
- Rolls of eggs can be prepared at this time, thenrefrigerated for several hours or overnight or frozen for several days before cooking.
- Adjust the time for gilding.
- If the rolls are frozen, let them thaw before cooking.
- The oil to 375 degrees F. RFI and spring rolls, 4 or 5 at a time, until golden brown and crispy on all sides.
- Roast will have about 4 or 5 minutes, switch roles again.
- Drain on absorbent paper and keep warm while frying the remaining rolls.
- Serve hot with Ginger apricots.
- GingerApricots: Combine the apricots, sugar, ginger and salt with 3 / 4 cup water in a small saucepan and bring to a boil.
- Reduce heat and simmer, covered, for 5 minutes.
- Pour the mixture into a blender or food processor container.
- Lemon juice smooth, cover and up to the process. Serve hot.