"> "Diane" <dcham@aol.com> wrote in message

Pinwheels

My sister in law's:

Pinwheels

1 pack Ranch dressing mix
2 pack  cream cheese
2 scallions chopped
2 red peppers  (the skinned ones in a jar)  cut in small pieces
4 oz mild canned chopped green chili
4 large wheat tortilla

Mix the vegetables with the Ranch mix and the cream cheese,  divide between
the tortilla, spread in on them and roll up. Let set wrapped in plastic foil
over night if possible. Slice in to about an inch thick slices.

Norwegian pinwheels.

10 oz sliced smoked salmon (lox)
1 pack "Snøfrisk" Norwegian cream cheese made with part goat milk. (I've
seen it in the stores in PA)
some springs of fresh dill.

Cover a cutting board with plastic foil.  Cover the foil with the salmon,
letting the pieces overlap slightly. Whip the cream cheese until smooth and
spread on top of salmon.  Put the fine parts of the dill spread out on top
(not stalks).  Roll up with the help of the foil, chill for a few hours and
cut in 1/2 inch slices.

Aina
the lurker in Norway

We usually do things like:

the pinwheels that Aina mentioned,

some meatballs in a small crockpot w/bbq sauce or chili sauce, a bit of
grape jellyor apricot jelly, and a splash of wine,

or we do the miniture smoked sausages in bbq sauce in the crockpot,

we often do a hot cheese dip or some other kind of hot dip in a small
crockpot,

we do different kinds of nuts and/or chex mix,

fruit pizza's or veggie pizza's always are a hit as well.

stuffed mushroom caps are another favorite,

as are layered dips like mexican dip with cream cheese, refried beans,
lettuce, tomato, olives, ect. with veggies, breads, crackers, etc to use
for dipping.  

My sister makes a dip with cream cheese, a can of crab meat, and
cocktail sauce---she just takes the cream cheese puts it on a plate,
then dumps the can of chunky crab meat on it and covers it all with the
cocktail sauce.   Sometimes she'll mix the crab meat into the softened
cream cheese and then dump the cocktail sauce over it, but most of the
time she just dumps the crabmeat over the cream cheese and then dumps
the cocktail sauce over all of it.    Yum!

spinach/artichoke dip which often we heat at home and then just throw
aluminum foil over it to keep it warm while traveling to who evers house
is another thing we do.

Donna G

these are great! thanks so much everyone. i'm copping out and using
kelly's easy cream cheese and chutney, along with some cheeses. but
i'll use the others when i have more energy.

hugs,

diane (boy that surprise spread sounds yummy!)