nice nibbly things for saturday night

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easy and no fancy ingredients please, im a bit strapped this week

having a few pals round and want to cook/prepare food but not a meal

nice recipes gratefully received

TIA

Ahhh, I have the perfect thing. I went to a girly night at a friend's house the other week and she made a beautiful spinach dip, which was basically inside a loaf of bread, served with tortillas around it to dip. Sounds gross, spinach, but it was delicious:

1 x 8oz pack of cream cheese
½ cup of mayonnaise
1 small onion, chopped
1 tin of spinach
½ cup of grated mature cheddar cheese
Small bunch of fresh dill
Salt and pepper
Uncut loaf

 Slice the top off the loaf and carefully scoop out the inside, leaving about an inch all round

 Mix all ingredients* together well and fill loaf

 Bake in a slow oven (180c/160c fan oven) for 1 ? 1½ hours

 Serve with corn chips

*For best results blitz onion and dill together into a paste and then mix with the other ingredients

wow! i love spinach

thanks

baked camemberts with french bread. Balsamic vinegar also to dip bread in and olives with feta.

Bake the camembert in foil but slice the top off first and then lay it back down before you put it in the oven.

My faves are prunes in bacon, brie and grapes on sticks, mini plum tomatoes / basil leaf / mozzarella cubes on sticks (anything on sticks!), strawberries dipped in melted choc, home-made hummous and guacamole. And lots and lots of wine

blinis ?

I usually do cream cheese and smoked salmon (smoked trout cheaper and v. tasty) and this weekend I did some with melted mozarella on topped with a bit of pesto.

slice the top of the camembert then lay it down on the sliced off top, wrap in foil, then what?

not sure of the prunes in bacon

i love basil and toms and mozz thanks

pack of puff pastry, some parmesan and marmite.

two snacks.

One would be cheese straws - mix some of pastry with parmesan (fold/roll) roll out thin and cut into strips, twist, brush with egg and sprinkle with sesame seeds. bake.

Other - roll out thin, spread with marmite, kind of fold up butterfly type into middle and slice from roll (not explained well)- nice marmitey pastry biscuits. (after baking)

Yum!

oh i forgot about blinis

i sometimes do sliced scallops on blinis but might try smoked trout

ta

toasted brucetta with toppings like:-

brie and bacon bits
tuna mayo and chopped red onion
chopped tomato in balsamic vinegar

oh flatmouse that sounds ace! and el cheapo too

mini oatcakes form marks

salmon pate (ditto)

big fark off prawn ont eh top
and somehing green
everyoen loves em

king prawn ring from iceland (they was on offer last time i went in there)

also puff pastry roled out
cutinto stupid shapes

put on parmesan and cayenne
cook whne htey arrive for about 5 mins
look very dom god
are piece of piss

no to kin prwan ring

the prawn thing was deff most popular

did fiddel abotu wiht fet and roasted peppers w but was a wast eof time tbh

i am going to try the baked camembert

can soemone tell me more

prawn ring is SO 70's

very messy btu delish
antoher one is philly ad LOADS of seet chilli sauce
and ritz crakcers
kind of retro adnut at the end someone always takes the palte off and licks it

nah, im bored with philly

and i HATE smoked salmon

ah toyouc an take a girl out of scotland

bake it for about 20 mins at 200 dgrs c. Keep an eye on it, and make sure it is nice and cooked through in the middle. It starts to go firm when it begins to cool and you want it nice and runny for your guests.
You dont have to completely slice the top off, just enough to be able to check it in teh middle if you like, but wrap it in foil and put it on a pyrex dish to catch the cheese if it bubbles over.

am hoping if i provide food this time they wont get so pissed and i can avoid another ASBO

they wont be as pissed.
our parties are never as bad as the first one we had

to cheese bubbling over

Rocket salad with mozzarella, tomatoes and a drizzle of balsamic vinegar is lovely too