Life is not all about scrapbooking!

Contrary to popular belief, there is life beyond the scrapbook world. However my family would disagree since i have paper all over this house and projects for CHA, new product.....HOLY MOLY! This weekend I'm throwing my art director a baby shower...I think i have all the bases covered, however I would like to have some last minute appetizer favorites...what do your guest just love when you throw a party...what are you always asked to bring. I want to see if i am missing something good i didn't think of.

Comments

[Sara]

Dirt Cake is my classic... Basically, it's a chocolate mouse layered with ground up oreo cookies and served in a plant pot!

Here's the recipe:

1 flower pot (8” tall)
1 small garden trowel
small pkg gummy worms
1 bunch silk/plastic flowers

16 oz Oreo cookies
1/2 cup butter or margarine, softened
8 oz cream cheese, softened
1 cup confectioner’s sugar
1 tsp vanilla
2 pkts instant chocolate pudding mix (or chocolate variety)
3 cups of milk
12 ounces of whipped topping (Cool Whip), thawed

1. Grind up Oreos until they resemble soil.
2. Combine butter and cream cheese in a large mixing bowl/
3. Blend in confectioner’s sugar, vanilla and milk, then the packets of instant chocolate pudding mix.
4. Fold in whipped topping and mix well until mixture resembles a chocolate mousse.
5. Press in aluminum foil into the bottom of the flower pot. You may wish to line the pot completely if it is made of a porous material.
6. Add a layer of crushed Oreos, and then a layer of the chocolate mixture, alternating until the container is filled. You should finish with a layer of crushed Oreos.
7. Finish off decorating the pot by “planting” the silk flowers and adding a few gummy worms to the top. Refrigerate at least 2 hours.
8. Serve using the garden trowel, with the following poem:

I know I look strange, but dig right in.
The flower is fake,
The dirt is cake.
I don’t need water or tender loving care,
Just eat my dirt ‘til the pot is bare.

[Linda A. (elendae)]

One of my favorite quick appetizers is a simple cheese and cracker plate. I like to take a brick of cream cheese and soften it slightly in the microwave and top with hot, spicy pepper jam. Great spread on crackers!

[Ramona]

My favorite snack is dates or dried plums (or any other dried kind of fruit) wrapped in breakfast bacon and then grilled in the oven or fried in the pan. Use a toothpick to keep the bacon in place.

[Tammy Kay]

My Chicken Salad is always a hit.

Cooked Chicken~ DUH!
Purple seedless grapes ( cut in half)
mayo
Plain low fat yogart ( mix this with the mayo. It really helps with the fat and gives it a unique taste)
Pecans
Salt and pepper to taste

I use lots of grapes. Just add everything together until it taste great.

I serve this with buttery crackers. It is yummy. Kinda light. Perfect for a baby shower.

[Cammeron]

My guests always ask for Oreo Truffles!!
You can find them on www.kraftfoods.com
SUPER easy and oh so delish! :)

[Catherine Scanlon]

I love to make baked brie with a yummy fresh blackberry sauce on top and a plate of crackers - easy yet elegant. YUM.

[Lori]

This is my standby for girlie parties:
1.Fruit platter and Fruit dip (marshmellow whip and softened cream cheese)
2.Veggies and ranch dip
3.Chicken salad on croissants or ckn salad on raisin bread with a slice of cucumber and then cut into squares

Love the additions!

[Kristianne]

Life outside of scrapbooking?? Hahaha! Have fun at teh shower. 2 things that are always a hit... those little weiners simmered in honey BBQ sauce and warm brownies.

[tonya]

i make cheese dip but i put a twist on it. i use the maple sausage and brown it and then i use the velvetta cheese melt that and rotel.. i don't drain the sausage either add to cheese and rotel and wala.. i am asked all the time to make this cheese dip. real easy and it is usually gone by the end of the day..

[lynda]

aawww a baby shower! well i'm always asked to bring a spinach dip. i use the receipe off of the knorrs soup mix box.
hope all goes well