ok imagine the scene - you a couple of female mates, bottle of white....

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queen green olives

teeny tiny blinis with sour cream and chives

at home or out?

Tortillas with dip made from cream cheese and sweet chili sauce or Tescos (not Sainsbury's) caramalised onion homous. Kettle chips (red ones or salt and pepper ones), carrot and cucumber sticks, olives.
I eat anything though.

Oh I missed the bit 'as a starter' .

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marinated artichokes from a jar.
would make handbag horribly oily, though.

I'd've thought the wine would be enough! lol

well you should have said it!

massive bowl of tortilla chips with salsa

twigletts

nachos with spicy chicken with some sour cream and guacamole,

lol at dings your dong

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My sister does something with goats cheese on french bread whacked under the grill and then balsamic vinegar drizzled on. Tis yummy and a bit more startery.
Yuk to the Ritz crackers though. They would be in my handbag.

Strawberries, cheeses (to line stomach )

Walkers sensations (the big bags)
Salsa (but must be fresh)

Anything else interferes with the wine

Ah on reading OP it depends on what shes cooking as main

Bruschetta is good/easy/boring

marinated olives
chips & dips

(I'd stuff any choc in my handbag for later)

picky bits need to be one-handed food (wine glass in t'other) and blend into the floor if there is a lot of wine

Kathy - you put one of these in your handbag, it's a sort of liner for when you are at a foodie pal's. Some people use them to store food for real, apparently [weirdies]

Tapas - Anchovies in vinegar (boquerones en vinagre), chorizo (preferably the fresh stuff, sliced and fried) and little squares of tortilla con patate(spanish omlette). Serve with a Spanish variation on bruschetta which is country bread(baguette will do) grilled, rubbed with garlic and then rubbed with half of a ripe tomato and sprinkled with sea salt.

Wandering Trolley!

Actually I think I already have one in my handbag. I never go anywhere without a ziplock bag in case someone is sick.

olives
homous
salad veg sticks
good quality potato and vegetable crisps

Or Tapas type things - Waitrose do a good range

My fave meal with teh girls are a really nice cheese platter biscuits/celery grapes and a HUGE plate of fat chips and mayo/ketchup

Or a HUGE pile of mucky nachos

papparillos stuffed with cream cheese..bit of a faff to do though

I love having nuts when I'm out as we can't have them at home because of ds.

bilinis / toasted rye bread
sour cream
smoked salmon
caviar
thin sliced cucumber
thin sliced cornicons

assemble it yourself.

anything salted and bite size

blininis easy and satisfying to make - recipe on side of doves farm rye flour bag.