Refreshments for Home Party

[moniek]

I am planning on having a candle open house at my house on Novemeber 19. I want a inexpensive food or "munchies" to serve. I thought about cookies and coffee. Any one with suggestions?

[sawyer's moon]

Cider is always nice this time of year (and makes your house smell sooo good). Also - candy corn mixed with peanuts - easy peasy.

Jen

[andrealh1975]

Cookies and coffee sounds good. Or you could try chips and salsa and maybe get some liter sized beverages. In my area you can usually get those for .79 cents/liter. HTH

[Scented]

Cheese and crackers are pretty inexpensive too or maybe a veg plate with a dip.

[chiptooth]

Pumpkin dip with either Nilla wafers or apple slices. Recipe as follows:

Pumpkin Dip

3/4 cup (8 oz.) cream cheese (1/3 less fat kind)

1/2 cup brown sugar (packed)

1/2 cup canned pumpkin (not pumpkin pie mix)

2 tsp. maple syrup

1/2 tsp. ground cinnamon

Place first 3 ingredients in a medium bowl and beat with a mixer at medium speed until well blended. Add syrup and cinnamon and beat until smooth. Cover and chill for 30 minutes.

Easy and really good. I've thought about using this as icing for maybe something like angel food cake.

[Trish]

Ohhh! That pumpkin dip sounds delish! I need to try that myself!!

Keep refreshments simple, things they can eat with their hands. Salami, cheese and ritz crackers are always a hit at my house, also spinach dip bread bowls...

Good luck!

[dragontears]

okay now you guys have made me hungry lol:grin2:

[shell1226]

I'm doing an open house here next Thursday. I'll have to try that pumpkin dip..that sounds devine.

I will have approximately 15-20 people that are coming. I will serve:

Wine

Soda

Cheese and crackers

Chips and dip

Finger sandwiches or other hors' duevres

Coffee

Cookies

[Shawnee]

I've never thought about serving wine. A little alcohol could be a very good thing! Drink Up!

[moniek]

What about hot cocoa?!

[Candle Man]

That pumpkin dip sounds delish and would be great served in a hollowed out pumpkin as the container.

[Margaritamama]

I've never thought about serving wine. A little alcohol could be a very good thing! Drink Up!

Just be sure your guests are safe to drive when they leave! :smiley2:

[Michi]

I'm doing an open house pretty soon also, and I've done them in the past with my other craft love (painting) and always make a to die for "friendship tea" and homemade cookies, and then sell those also.

For some reason I'm cringing over the thought of serving salami, cheese and crackers, I just keep thinking about people walking around my house hovering over my tables of product and raining crumbs down all over the place. LOL

Keep it simple but inviting, spinach dip is always a favorite of most everyone I know and that pumpkin dip sounds yummie!!

[KristinesShower]

I always do some cheap, but good dips and stuff. Here are some of my recipes - feel free to try!

Guacamole:

4 Haas avocados mashed

2 Roma tomatoes diced

¼ cup cilantro minced

Bunch green onions diced

½ lemon squeezed

2 packets guacamole seasoning

Mix well, cover with plastic to the actual dip (don't leave any air) and refridgerate for an hour

Salsa:

8 Roma tomatoes diced

1 bunch green onion diced

½ red onion diced

½ cup cilantro

1 lemon squeezed

2 packets salsa seasoning

Mix well, cover & refridgerate overnite (gives time for more juice)

My favorite cracker spread!

2 boxes cream cheese softened at room temp

½ cup sour cream

1 packet of Buddig beef diced

1 bunch green onions diced

Sprinkle garlic salt to taste

*This one looks Christmasy because of the red and green!*

[moniek]

I have a good cheese ball receipe, thought I would try that to! Keep the ideas coming!!

[DonnaGA]

My sister has made pumpkin dip and served it with ginger snaps.

Pumpkin dip with either Nilla wafers or apple slices. Recipe as follows:

Pumpkin Dip

3/4 cup (8 oz.) cream cheese (1/3 less fat kind)

1/2 cup brown sugar (packed)

1/2 cup canned pumpkin (not pumpkin pie mix)

2 tsp. maple syrup

1/2 tsp. ground cinnamon

Place first 3 ingredients in a medium bowl and beat with a mixer at medium speed until well blended. Add syrup and cinnamon and beat until smooth. Cover and chill for 30 minutes.

Easy and really good. I've thought about using this as icing for maybe something like angel food cake.

