Easy Recipes Needed

Updated on March 13, 2008
T.F. asks from Orlando, FL
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I'm having friends over for a ladies night on Friday and I need some ideas of yummy, easy to make snack type foods to serve. I do NOT cook, so "easy" stuff -- nothing with a zillion ingredients and a bunch of steps to prepare it! I was thinking about a dip (for veggies and crackers), a couple of finger foods, and a non-chocolate dessert (someone will be bringing some of that new "healthy chocolate" that she sells). Thanks!!

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K.F.

answers from Panama City on

One of my favorite EZ recipes is for "heartstoppers"

ingredients:
cocktail weiners
bacon
brown sugar

what to do:
wrap each weiner in a 1/2 piece of bacon-place on a greased cookie sheet -- cover with brown sugar. Bake on 375 for about 5 minutes (until bacon is done)

These are YUMMY - they taste like honey baked ham

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P.E.

answers from Panama City on

real easy Go to storeget prepared trays: crackers & cheese, meats,vegetables with dip, fruit, shrimp, sub trays

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S.B.

answers from Fort Walton Beach on

This recipe is so easy and is really yummy. I am a Pampered chef consultant and recently tried this at a meeting. It was so good. Good luck with your party. You can check out my site for other recipes that might look good. My business is listed on site if you need more recipes let me know I'll e-mail them to you.
Good Luck
S. B.
Independent Kitchen consultant
Crestview, fl
The Pampered Chef ®
Strawberry Cream Trifle
Shopping List
1/2 cup sliced almonds
1 pkg (10.75 oz) frozen pound cake, thawed
1 qt. fresh strawberries
1 container (16 oz) frozen sliced strawberries in syrup
1 lemon
3 containers (8 oz each) blended strawberry yogurt
1 pkg (3.4 oz) cheesecake instant pudding and pie filling
1 container (8 oz) frozen whipped topping, thawed
Powdered sugar

Cook's Tip: Vanilla or white chocolate pudding and pie filling can be substituted for the cheesecake pudding, if desired. If using vanilla pudding, add 6-8 drops of red food coloring for a pinker color, if desired.

The Pampered Chef ®
Strawberry Cream Trifle
Recipe


1/2 cup sliced almonds, toasted
1 pkg (10.75 oz) frozen pound cake, thawed
1 qt. fresh strawberries
1 container (16 oz) frozen sliced strawberries in syrup, thawed
1 lemon
3 containers (8 oz each) blended strawberry yogurt
1 pkg (3.4 oz) cheesecake instant pudding and pie filling
1 container (8 oz) frozen whipped topping, thawed, divided
Powdered sugar

Coarsely chop almonds using Food Chopper. Cut pound cake into 1-in. cubes using Color Coated Bread Knife; set aside. Set aside one strawberry for garnish. Hull remaining strawberries and cut into quarters. In Classic Batter Bowl, combine fresh and frozen strawberries; mix well.

Juice lemon using Juicer to measure 2 tbsp juice. In Mixing Bowl, whisk lemon juice, yogurt and pudding mix until smooth using Whisk; immediately fold in 1 cup of the whipped topping.

To assemble trifle, place one-third of the pound cake cubes into bottom glass bowl or any bowl. Top pound cake with one-third of the strawberry mixture. Top with half of the yogurt mixture, spreading evenly. Sprinkle with one-third of the almonds. Repeat layers one time. Top with remaining pound cake cubes and remaining strawberry mixture.

To garnish, spread remaining whipped topping over top of trifle, forming a flat surface using Small Spreader. Sprinkle remaining almonds over whipped topping. Sprinkle with powdered sugar . Create strawberry fan with reserved strawberry; place into center of trifle.


Yield: 12 servings


Nutrients per serving: Calories 290, Total Fat 10 g, Saturated Fat 6 g, Cholesterol 40 mg, Carbohydrate 44 g, Protein 5 g, Sodium 240 mg, Fiber 2 g


Cook's Tip: To toast almonds, place almonds into Small Micro-Cooker®; microwave on HIGH 1-2 minutes or until golden brown, stirring after each 30-second interval. Cool completely.

Vanilla or white chocolate pudding and pie filling can be substituted for the cheesecake pudding, if desired. If using vanilla pudding, add 6-8 drops of red food coloring for a pinker color, if desired.


