Requested recipes from Quartzsite gatherings

[MelsJoy]

Hi all,
Okay, so I forgot to whom, of you all, wanted me to email you some of my recipes from our Happy hour gatherings so instead, I thought it would be easier to just post them here for you. Had a great time here in Q, thank you all for the nice complements on the food. Okay here goes:

GRAPE SALAD
8 cups grapes (seedless) about 4 lbs
Cream together
1 8oz cream cheese
1 cup sour cream
1/4 cup sugar
1 Tbls vanilla

In a large bowl add grapes and blend well

1 cup chopped nuts
1/2 cup brown sugar
mix and spread on top and refrigerate
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Crab Tartlets
INGREDIENTS
• 2 (12 ounce) pkgs refrigerated biscuit dough or (premade phyllo dough shells found in the freezer section at the grocery store).
• 1 (8 ounce) pkg cream cheese, softened
• 1 (6 ounce) can crab meat, drained
• 2 tablespoons mayonnaise
• 2 tablespoons grated Parmesan cheese
• 1/2 cup shredded Cheddar cheese
• 2 tablespoons thinly sliced green onion
• 1 teaspoon Worcestershire sauce
• 1 pinch paprika
DIRECTIONS
1. Preheat oven to 375 degrees F (190 degrees C). Lightly grease 12 tartlet pans.
2. Divide rolls in half and press into the prepared tartlet pans. Set aside.
3. In a large bowl, combine cream cheese, crab, mayonnaise, Parmesan cheese, Cheddar cheese, green onions and Worcestershire sauce. Spoon 1 teaspoon of mixture into tarts and garnish with paprika.
4. Bake at 375 degrees F (190 degrees C) for 15 to 20 minutes, or until light brown. These freeze wonderfully. Just reheat before serving.
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HOT CRAB MEAT APPETIZER
8 oz. cream cheese (softened)
6 oz. frozen crab meat, thawed, or canned crab meat drained and picked over
2 tbsp. chopped onion
1 tbsp. milk
1/2 tsp. cream style prepared horseradish
1/4 tsp. salt
Dash pepper
1/3 c. sliced toasted almonds
Blend all ingredients in small casserole. Bake at 375 degrees for 20 minutes. Serve with crackers.

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Chocolate Chip Cheese Ball
Ingredients
• 1 package (8 ounces) cream cheese, softened
• 1/2 cup butter, softened
• 1/4 teaspoon vanilla extract
• 3/4 cup confectioners' sugar
• 2 tablespoons brown sugar
• 3/4 cup HERSHEY’®S Mini Chips Semi-Sweet Chocolate Chips
• 3/4 cup finely chopped pecans
• Graham crackers
Directions
• In a large bowl, beat the cream cheese, butter and vanilla until
• fluffy. Gradually add sugars; beat just until combined. Stir in
• chocolate chips. Cover and refrigerate for 2 hours.
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• Place cream cheese mixture on a large piece of plastic wrap; shape
• into a ball. Refrigerate for at least 1 hour.
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• Just before serving, roll cheese ball in pecans. Serve with graham
• crackers. Yield: 1 cheese ball (about 2 cups).
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Nutrition Facts: 1 serving (2 tablespoons) equals 206 calories, 17 g fat (8 g saturated fat), 31 mg cholesterol, 101 mg sodium, 14 g carbohydrate, 1 g fiber, 2 g protein.


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Mexican stuffed jalapenos Recipe “poppers”
Ingredients
• 10 Jalapenos
• 1/2 cup shredded Mexican blend cheese
• 1/2 cup shredded Italian blend cheese
• 1 cup cream cheese
• 1 tbspn fresh minced garlic
• 12oz chorizo *
• 1/2 cup onion fine chop
• pinch of fresh cilantro fine chop
• Juice of 1 lime
Directions
1. 1. Cut jalapenos in half, rib and seed them. Roast in oven at 350 for 7 minutes then place to the side to let cool.
2. 2. Cook chorizo with the onions in a pan until chorizo is done. Drain off grease.
3. 3. Mix chorizo, onion, garlic, cilantro, lime juice, and cheeses in a bowl.
4. 4. Pipe or spoon the mixture into the jalapeno shells the sprinkle a little extra Mexican blend on top then bake at 350 until cheese melts and gets a little brown around the edges.
* make sure you don’t go cheap with this purchase, the inexpensive Chorizo is really really greasy!

That I think about wraps it up.

Enjoy and have fun.

[D and M On The Road]

Thanks for posting these! I am especially interested in the crab tartlets as we are going crabbing over to the coast again soon and will make these there.

[WorkerB]

Thanks Joy,
I just forwarded your Jolly-Peen-Yo's recipe to my bride. Now if I can just get her to enter it into her recipe machine it will be safe forever.
Jalapeños are my favorite!
John

[MelsJoy]

oddly enough, they sound kind of "off the wall" but the Grape Salad and the Choc. chip cheese balls really were popular and went very fast. I even had one of the campers waiting at the table to see who picked up the empty bowl of the grape salad so she knew who made it and could get the recipe!

And Margie, you will really like the tartlets, they are yummy and very easy to make.

[PapaBeav]

Hi Joy

Kathy would like to thank you for all of your recipes, as you may know she is never one to turn one down. And I would like to thank you because now I can have them again. Rich

[jackel1959]

Thank you Joy for posting the recipes.....I could not stay away from the poppers or the bowl of filling you brought out later. Below is a recipe for a Buffalo Chicken dip we had last night that several were asking for.

FRANK’S REDHOT BUFFALO CHICKEN DIP
Bake Time: 20 min.
Prep Time: 5 min.
Makes about 4 cups of Dip
1 pkg. (8 0z.) Cream Cheese, softened
½ cup any flavor FRANK’S REDHOT sauce
½ cup Blue Cheese Dressing
½ cup Blue Cheese Crumbles
2 cans (9.75 oz.) Chunk Chicken Breast, drained OR 2 cups cooked chicken
MIX ingredients in deep baking dish or pie plate.
BAKE at 350 for 20 min. until hot.

[rware]

Joy, thank you so much for the recipes. Every one of them was fabulous. I can't wait to make some of them for our communities monthly wine tasting get togethers. Cheers, Shelley

[Wayne and Carolyn Mathews]

After reading your recipes this morning, I had to add some things to my grocery list before I headed into town today. Thanks, Joy!

Carolyn