The DIVA of TINY FOODS: 12/1/08

20081224

CUCUMBER DIP - Holiday Spread and Dip

This is a favorite spread/dip I make with cucumbers and cream cheese that I have simply dressed up for the holidays in Christmas colors!

Now, forgive me but it's Christmas Eve and I have a lot of cooking to do so I'm back to slaving over a hot stove - BUT don't forget:

As A Special Holiday Treat for all you Baby Boomers
and Children Who Will Never Grow Up

I am presenting:
THE ENTIRE BROADCAST OF
PETER PAN
Starring MARY MARTIN
at The PopArtDiva Retro Baby Boomer Blog

YESTERDAY: PARTS ONE THROUGH SEVEN
TODAY: PARTS EIGHT TO END
SPECIAL SONGS from Peter Pan

ENJOY THE NOSTALGIA AND
MERRY CHRISTMAS EVE!

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20081223

CHRISTMAS CHEESE BITES - MIni Cheese Balls!

These little cream cheese and blue cheese tidbits are wonderful little mini cheese balls that your guests can just pop in their mouth - no cracker required! They're perfect finger food for your holiday buffet and the blue cheese gives them a nice little zing!

Stop by and grab some Holiday Martini recipes for your party too at The Martini Diva.

As A Special Holiday Treat for all you Baby Boomers
and Children Who Will Never Grow Up:

THE ENTIRE BROADCAST OF
PETER PAN
Starring MARY MARTIN

TODAY: Parts One through Seven
TOMORROW: Parts Eight to The End
watch them at The PopArtDiva Retro Baby Boomer Blog!

20081222

CRANBERRIED MEATBALLS - Ho, Ho, Wholesome!

This is a fun and sweet variation on the traditional boomer classic appetizer of Swedish Meatballs. It's kind of a Christmas style sweet and sour meatball recipe and it's really good!

Serve it up with The Christmas Cranapple-tini and then get on over to my pop culture blog for baby boomers because:

As A Special Holiday Treat for all you Baby Boomers
and Children Who Will Never Grow Up
Over the next three days I will present:
THE ENTIRE BROADCAST OF
PETER PAN
Starring MARY MARTIN
at The PopArtDiva Retro Baby Boomer Blog

20081219

IT'S GRINCH TIME with my Mean Grinch Spinach Dip

THE TINY FOOD DIVA GOES GREEN - TEEHEE!

Today on The PopArtDiva Blog I posted "You're A Mean One, Mr. Grinch" for my Old School Friday meme. I just love The Grinch and I love that song - it always makes me laugh.

So, here's a little more Grinch for you for the Christmas season with Mean Grinch Spinach Dip for some holiday laughter - and this one you get to eat! And you can even have a Grinch inspired martini: The Grinch-a-tini!

20081217

Baked Cranberry Brie - Holiday and Christmas Appetizers

My last post was a recipe for Sugared Cranberries which ties in very nicely with this Baked Cranberry Brie appetizer. This is an easy snack recipe - just grab some of Pillsbury's Pie Dough Rolls, a round or log of good brie, some whole cranberry sauce, some pecans and you're ready to create an elegant, warm and creamy appetizer.

Try this with The Christmas Cosmo which is a cranberry based martini and will complement this dish nicely!

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20081215

HOLIDAY FINGER FOODS - Sugared Cranberries

One of my favorite holiday garnishes is Sugared Cranberries. They are a wonderful accent to meat and cheese plates or charcuterie platters.

They are wonderful as a snack all by themselves, make perfect Holiday Martini garnishes and are a wonderful taste accent on a baked brie!

And remember, if you need some holiday or Christmas cocktails, stop by The Martini Diva for all my Christmas Martini recipes this month!

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20081212

Christmas Appetizers - Blue Cheese Pear Tartlets

These Blue Cheese Pear Tartlets are so good I serve them all year but they are a really nice combination of sweet and savory to add to your holiday table.

To perk them up for your Christmas buffet cut some of the phyllo dough out with mini Christmas cookie cutters and place that on top of the filling just before you heat it again.

These are also great for a cocktail hour of a few people - especially if you serve them with my Pear Martini!

20081210

CHRISTMAS CRAB STACKS - Crab in puff pastry for your holiday buffet

If you read this blog often you will know I am very fond of crab appetizers. Whether they are hot or cold, dips or spreads, if there's crab in a tiny food I'm all for it!

This recipe uses puff pastry to make little fluffy crab sandwiches - stacks - for a perfect little finger food bite. The touch of horseradish gives the crab a great little zing!

Try them out and pop over to the Martini Diva for my latest Christmas Martinis to add some extra holiday cheer to the season!

If you have a Tiny Food question, please feel free to ask me in a comment and I'll respond back here in the comments section or in a new post!

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20081208

BACON CHEESE TART BITES - Holiday, Christmas Finger Foods

You just can't go wrong with appetizers that start with bacon and cheese! These Bacon Cheese Tart Bites are one small bite of savory holiday heaven. They're also easy as pie - get it? - pie, tart? Oh, okay, I'll stop with the bad puns and let you get back to your Christmas Recipe hunting!
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20081205

Christmas Cheese Ball - Traditional holiday appetizer

I'm going to be posting my Christmas Tiny Food recipes this month and to start I decided to post the one thing you almost always see on a Holiday H'ors D'oeuvre table - the traditional Cheddar Cheese Ball rolled in pecans.

No, it's not fancy or gourmet - but the reason these are still popping up during the Christmas party season is that people like them! So don't miss out on a finger food with that comfort food touch and try my Cheese Ball out for the holiday season!

I'll be posting my Christmas Martinis this month too at The Martini Diva so stop by there and download those recipe cards for your holiday parties.

20081203

GUACAMOLE - Avocado Dip

Today is my first post from California so I decided to post one of my favorite recipes that uses avocados - Guacamole. When I lived in California before I had an avocado tree and so I was lucky enough to be able to have Guacamole from my very own avocados! I plan on planting a tree again now that I am back in the Golden State.

I can be very happy with a huge bowl of Guacamole, some crisp white corn tortilla chips and a martini from The Martini Diva! In fact, I shall be sitting on the back deck later today, letting the warm California sun caress my body as I sip a martini and enjoy my avocado dip and chips - care to join me?

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