Need suggestions for recipes for an Open House

[binny]

Does anyone have any ideas for an Open house menu?
It HAS to be easy and quick but I would still like it to look nice.

Ideas please?

 

[doxdogy]

How about a cheese and fruit platter, spinach dip in the bread bowl and the little smokies pigs in a blanket or sausage balls. If you wanted sandwiches do a finger sandwich tray. Below is a recipe for individual cheesecakes that I got off of epicurious.com. I have made them several times and they are so good. I discovered that if you put the cream cheese mixture and the sour cream topping in those mustard and ketchup dispensers it makes it so much easier to fill the muffin tins.



Never Fail Cheesecake

1 1/2 pounds cream cheese
5 eggs
1 1/2 cups sugar, divided
1 1/2 pints sour cream, at room temperature
3 teaspoons vanilla, divided

For topping:
Your choice of cherry pie filling, maraschino cherries, pineapple chunks, half an apricot, etc.

Preheat oven to 300°F. Cream the cheese (easy to do if it's at room temperature). Add eggs, one at a time, and then beat in 1 cup of sugar and 1 1/2 teaspoons of vanilla. Using small muffin tins filled with paper liners, fill the tins to 1/8-inch from the top. Bake 25 to 30 minutes, or until tops begin to crack (if tops have not cracked after baking 30 minutes, remove them from the oven anyway, as they are adequately baked by that time).

While cakes are baking, mix sour cream with 1/2 cup sugar and 1 1/2 teaspoons vanilla in a bowl.

Remove the cakes from the oven, leaving the oven on, and cool on wire cake racks in tins for 5 minutes, or until the cakes drop. Then cover the tops of the cakes with the sour cream mixture and put them back in oven for 5 more minutes. Remove the cakes from their tins, use a teaspoon to help get them out, and set them on wire racks to cool. Once they have cooled, put the cakes in the refrigerator. Before serving, add topping of your choice.

 

[debster812]

No way?? I can help (possibly) Binny? Finder of all bargains? Passer-onner-of really good tips?

I just had a appetizers/beer/wine party for my mom for her retirement. Here is a link to my thread on the Recipes Board with some of the 'BIG' sellers

Debster's Recipes

Have Fun!!!

If you want, when I get home, I can post pictures of the buffet table and the dessert table for you to see. Just let me know

 

[Cindy B]

Quiches, croissant ring (basically make a filler with cream of whaterver soup, grated ham/chicken, veggies) Take crossiant rolls unroll them so all the flat end are in a circle.. take the filler, and put a bit on each flat end, then wrap the triangle ends over the filler....



Cook for about 10-12 minutes ...

 

[binny]

you guys rock!!

Those all sound so good!!!


Deb LOL I would love pictures if you have them! Any help would be appreciated! Usually when I do my shows its at OTHER womens houses and they have to fix everything lol. Im not used to cooking for so many people.

 

[ByTheSea]

Real easy and quick?

Do you have a little crock pot? (A mini one)

Two really easy hot cheese dip recipes - serve with tortilla chips

Use Velveeta or Cheese Whiz

1) Mix with a can of Hormel Chili with NO beans (One can of chili for one full size Velveeta)

or

2) Mix with a half can of Rotel's Stewed tomatos and jalapeno peppers (you can use the full can if you like spicy)

I usually get it started in the microwave (I can remove the crock part of the mini crock pot) mix it up good, and leave it on low setting on the crock pot.