EASY Pasta Salad Appetizer for a crowd

 

 

Ingredients: 

Broccoli

Salami

Red & Yellow cherry tomatoes

button mushrooms

Artichoke hearts marinated

hearts of palm

chunks of cheese

parmesan shredded cheese

Mozzarella balls

salad dressing

Cooked tortellini

Green & black olives

I use as much as each item as I see fit. It's up to you how much you'd like to use. Cut all items into bite size pieces & toss with dressing

Sprinkle with a little parmesan cheese & toss again. You can serve with toothpicks if cut into larger pieces, or serve as a pasta salad.

Enjoy!

Goat cheese Tart

1 package goat cheese
Fresh Thyme
Salt/pepper
puff pastry dough
Cherry tomatoes
(could use orange AND red to make it fancy)
Pesto 1 tsp.
2 onions

Bring goat cheese to room temperature. In bowl mix goat cheese and pesto until soft & spreadable. Lay puff pastry dough out onto sheet pan. Cut onions and saute in olive oil until carmelized, about 20 minutes. Spread goat cheese mixture onto puff pastry, gently, leaving a small rim all around edges. Top with Carmelized onions. Cut cherry tomatoes in half & spread evenly over top. Season with salt/pepper and fresh thyme. Cook 350 degree oven until pastry is golden, about 15 to 20 minutes. Cut into serving size pieces & plate.

Spinach Dip

This dip I made because I didn't have artichokes in the house, didn't feel like going to the grocery store to get them! Instead of making my artichoke dip, which is YUM, I made up a new recipe, tweaked a few things from the spinach dip recipe I had & this is what we got:

1 bag of spinach (cook in microwave for 7 minutes), 1 block of cream cheese few dashes of hot sauce few dashes of worcestershire sauce About a cup of cheese: I used some parmesan & cheddar mixed Ground in food processor: olive oil 2 cloves of garlic 1 medium onion Mix all together, put in baking dish, heat 350 degrees for about 1/2 hour & serve with crackers (or baguettes, bread slices, or nacho chips). It was very good. Enjoy~