This is where the flavors of the world started to unite...
Carmelized French Onion Dip
1 tablespoon olive oil
1 tablespoons butter
2 medium yellow onions,
chopped
½ teaspoon sugar
1 teaspoon salt,
divided
½ teaspoon freshly
ground pepper, divided
1 (16 oz.) container
sour cream
2 tablespoons chopped
fresh chives
Potato chips
Melt butter in skillet
on med-high; add onions and cook, stirring occasionally, about 20 minutes or
until browned and tender. Sprinkle with
½ teaspoon of salt and ¼ teaspoon of pepper and 1 teaspoon balsamic vinegar. Combine. Remove from heat and let stand 30
minutes.
Stir together onions,
sour cream, and chives in a medium bowl.
Stir remaining salt and pepper.
Cover and chill 30 minutes or up to 2 days.
Serve with potato chips
or crudite.
Spanich Gazpacho
4 (14.5 oz. ea.) cans
diced tomatoes with basil, garlic & oregano;
including juice
1 medium green bell
pepper, chopped
1 medium red bell
pepper, chopped
½ small red onion,
chopped
1 jalapeno, seeded and
chopped
1 medium cucumber,
peeled seeded and chopped
2 large cloves, minced
and mashed to paste with ¾ t. salt
3 tablespoons red-wine
vinegar, or to taste
2 tablespoons lime
juice
2 teaspoons balsamic
vinegar
2 teaspoons
Worchestershire Sauce
½ teaspoon ground cumin
2 teaspoons salt
1 teaspoon pepper
1 tablespoon olive oil
Tomato juice or water
for thinning soup
Puree all ingredients
in a blender. Chill very well before
serving. Overnight is best.
When serving, adjust
seasonings and thin a little with water or tomato juice if you want. Garnish with diced veggies, croutons or a
dollop of sour cream.
From our neighboring country to the South...
Enchilada Tacos
3-4
cups shredded chicken
(rotisserie
chickens work great!)
1
cup canned black beans, rinsed, optional
1
cup frozen corn, optional
1
½ cup sour cream
8
ounces cream cheese, room temperature
1
small can diced green chilies
1
jalapeno, finely diced
or
½
small can diced jalapenos (or more), drained
2
green onions, chopped
½
cup salsa verde, optional
2
cups shredded cheese
Additional
cheese for top
Mix
ingredients together, except for ½ cup cheese.
Put
in a pie dish or 8 x 8 baking dish.
Bake
at 350 for about 25 minutes,
until
hot and bubbly and beginning to brown slightly.
(Also
works well in a small crock pot on low.)
Serve in warmed flour tortillas or makes a great warm dip with tortilla chips.
For an Oriental flavor...
My mom and I have done a Chicken Salad Wrap Bar for several parties. Our guests always love them. The following recipe is a quicker, easier version of that idea.
Oriental Chicken Salad Wraps
4 cups cooked or grilled chicken, chopped
2 green onions, chopped
1 cup peas
1/2 cup shredded carrot
1 can water chestnuts, chopped
4 tablespoons chopped cilantro, optional
1 cup sliced almonds or peanuts
2 cups cooked rice
1 cup Chinese Salad Dressing
Bibb lettuce leaves
Mix ingredients together (Except dressing and lettuce) and microwave for 2 minutes. Add dressing. Salt and pepper to taste. Spoon into lettuce leaves. Can serve warm or at room temperature.
Garnish with:
Marinated Cucumber, peeled, seeded, and chopped. Add 2 T. rick wine vinegar, 2 T. water, 2 T. sugar and 1/4 t. salt. Let set for at least an hour.)
Finely shredded cabbage
Finely shredded carrot
A party is simply not a party without little hotdogs! It is an All-American Favorite. If I make these for a party they are one of the first things gone. It is by no means an original or new idea...just a fav!
I have just wrapped store bought crescent dough and wrapped it around "Little Smokies". I bake them according to the package directions on the crescent dough. I love to stand them up with a skewer or skewer them and place them in a shot glass with a little mustard in the bottom.
And last but certainly not least...my last world flavor is Italian...
This is a treat my neighbor shared with us...I would like to thank her again! Italian Ice is a mixture of pellet ice, a little cream, club soda and flavored drink syrups. The kids love them. We bought our syrup flavors at "Smart and Final" but I hear "Bevmo" has great flavors too! There are so many colors and flavors that any there is a drink to match any theme. We used the colors of the Olympic Rings for this party. They looked great!
I also found this "Olympic Medal Tracker" it was a free download I found online. I LOVE FREE DOWNLOADS! Thank You!
Happy Olympic Watching everyone...any excuse to party! :)
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