Appetizers and Drinks

Hot Artichoke Dip Recipe #1

1 can artichokes drained and chopped
1/2 cup grated Parmesan cheese
1/2 cup Best Foods mayonnaise
2 - 3 TB diced green chilies

Bake at 350 degrees until bubbly. 

Hot Artichoke Dip Recipe #2

1 jar artichoke hears drained and chopped
1 cup sour cream 
1 cup mayonnaise
1 cup grated Parmesan cheese
Garlic salt
Lemon Pepper

Bake at 350 degrees until it bubbles.
Serve with crackers or veggies.

Christmas Tree Appetizer

8 oz. Cream Cheese
cinnamon stick

1/2 jar of green jalapeno jelly

red pepper

sour cream

Pepperidge Farm Quartet Crackers

Take the cream cheese rectangle out of the package and cut diagonally creating two triangles.  Put the halves together on the uncut long edge, creating a bigger triangle,  Cover with jelly.  Stick cinnamon stick in the bottom for a trunk.  Decorate tree with sour cream piped to look like garland.  Make a small star out of the red pepper  to go on top of the tree.   Serve with the Quartet Crackers.

Stuffed Mushrooms Recipe #1

1 lb. mushrooms

3 oz of cream cheese

4 TB butter

1/2 lb. of bacon

1 tsp parsley

Wash and remove stems of mushrooms. Saute mushroom caps  in  2 TB butter.  Whip together cream cheese, bacon, Parmesan cheese, parsley, 2 TB melted butter. Fill mushrooms and bake at 350 degrees for 20 to 25 minutes.

Stuffed Mushrooms Recipe #2

1 8 oz pkg. bulk sausage

1 8 oz. pkg. cream cheese

1 lb. mushrooms

2 TB Butter

Wash and remove stems of mushrooms.  Saute mushrooms in butter.  Cook sausage and drain.  Mix sausage and cream cheese while still warm.  Fill each mushroom with sausage mixture.  Sprinkle with Parmesan cheese.  Bake at 350 degrees for 20 to 25 minutes.

Mormon Tea or Mormon Slush

10 cups of water

2 cups sugar

1 can frozen orange juice

1 can frozen lemon juice

1 1/2 tsp vanilla

1 1/2 tsp almond flavoring

If making the slush, 

2 bottles of lemon lime soda (like Sprite)

Bring water and sugar to a boil, stirring frequently until the sugar is dissolved.  Add the juices, vanilla and almond flavoring. Mix well and pour into empty and clean plastic milk or juice bottles.  Freeze at least for overnight.  When ready to serve, carefully cut the plastic container off the frozen mixture and put in punch bowl.  Pour soda over  the slush mixture.  Let it sit a few minutes and start breaking it up into the soda, until it becomes slush.  

* For Mormon Tea, serve above ingredients hot, without the lemon lime soda. 

Frozen Hot Chocolate

Put three cups of ice cubes in a blender jar.  Cover with non fat milk.  Add 1/2 cup powdered milk, 3 TB Hershey's cocoa powder, 2/3 cup of Splenda or sugar, 2 tsp. vanilla.  Pulse in blender on ice crusher  for about 30 seconds.  Serve immediately.