This one is good to: could make this a mexican style nacho

The Pampered Chef ®
Jerk Chicken Nachos
Recipe


6 cups tortilla chips
3 cups diced or shredded cooked chicken
2 cups (8 oz) shredded cheddar and Monterey Jack cheese blend
2 tbsp taco seasoning, divided
1 small yellow or red bell pepper or combination
1 lime
2 tbsp snipped fresh cilantro
1/4 cup sour cream and 1 tsp additional Jamaican Jerk Rub (optional)

Preheat oven to 425°F. Arrange tortilla chips in a slightly overlapping layer on Large Round Stone with Handles.

In Bowl, combine chicken, cheese and 1 tbsp of the rub; mix gently using Small Mix ‘N Scraper®. Sprinkle chicken mixture evenly over tortilla chips. Bake 5-7 minutes or until cheese is melted; remove from oven to Stackable Cooling Rack.

Meanwhile, dice bell pepper with Knife. Cut lime in half crosswise. Juice half of the lime using Citrus Press into Bowl; add remaining rub and bell pepper and mix well.

Snip cilantro using Kitchen Shears.

Spoon bell pepper mixture over nachos; sprinkle evenly with cilantro. If desired, combine sour cream and additional rub in resealable plastic bag; trim corner to allow sour cream to flow through. Pipe sour cream mixture over nachos. Garnish with lime slices.


Yield: 12 servings


Nutrients per serving: Calories 180, Total Fat 9 g, Saturated Fat 4.5 g, Cholesterol 45 mg, Carbohydrate 12 g, Protein 14 g, Sodium 310 mg, Fiber 1 g


Cook's Tip: Use the Classic Batter Bowl to measure tortilla chips easily. Discard broken chips.

This recipe can also be prepared on the Large Bar Pan, if desired.

© The Pampered Chef, Ltd., 2001
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C.R.

answers from Orlando on

Simple: sometimes I just pour ranch dressing into a bowl and have carrots, red bell berries and celery cut up. People who like vegies go for it and those that need a dip go for it also.

The easiest and tastiest: take a cream cheese package/or low fat cream cheese and put it in the middle of a dinner plate. Pour your choice of picante sauce/salsa over it. Warm in microwave for one minute. Put crackers on the edge of the plate or in a bowl. Takes less than five minutes to prepare and offers many minutes of pleasure.

Here is the easiest and tastiest dessert. Scottish Shortbread.

1 cube butter
cream with 1/2 cup sugar.
slowly add 2 1/2 flour. Use mixer and mix till well creamed.
Before cooking, take a fork and draw straight lines across shortbread and the other lines, perpendicular. Sprinkle 1/4 cup of sugar across top. Bake at 350 untill golden light brown. 25-35 minutes, depending on size of pan.

Take out of oven. After 5 minutes, cut into small pieces. If you forget to do this, shortbread may stick to pan and not cut correctly.

takes about 10 minutes to make.

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D.G.

answers from Pensacola on

Hey Tammi........here is a quick and GOOD recipe. Its a cheese ball, all you need is cream cheese, Ranch dressing in a packet, and mix that together and roll in shredded cheese and serve cold with crackers!!! Its so easy and addicting. Another one I have is sandwhich ham, cream cheese, dill pickle, roll and cut. YUMMY!

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B.H.

answers from Los Angeles on

Always a favourite, looks like a you did so much but if you can cut you are in.
Shallow pie dish (I use a sqaure glass baking dish)

Layer 1: cover the bottom with a thin layer of sour cream
Layer 2: cover with salsa
Layer 3: chopped green and red peppers (can count as 2 layers! LOL)
Layer 4: tomatos
Layer 5: green onions
Layer 6: shredded cheese

Serve with tortilla chips, crackers, bread, it's all good.

It is always the first thing to go at any potluck.

* Get creative, add anything you would like for another layer...something seafoody is nice too!

B.
Family Healht and Wellness Coach

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J.S.

answers from Orlando on

I always go to www.cooks.com It's a website where you can submit your recipes. They have catagories and also a good search bar. Good luck and have fun!

