Anybody have any good appetizer recipes for a Christmas day dinner?

Something you can just pick up and eat, not requiring any utensils.
Thanks!

that don't require utensils, other than a plate or napkin, that is.

- Puff pastries filled with either sweet or savory stuff.

- Prociutto wrapped asparagus or breadsticks.

- Mini cheesecakes

- cheese and crackers

- fresh fruit cubed or berries

cheese, veggie dip, cheese whiz, veggie tray with dip

Crab Spirals with Lemon & Dill


The compatible flavours of lemon and dill combine with crab to make tortilla wrapped bite-size appetizers. Great make-ahead treat.

Product(s) Used :
Clover Leaf Crab Delectables™, Leg Style Ingredients

1 pkg (250 g) spreadable light cream cheese

2 tbsp chopped green onion

1½ tbsp chopped fresh dill (Or use 1 tsp/5 mL dried dill weed)

1 tbsp lemon juice

¼ tsp pepper

4 8-inch/20 cm spinach wraps

1 pkg (227 g) Clover Leaf Crab Delectables™, Leg Style

Preparation Time : 15 Mins or Less
Chill Time : 2 hours

Combine cream cheese, green onion, dill, lemon juice and pepper; mix well. Spread evenly over spinach wraps.


Place 2 crab legs, end to end, on each wrap; roll up tightly to enclose crab. Wrap in plastic wrap. Refrigerate 2 hours (or overnight). Remove plastic wrap; slice into 1-inch (2.5 cm) pieces.

Makes 32 appetizers.

I will definitely try them.

they sounded really weird to me too, but they're amazingly tasty. Just wrap the bacon aroung the prune, you can halve it--secure with a toothpick and broil. My SIL swiped the idea from a very upscale restaurant in Germany. Really---trust me.

slice of smoked salmon spread with cream-cheese and rolled up - this can then be left in the fridge for aeons - when needed slice the roll into half-inch bits. Very easy to fit around the rest of Christmas day cooking, and goes wonderfully with champagne.

festive looking and really tasty!

and jalapeno slivers.

.....cut the rolls into smaller pieces and wrap the li'l smokies in 'em and bake according to the crescent roll directions....put out some honey mustard...BBQ sauce...Ranch dressin' or other dippin' sauces and VOILA! :hi:

or Salmon Spread...I've got the recipe if you are interested.

or here's something...

Get a flat glass dish... spread out a layer of softened cream cheese. Then spread a layer of seafood sauce, or horseradish with ketchup. Then spread over this drained small shrimp.

Spread over crackers. :)

bread crumbs, garlic, onions, parmesean, and butter baked in a mushroom cap.....yummy!

Two pounds of mussels
Put in roasting pan with a lid
add two or three tablespoons of garlic (chopped) over the top of the mussels
add cup of water
add cup of white wine (pour both over the mussels)
Add small can tomato sauce

Preheat over to 350
Put pan in over for about 30 minutes or until all mussels are visibly open

Serve from pan

Sop juices with crusty bread

Feeds 4.

Or bacon wrapped scallops, though those require a toothpick.

Cheese and crackers; mixed nuts; bagel chips pre-spread with cheese, cream cheese, or some other kind of spread; Chex Mix; mini quiches; cocktail meatballs (also requiring a toothpick).

my own invention.
corn meal pizza dough, Remoulade sauce, shrimp, andouille sausage.
Cut the pizza dough into 3" circles. smear with the sauce. place on shrimp on it and cut a piece of sausage to sit in the curl of the shrimp. Bake for 5-10 minutes and serve.