[AttachedTofive]

At my party, we had 3 types of wine, fall/halloween candies, snickerdoodle cookies, flavored coffee, chips/pretzels/dip but I thought a cheeseball and crackers would have been nice but we forgot it.

[Laura]

these are easy and go over well...

cream cheese roll ups

8 oz. softened cream cheese

1/3 cup mayo

1/2 cup pitted green olives, chopped

1 can pitted black oloves, chopped

6 green onions(scallions), chopped

8 flour tortillas

1/2 cup salsa

mix together the cream cheese, mayo, black and green olives and green onions. spread on tortillas, roll up, and chill for about an hour. slice into 1" wheels and serve with a bowl of salsa

turkey cranberry rollups

8 oz. cream cheese softened

romainne lettuce

turkey lunch meat, sliced thinly

canned cranberry sauce( i like 1/2 jelly/1/2 whole berry

1 package tortillas

spread cream cheese on each tortilla, spread a thin layer of cranberry sauce, layer the turkey, then romainne. roll up tightly...cut into 1" wheels.

chili cheese dip is always good

mix half a block of mexican velveeta with 1/2 package of regular velveeta, add 1 can hormel chili ( no beans)...heat in microwave until the cheese is melted add 1/3 cup sour cream, 1/4 cup salsa, mix well and seerve with tortilla chips

mann, now i'm hungry!

[KristinesShower]

Thanks Chiptooth for the recipe. I posted it on another forum to help sweeten the posters a bit (read..hopefully settle them down)

I hope you don't mind!

[smore's]

A veggie pizza is cheap and goes a long way:

1 can Pilsbury cresent rolls

green pepper

carrots,

brocolli(YUCK)

cauliflower

1 tub sour cream

1 Philly cream cheese

1 Pack Hidden Valley Ranch

fine shredded cheese

Spread out cresent rolls on cookie sheet and bake according to package let cool

Mix cream cheese, s. cream and dip mix spread out

Add chopped up veggies and cheese cut into bite size squares and presto easy and quick snack. This can be prepared the night before. Good luck BTW

[Michi]

DANG PEOPLE, this post is making me drool!! LOL

All the recipes posted sound to die for!!!

[SheilaW]

I've never thought about serving wine. A little alcohol could be a very good thing! Drink Up!

OH yeah:yay: I don't even drink but it sounds like it might get them in a buying kinda mood.

[Alajane]

..about "learning by experience!" Your simple, inexpensive ideas sound like just what I think of for open house food. I think there are some great ideas on this thread.

Jane

[slow-burn]

I always do a dessert that has no name, lol!

You take 2 Small tubs of cool whip (8 oz size) or 1 16 oz size

Then add fresh or canned fruit

1 can of drained crushed pineapple

Nuts if you want Chopped fine

1 large package of vanilla INSTANT pudding (mix with geletin then add rest of ingredients)

1 large pack flavored geletin mix

Generally I will do orange jello, and canned mandarin oranges

Strawberry jello with fresh strawberries

And whip the baby up! Cheap, simple and easy, and sweet as can be!!

Ok, first I take the cool whip and put into a large bowl. Then in a smaller bowl, I take the vanilla pudding, and the flavored geletin and mix together~ DO NOT ADD ANYTHING, only the 2 powders. Once that is mixed, then I add this to the cool whip and whip real quick with the mixer. Take a can of crushed pineapple (whichever size you prefer, either alot or a little pineapple- I generally use the soup can size 12 or 16 oz) and drain well. If you are using fresh fruit, then cut that up, or if canned fruit, make sure you drain that as well. Fold these ingredients in with a spachula, and the chopped nuts if you want to add those. Wallah! You are done, and it takes about 10 minutes!!

edited to add more detailed directions

[gerrie]

I always do a dessert that has no name, lol!

You take 2 tubs of cool whip and mix with 1 large pack of geletin

Then add fresh or canned fruit

1 can of drained crushed pineapple

Nuts if you want Chopped fine

1 large package of vanilla INSTANT pudding (mix with geletin then add rest of ingredients)

Generally I will do orange jello, and canned mandarin oranges

Strawberry jello with fresh strawberries

And whip the baby up! Cheap, simple and easy, and sweet as can be!!

Okay Heather, you need to be more specific for people who don't do much cooking

Is that the small or large tubs of cool whip? I'm thinking small unless you're feeding the whole neighborhood.

And when you say mix the pudding with the geletin, then add rest of the ingredients, do you mean the rest of the pudding ingredients, as in milk? Or do you mix the dry pudding with the dry geletin and the add the rest of the ingredients. I can see a lumpy mess if I don't do this right.