No effort (or "looks like no effort") nibbles - ideas welcome

[lilolilmanchester]

Get together with some girlfriends once every month or two for wine, nibbles &chat. We've been doing this for quite a while, with crisps/nuts/dips/breadsticks/olives/cheese & biscuits getting boring making a regular appearance. The unspoken deal is that we don't make too much effort, don't spend too much money, and definitely don't want to get into "one-up-manship". Any thoughts? I don't mind making stuff but don't want to make others feel they have to do more than pick up a few bits from the supermarket on their way home from work. Any thoughts? (All will have had tea, so nothing too substantial).

Dry fry some cumin & coriander seeds, mix with salt & chopped pistachios. Serve with strips of pita bread & flavoured oils. You dip the pita into the oil then into the spices....gorgeous.

Forgot to say to grind the spices (preferably in a pestle & mortar rather than an electric grinder as you want a bit of texture rather than powder).

ooh, liking the sound of that one helsbels, thanks

Mini oatcakes with a bit of goats cheese and a blob of onion marmalade. Yummy.

Buy a cheap wooden platter from pound shop. Cover Italian-stylee in cold meats, cheeses, a loaf of good bread cut into chunks, olives and some marinated roasted veg (from a jar).

Bottle or 3 of good red.

Sorted

Bake a round of camembert, cut up some carrots/cucumber/french bread - thats what we have at our girly get togethers!

I make pull apart pizza bites too, you could use ready t o roll pizza dough, cheese & pasta sauce to make a quick version.

am going to have to do a lot of entertaining to get through these, but I really would use all of them - thanks

Let us know how you get on!

I will - at risk of outing myself!