A.F.C. Title Game Party
The neighborhood is all a buzz about the San Diego Chargers making it to the A.F.C. Title Game and celebrating with a party! I caught a portion of our local news Friday morning with a chef from one of the more notable restaurants in San Diego. He offered suggestions for a party which allows the host time out of the kitchen to watch the game. Although he didn't offer names for his recipes, I won't label them with a name.
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Marinated Salad
Ingredients:
jicama, peeled, sliced thin and cut into strips
fresh pineapple, cut in cubes
red, yellow, green bell pepper, cut in strips
red onion, sliced thin
Asian vinaigrette dressing, (commercial bottled dressing)
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Directions:
Mix the ingredients in a glass bowl and lightly dress the salad. Refrigerate over night or 12 hours before serving. Lightly dress was stressed as the marinating time allows the flavors of the dressing to be absorbed.
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Mini Pizzas
Ingredients:
Pita bread
cheese
toppings of your offerings
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Directions:
Choose to either make the pizzas for your guests or make it a self serve bar. The chef used an electric skillet at a lower setting to heat the pita breads and the toppings and melting the cheese. Watch the bread that it doesn't burn on the bottom or use the oven to heat the pizzas.
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Chicken Breasts On Skewers
Ingredients:
Precooked chicken breast strips
bamboo skewers
Thai peanut sauce
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Directions:
The chef used the bag of Tyson precooked chicken breasts, cut into strips and threaded on a skewer. Thread in and out twice to keep it on the skewer while the person is eating. (once will cause it to flop off the skewer after the first or second bite.) Place a small amount of the peanut sauce in a non stick skillet and over a low flame, add the chicken breasts. Allow them to appear that you spent time grilling and working hard for the party!
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Spinach Artichoke Dip
While the chef gave no recipe for the spinach artichoke dip, he told what ingredients to "throw" together. If you scroll to the '07 and click on the left below my profile, then continue to scroll the recipes to June 14, '07, I have posted a simple but delicious recipe of the dip. It also can be made in advance and microwaved to be reheated. A word of caution .... reheat, don't cook.
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Go Chargers!
2 comments:
Hi Donna, I made a Spinach Artichoke dip for a Christmas party & it was a hit. So I made it again for New Year's eve. It was a hit again.
I would like to try the chicken breasts of skewers - sounds good.
Jewels
I buy the rotisseri chickens at Costco. Don Likes the dark meat which leaves the white meat for me. I an going to try this trick with a bar-b-que sauce hoping I can convince Don that the white meat is also as tasty.
Isn't it amazing how easy the Artichoke-Spinach Dip is to make and what the cost is as opposed to buying it? I also like to know what I am eating when I make the dip.
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