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Snacks and Appetizers

© Shawn Price

Snack?n food. Next time you and your friends settle in for a movie fest in front of the television, serve something better than chips out of the bag. These tidbits are quick and easy and will impress!

*Olive and Cheese Crackers*
Will fill you up! Very tasty

1 box shredded wheat crackers

SPREAD:

1 1/2 c. mayonnaise
2 c. Mozzarella cheese, shredded
1 can ripe olives, chopped
6 green onions, sliced

Place crackers, edges touching, on cookie sheet. Mix cheese spread. Spread on crackers. Bake at 250 degrees for 20 minutes. Serve hot.

*Healthier Snack Mix*
Not just empty calories

1 c. pretzels, unsalted
1 c. roasted peanuts, unsalted
1 c. raisins
1 c. sunflower seeds, unsalted

Break pretzels into bite-size pieces. Mix ingredients together. Store in airtight container.

*Hot Ham and Cheese Rolls*
Guaranteed to be wolfed down

2 pkgs. finger rolls
8 slices pkg. ham, sliced thin
Approximately 10 slices Swiss cheese

SAUCE:

1 stick margarine, melted
1/4 c. sugar
1 tbsp. grated onion
2 tbsp. poppy seed
2 tbsp. mustard
Salt and pepper

Mix sauce ingredients in a sauce pan and simmer about 5 minutes. Baste both sides of roll with sauce. Place ham and cheese inside rolls. Cover with foil and bake 30 minutes at 325 degrees. Serve hot.

*Sweet and Salty Cracker Snack*
The title tells all

1 stick margarine
1 stick butter
3/4 c. sugar
1 box Club crackers
Sliced almonds

Lay crackers flat on cookie sheet. In saucepan bring to boil sugar, butter and margarine. Spoon this on top of crackers. Put on a few sliced almonds. Bake 10 minutes in 350 degree oven. Cool on foil.

*Water Chestnuts Wrapped in Bacon*
Excellent when it is cold outside

1 lb. bacon
4 cans whole water chestnuts
1/4 c. soy sauce
1/2 c. brown sugar

Cut bacon in thirds. Wrap a strip of bacon around a water chestnut and poke a flat toothpick through the bacon and water chestnut. Continue wrapping water chestnuts with bacon until finished. Place each water chestnut that has been wrapped on broiler pan. Cook until bacon is crisp. Mix soy sauce and brown sugar together in bowl. Place each water chestnut with bacon in sauce and marinate for a couple of seconds. Serve hot.

*Tortilla Roll-Ups*
Adapts easily ? look in your refrigerator for tidbits to add

8 - 12 flour tortilla
1 (8 oz.) block cream cheese
1 sm. can black olives, chopped
1 sm. can diced green chilies
Dash Tabasco sauce

Cream together cream cheese, olives, chilies, Tabasco sauce. Spread approximately 2 tablespoons onto a tortilla and roll jelly-roll fashion and roll in plastic wrap and chill. Before serving cut into 3/8 inch wide pieces and serve with salsa for dipping.

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