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J.D.

answers from Jacksonville on

I have two recipes I always make and I always have to give out the directions before people leave! First one is veggie pizza, you'll need a package of crescent roll dough, cream cheese, hidden valley ranch dip powder packet, and carrots and broccoli (you can add extra veggies if you like, we use cucumber as well) Let the cream cheese soften for about and hour, use a mixer and blend in half a packet of the ranch dip, lay the crescent roll dough onto a cookie sheet flat and bake if for about 18 minutes until golden brown, let it cool, spread the cream cheese mix over the top and top with the diced veggies and slice into small squares! Yummy!

The other one I use is salsa cream cheese dip. Soften two blocks of cream cheese mix with one regular size jar of salsa, I use a hand mixer and blend the cream cheese by itself for a minute before I add the salsa so it doesn't get chunky. Chill for a little while, maybe an hour and serve it with tortilla chips! It sounds really easy and I was skeptical at first but it's sooooo delicious! Anyways, those are my two faves and they seem to be everyone elses as well! Even the guys love them! Good luck!

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S.S.

answers from Jacksonville on

Best and easiest dip I serve at get togethers is:

Jalapeno Cream Cheese Dip

1 jar Jalapeno Jelly
1 block Cream Cheese (low fat is fine)
Crackers to dip

Leave cream cheese out to get to room temp and place in dish and just pour the jelly on top! That's it and I promise it is yummy! Can't get any easier than that!

Have fun!

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C.H.

answers from Fort Walton Beach on

Fruit Dip:
2 packages Cream Cheese (softened)
half cup Caramel ice cream topping
1 cup brown sugar
Mix in bowl until well blended. Chill for a couple hours.

Serve with apple slices. To DIE for!! Everyone will totally love it!
~C.

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F.R.

answers from Pensacola on

I love food! This is totally my area. Stuffed mushrooms are very easy. Many different variations on the web for filling.
Artichoke/Spinach dip is also very easy and a real winner. I use one from the Kraft Food and Family magazine. It should be on kraftfoods.com as well.
For a cool dip, use the hidden valley ranch dry packet and mix with one container of sour cream. This goes great with Ruffles and all kinds of cut up veggies.
Desserts come without chocolate? :o) This is the time of year for cupcakes. Any variation is good. Rice Krispie treats are usually a crowd pleaser. I make a really easy baked apple dish. You take a can of crescent rolls and one large granny smith apple. Peel and cut the apple into 8 equal parts. Wrap each apple with one triangle of crescent roll. Pour half a can of sprite in the dish with it. Melt a stick of butter and add in some sugar. I don't measure things... sorry. Drizzle the butter/sugar mixture over the tops of all the apples. Sprinkle with cinnamon or cinnamon mixture and bake at 350 until done. ha The tops will be browned, the liquid will be bubbly and it forms a slight crust.
I've got tons more recipes for all sorts of things. I do this stuff on a regular basis. Everything from brie to touchdown taco dip and banana split brownie pizza. If you want more just email and I'll give you what I have. ____@____.com

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S.R.

answers from Orlando on

Whenever my friends and I have a mom's night in, I am "required" to make my nachos. They are super easy and a huge hit. I just take tortilla chips and spoon salsa on them, then cover with shredded cheese. Then you just pop them in the oven until the cheese melts.

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J.R.

answers from Orlando on

EMPANADAS. They sell the dough (Goya is the best)already sliced and in stacks of 10 in the frozen section in most markets(winn dixie). and you fill it with what ever you like. you can add cheese or seasoned ground beef.If you want easy just half a slice of american cheese will do and you fold it press the edges with a fork and fry. so easy. I have my co-worker hooked. hope you try it.

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N.I.

answers from Daytona Beach on

Hi Tammy, I hate cooking...so if it's something simple..I do either a dip kinda...get cream chesse and mix it w/spam. Make sure you cut the spam in small pieces and mix it all together until they blend and the spam is almost the same texture of the cream cheese. I'm lazy so I put it on the blender!! hey save time! and then set it up on a bowl as a ball form and in top of it put a lot of (depends if you like it) pinapple jelly (if not orange-pinapple)and give it w/crackers. I love it!! and my friends too!!!

Another one, my friend gave me this recipe.
on a baking bowl or aluminum (one of those lasagna bowls to put in the oven medium-small size) add (everything depends how much you are doing) a layer of cream chesse, 1-2 cans of shredded chicken (like the tuna cans but in chicken) add salsa and shredded cheddar cheese (or the one you like) cover it and If i'm not mistaking bake it for 10mins in 350 degrees..just check it until the middle is hot and the cheese in the top is melted...and put it next to the chips (best w/mexican chips).

