Drinking Party Ideas

I am a party in a few weeks and we can all be a little crazy ... but we also get hungry after we start drinking. We usually grill but I'm in an apartment and do not grill, and ideas on certain foods?

- Layered taco dip with nachos. A blow to our party last week.

Old El Paso Layered Bean Dip


Yield: 16 servings
Ingredients


2 CN Beans Old El Paso sauteded
1 pound ground beef
1 PK Old El Paso Taco Seaasoning
-Mix
3 / 4 c water
1 1 / 2 c lettuce
2 c Cheddar cheese, grated
NC 1 Old El Paso Thick 'n' Chunky
Salsa Picante-or

TOPPINGS -------------- ---------------- ...

Old El Paso Pickled Jalapeno
-Slices
Cream
Guacamole
Ripe, black olive slices
Old El Paso Tortilla Chips


Instructions


1. Spread refried beans on bottom of 14 "serving platter.


2. brown ground beef in a skillet over medium heat, drain. Add taco seasoning mix and water. Cook and stir over medium heat 10-15 minutes. Spread over refried beans.


3. Arrange layers of lettuce, salsa and cheese on top of meat. Garnish with desired toppings. Serve with tortilla chips.


Give appetizer servings 14-16.

guacamole fail to save money. I did and the recipe was so good, there were no leftovers at the end of the night.



spinach dip with bread cubes - Still another blow.

Knorr Spinach Dip

1 (10 oz) Pkg. frozen chopped spinach, thawed (do not use fresh)
1 1 / 2 tsp cream
1 tsp mayonnaise (I use Hellmann's)
1 (4 oz) Pkg. Knorr vegetable soup mix
1 (8 oz) can water chestnuts, finely chopped
3 green onions, finely chopped
Loaf of pumpernickel bread

Squeeze spinach dry. In a medium bowl, combine spinach, sour cream and soup mix. Add water chestnuts and minced scallions. Cover and refrigerate 2 hours or overnight. Cut slice from top of the loaf of pumpernickel bread digging to leave shell to contain DIP. Use bread removed from its shell and top slice to cut into small pieces. Butter the inside of the hull of bread, fill with dip and place on platter and surround with bread pieces and variety of raw vegetables. So ... GET OUT OF THE WAY! After the dip is eaten, enjoy the dip soaked bread shell as well.

My suggestion: Add a clove of garlic grated or two and serve sourdough bread. Yum

Assorted meats, cheeses, fruits, vegetables and platters. Take a dip sweet sour cream for fruit. Just add sugar or Splenda until you want the sweetness in sour cream. It is cheap and easy.
For dips, just buy packets of powder soak and sour cream and mix. Combine sour cream or a bag of soup mix onion.

Make some jello shooters - I know this is not food but it is a great fun and cheap to manufacture. I am certain wine flavored with low prices and they were the greatest success.

Take a drink for me!

beer nuts

If you drink a lot, I serve food that does not hurt when you throw back, like marshmallows and white bread!

excellent snacks in a small place, are of course chips, vegetables and dip. Nuts are always good. And if you want food, are a big batch of barbecue, get them in a crockpot to keep warm, so when you're feeling peckish, you have something delicious to eat. Enjoy!

Buy a can of refrigerated crescent and a packet of sausages Lil Smokies'. Breaking the crescent rolls into strips and wrap the sausages. Bake until rolls are brown. Serve hot with mustard and / or cheese dip.

Or you can put the sausage in the crock pot with equal amounts.