Nutty Reindeer Nibbles Food

TASTY CHEESE AND SESAME NIBBLES

Steps:

• Pre heat the oven to 210c. beat the egg and glaze the pastry, sprinkle the cheese evenly over the pastry, then the Italian herbs, followed by a good sprinkling of the roasted sesame seeds.
• Cut into finger lengths and place on a cookie tray and bake in the oven 7-10 minutes until puffed up and golden.
• Note: You can roast the sesame seeds yourself by using a medium saucepan, and heating it and covering the base with the sesame seeds, constantly shake and stir as they wil brown very quickly, tip onto a kitchen towel and spread out to cool.

ARTICHOKE NIBBLES

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 325°. Grease a 9" square pan.
• Heat olive oil in skillet, add onion and garlic and cook until soft, about 5 minutes.
• In medium bowl combine onions and garlic with remaining ingredients; mix well.
• Bake 30-35 minutes or until set in center. Cut into 36 squares. Can be frozen and reheated just before serving.

SANTA'S REINDEER POOP

Steps:

• Put all the dry ingredients in a large bowl, stir together well.
• In a large pot, bring the liquid to a boil.
• Then take off the stove and add 1 teaspoon of vanilla.
• Pour the liquid ingredients INTO the DRY ingredients and mix well until everything is wet.
• Use a teaspoon to spoon the cookies onto waxed paper.
• Let them cool and they will harden somewhat--that's it!

ARTICHOKE NIBBLES

Steps:

• In a small skillet, saute onion and garlic in oil until tender.
• Stir in artichokes.
• Remove from heat; set aside.
• In a large bowl, whisk the eggs, parsley, salt, pepper, oregano and hot pepper sauce.
• Stir in cheese, cracker crumbs and artichoke mixture.
• Pour into a greased 11x7x2-inch baking dish.
• Bake, uncovered, at 325 degrees for 25-30 minutes or unil a knife inserted near the center comes out clean.
• Cool for 10-15 minutes before cutting into 1-inch squares.
• Serve warm.

NUTTY NIBBLES

Steps:

• Combine popcorn, nuts and pretzels in a bowl and mix well.
• Place the butter, Worcestershire, pepper and garlic powder into a saucepan and melt over a low heat, mixing well.
• Pour the butter mix over popcorn mix and stir until all ingredients are well coated.
• Store in airtight container or package in cellophane bags.

REINDEER FOOD

Steps:

• Cover a large area of counter space with waxed paper and tape it down.
• Mix pretzels, corn cereal squares, peanuts, and candy-coated milk chocolate pieces together in a large bowl.
• Melt white chocolate in the top of a double boiler over simmering water, stirring frequently and scraping down the sides with a rubber spatula to avoid scorching. Pour melted white chocolate over pretzel mixture; stir to evenly coat. Quickly transfer mixture to the prepared waxed paper and spread in a thin layer; cool completely. Break into pieces and store in an airtight container.

NUTTY PINEAPPLE NIBBLES ( STUFFED CELERY)

Steps:

• Rinse the celery, them trim off the leafy parts, and cut into 10-inch pieces.
• In a medium-sized bowl, combine the drained pineapple, cream cheese, peanut butter, and honey.
• Stir with a rubber spatula until well mixed.
• Stir in the raisins or fruit bits and hot sauce, if desired.
• Using a table knife, fill the groove of each celery stalk with the cheese mixture.
• Sprinkle the crushed nuts over the stalks.