Those are my life-saving recipes...if not do what I also did for my son's b-day. I went to B-J or Costco and buy those big trays for like $12.00 or so of taquitos, burritos, other stuff like that re=heat and give it w/chips...
Good luck!!!

J.M.

answers from Orlando on

Knorr spinach dip is super easy and everyone I know LOVES it. Just get a package of Knorr vegetable soup mix and the recipe is on the back! It's just mayo, sour cream, scallions, and a thawed 10oz package of frozen chopped spinach. I make it every time I have a get-together because it's such a hit! Good luck!

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T.C.

answers from Pensacola on

Two Sisters Gourmet has great recipe ideas online using their products. They will help you make impressive dips and snacks with little effort. Right now they have tart shells on sale at buy one get one free that can be filled with anything from instant pudding to ice cream and topped with canned whipped cream. They also have a simple recipe for pecan caramel tarts that is unbelievably simple (my 9 yo daughter makes it by herself!) using their jarred caramel sauce and chocolate espresso sauce, pecans, and tarts. Visit the web site at www.twosistersgourmet.com/web/tchmiel to find recipes and order the products.

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T.A.

answers from Daytona Beach on

Dip recipe. My favorite is Dill Dip. You can look it up under www.google.com and put in Dill dip. But what I do is 1/2 cup mayo
1/2 cup sour cream
1 table spoon of dill weed
(Dry dill comes in a sm bottle
just like cinnamon and other spices)
Mix it up and put it back in fridge for a few hours.
Great for veggies and other dippers.

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D.A.

answers from Orlando on

My easy favorite that every time I make it everyone wants to know how. In a crock pot take Frozen Armor meatballs italian or regular flavor, big bag in frozen section at Publix and pour them into crock pot. On top pour 2 cans cream of Mushroom soup, one 16OZ sour cream and 1 can milk. Do NOT stir ingredients until they have been cooking for 1 hour. Then stir. Cook for approximately 4 hours. Easy Swedish Meatballs.

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M.R.

answers from Jacksonville on

You can NEVER go wrong with Spinach Dip in the bread bowl. Just follow the recipe on the back of the Knorr vegetable soup pack and pick up a bread bowl at your grocery store bakery!

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K.D.

answers from Jacksonville on

If you are a member at Sam's, Costco, or BJ's they have tons of finger foods. One of my fav's is frozen pinwheels, you just set them out 1 hours before party and they're ready to eat (no fuss). Also, you can never go wrong w/shrimp coctail. I'm always having parties/showers and the shrimp is ALWAYS the first thing to go. Have fun!!!

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T.A.

answers from Orlando on

For the dessert, what about buying a tub of that refrigerated Philidelphia cream cheese cheesecake filling that you are supposed to just dump into a graham crust BUT instead of serving it as a "cheesecake", serve it as a "dip" in a pretty bowl along with a platter of graham crackers and fruit for dipping. It is really tasty stuff!

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C.J.

answers from Gainesville on

deviled eggs are always a big hit. boil the eggs for 1 minute, then let simmer for 12 minutes, then let soak in water an additional 10 minutes. drain and peel eggs.

5 eggs, hard-cooked
2 tablespoons mayonnaise
1 1/2 teaspoons prepared mustard
1 1/2 teaspoons vinegar
1 teaspoon lemon juice
Salt and pepper (to taste)

Peel hard-cooked eggs and cut in half lengthwise. Remove yolks and mash with a fork. Briskly stir in remaining ingredients until mixture is smooth. Fill egg whites and sprinkle with paprika.

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E.M.

answers from Daytona Beach on

One of my favorite finger foods is jalapeno poppers. Just go by fresh green japs, chedder cheese and cream cheese. Cut each jap in half, scrape all of the seeds out, and rinse them. After that, spoon cream cheese out into the japs( a good amount)then sprinkle with shredded chedder on top. Bake them(about 300-350degrees) until cheese on top is melted(I like mine to bubble a little),serve em hot. It's a definite crowd pleaser. Good tips- you may want to wear gloves b/c the seeds can really burn you, also make sure you get all the seeds out if you don't like hot stuff.

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