Do you do dips/apps for Thanksgiving?

MandyMilller · November 2012

If so, what?

My family was never big on snacking. We pretty much starved ourselves on holidays up until dinner was ready (and it was always late)! However, my in-laws always have a million appetizers and dips out when they host things. Thanksgiving is our big holiday that we host -- I don't want to spoil dinner, or make a bunch of crap nobody will eat -- but I'm trying to decide if I should have a dish or two for people to pick at before dinner is ready.

valkaz · November 2012

We never really did growing up, unless you count celery with cream cheese.

However, we usually do now - whether it's just a veggie platter or some sort of bread and dip.

Sometimes I make Bloomin' Onion Bread. Mmmmmmm...

There's also a black bean & corn dip that my SIL's friend made one time for a party, and I love it so much that I take it for almost every occasion these days.

balbacm · November 2012

my mom always has that creamy spinach dip (with the Knorr packet) in a brown bread bowl. yummmm - it's one of the only times we have it during the year and it is always a big hit.

last year i brought homemade salsa and guac to my MIL's. totally random, but it was gone before dinner.

chrissyrmu · November 2012

I'm a huge fan of appetizers and would almost rather pick than sit down to a full meal. Our Thanksgiving appetizers are always the same - cream cheese stuffed celery, olives, and cheese w pepperoni & crackers. I try to get my family to branch out, but it never happens.

egpitt22 · November 2012

My family was always in the "starve yourselves all day" camp (though with my dad always working retail, we were always eating at 2pm since he had to go into work, so it wasn't that bad) My IL's always have snacks, so when I started hosting Christmas, I started taking appetizers into account when planning the day. I usually keep it simple, a cheese & pepperoni tray (the premade kind) and some type of tastefully simple dip.

AmandaJLewis · November 2012

we usually have something out to snack on, so cheese/crackers are a pretty standard thing at our holidays. Not usually anything complex though. I have enough to do with dinner prep.

MamaMaria11 · November 2012

We typically just do the veggie tray, cheese and crackers and maybe a dip. This year however I asked my SIL to be "in charge" of appetizers. She was more than happy to take over the process. Her short list of appetizers sounds delish and since she's not prepping for the big meal she's totally happy to spend a lot of time getting the appetizers ready. What I'm trying to say is there someone who you can ask to take care of this for you?

gwennythepooh · November 2012

If we're having a bigger family GTG, then we do have apps. If it's a smaller gathering, we've skipped them in the past.

Luckystar2 · November 2012

I love apps/dips so yes!

last year was the first year we hosted thanksgiving and I think we had buffalo chicken dip, cheese and crackers, might have even had another cheese dip. We do something similar when we host Christmas Eve. When we go to others they don't have as much for snacks but usually something.

Temp752290812504671 · November 2012

My mom does veggies and dip, cheese spreads from Giant Eagle with crackers.

waltsgirl102503 · November 2012

At my mom's yes. At MIL's no. The difference is my inlaws eat "dinner" at noon. We usually eat late afternoon (2 or 3pm) at my parents house.

MandyMilller · November 2012

MamaMaria11:
We typically just do the veggie tray, cheese and crackers and maybe a dip. This year however I asked my SIL to be "in charge" of appetizers. She was more than happy to take over the process. Her short list of appetizers sounds delish and since she's not prepping for the big meal she's totally happy to spend a lot of time getting the appetizers ready. What I'm trying to say is there someone who you can ask to take care of this for you?

I normally have some trail mix made up, but that's sort of as far as I've taken it in previous years. My MIL is the app queen, but I've found that apps are hard to delegate b/c if the app person arrives later than everyone else then it's sort of a waste!

sundaygirl · November 2012

Growing up, the pre-dinner apps were always what we looked forward to, much more than dinner itself! Potato chips with onion dip and shrimp cocktail are the must-haves. When we have dinner at MILs without them I feel empty inside. Literally and figuratively. Big Smile

lishie · November 2012

I'm huge into having snacks available. Normally I'll roast nuts and do one dip with crackers or beer bread as a snack before Thanksgiving. For Christmas, I usually do several different dips, a cheese and cracker plate, etc.

lala5507 · November 2012

Since Thanksgiving is such a big meal, I would keep apps light. Veggie tray/ cheese and crackers.

october2004 · November 2012

I do cheese and crackers and olives. I try to have dinner ready within a 1/2 hr or less of everyone's arrival.

northhillsbride · November 2012

Since we never ate dinner until 5pm, and would have guests over around 1pm, we always put out veggies and dip and cheese/crackers/salami.

So, I think it just depends on when you're eating and whne people are coming over! But don't go overboard!

ziggy23213 · November 2012

We usually do veggies and ranch dip, spinach dip with bread, and sometimes cheese and crackers.

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