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Our tech team has launched updates to The Nest today. As a result of these updates, members of the Nest Community will need to change their password in order to continue participating in the community. In addition, The Nest community member's avatars will be replaced with generic default avatars. If you wish to revert to your original avatar, you will need to re-upload it via The Nest.
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Thank you.
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Christmas day snacks
We're hosting our first Christmas dinner (YAY!) My parents are coming over around noon/1, but we'll eat about 5-ish. So far we have bought mini-quiche and plan to make a spinach dip. Do we need more for a light lunch/snack and if so, what might you suggest?
Thanks!!
Re: Christmas day snacks
- Paula Deen to 104.1 KRBE's Producer Eric 9/17/2011
Mmmm, bacon wrapped water chestnuts!
I make a lot-
3 cans whole, peeled waterchestnuts, drained (found in the Asian food section, near the soy sauce)
1 cup soy sauce, 1 cup brown sugar, combined
2 packages bacon, each strip cut in half
Marinate waterchestnuts in soy sauce & brown sugar for several hours.
Wrap each in half a slice of bacon, secure with a toothpick. Bake in preheated oven 375 for 30ish minutes or until the bacon is fully cooked. YUMMMMMMMMMMMM!! And so easy!
Bacon-wrapped chicken poppers? They're easy and very tasty.
Deviled eggs?
Artichoke Tarts
Endive Stuffed with Goat Cheese and Walnuts
i did caprese skewers for our family christmas on saturday, they were a hit.
basically...
grape tomatoes
mozzarella balls
fresh basil (i cut it into small strips/squares with scissors)
balsamic vinegar
toothpicks
i sliced the grape tomatoes in half (like right through their equator line, not long-ways), and on the toothpick put stuff in this order:
half tomato
little piece of basil
mozzarella
other half of tomato
put them all on a platter, drizzle with balsamic vinegar, salt, and pepper. you can drizzle with olive oil as well, but i bought the "marinated" mozzarella balls that are the size of a large marble (cut them in half) so they already had oil on them.
as long as you have enough cheese, you really can't screw up the proportions. they're tasty!
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