Cookie dough mix

From: Rochelle...

1 8oz. pkg cream cheese
1/2 cup powder sugar
1 cup powder sugar
2 T brown sugar 
1 1/2 t. vanilla
1 cup chocolate chips
1 cup toffee bites

Beat first 2 ingredients until smooth.  Add remaining ingredients and mix.  Serve with nilla wafers  or my favorite granny smith apples.  This is a great party pot luck treat!

Lettuce Wraps

From: Shelly...
6 teriyaki chicken breasts chopped finely
1/2 can chopped water chestnuts
1/2 cup chopped green onions
1 1/2 t grey pup-on mustard
1 cup yoshida gourmet sauce
1 t oyster sauce
garlic salt
pepper to taste
1/8 t seasoned rice vinegar
Simmer until liquid is mostly absorbed serve with crisp ice berg lettuce.
Sauce:
1 T sugar
2 T soy sauce
1 T water
1/2 t mustard
1/4 t chili sauce
1/4 t rice vinegar
1 drop of chili oil

Fresh Fruit Dip

From: ?...
8 oz. cream cheese
1 pint marshmallow cream
2 T frozen unmixed OJ concentrate


Mix with a blender and serve with fresh fruit.  This is also fun to make fruit ca-bobs and serve this as a summer time appetizer:)

Guacamole dip

From: Nat & Shelly...
3-4 avocados
1/8 t. garlic powder
1/8 t. onion powder
1/4 cup lemon juice
1/2 cup sour cream
1/4 t. salt
1/8 cup chopped green onions
1 cup chopped tomatoes
Cut and smash the avocados and mix everything together:)

Dill dip

From: ?...
1 cup sour creme
1 cup mayonaise
1 T minced onions
1 T dried parsley flakes
1/2 T dried dill 
1/2 t. season salt


Serve with veggi's

Italian Salsa

From Janine See...
3 lbs. tomatoes
1/4 c chopped red onion
1/4 c fresh basil
1 roasted bell pepper diced
1/2 c olive oil
1 T. balsamic vinegar
2 cloves garlic
salt and pepper to taste
optional-shake red peper flakes, 2 dashes chile oil


Serve with toasted banquette bread. This is so delicious, I could have just eaten this for dinner and had nothing else:)

Fresh Salsa

From: Angi...

1 white onion (big)

1 bunch of cilantro (leaves, not stems)

Juice of 1 lime

4 tomatillos (husk removed and sticky stuff washed off)

1-2 jalepeno peppers

4 cloves of garlic (garlic press makes this really easy)

4 tomatoes (I put more in; romas are best—but a combo is good too)

2 teaspoons salt

Peel garlic and onion. Use all parts of the jalepeno for warmer salsa, or remove the seeds and white inner flesh for mild salsa. Using a food processor chop the onion, garlic, cilantro, tomatillos, and jalepenos together.  Add the salt and lime juice and mix well. Again, somewhere between chop and puree the tomatoes. Mix and enjoy!

Artichoke dip

From: Kelli...
4 cloves of garlic chopped/minced
1 10 oz. package frozen chopped spinach (thawed and drained, use cheese cloth it makes this so much easier)
1 14 oz. can of artichoke hearts-drained and chopped (do not used marinated)
1 15 oz. container of Alfredo pasta sauce (Bortelli brand)
2 cups shredded mozzarella cheese
1/3 cup grated parmesan cheese
1 8 oz. package of cream cheese-softened


Mix ingredients together, put into a crock pot and cook on low for 2 to 3 hours (this is the preferred cooking method). 
*You can also preheat your oven to 350 degrees and cook this in a 9X9 dish covered for 30 min.
I like to serve this with baguette bread that I have sliced and toasted in the oven then use a fresh piece of garlic and cut off the end and rub over the hot bread, it will melt like butter onto the toasted bread....so good!