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    Home » Holidays and Entertaining

    Dips, Snacks & Party Food

    Looking for inspiration for your next dinner party or get-together? Maybe you are looking for a recipe to take to a potluck or bbq. Here you will find a collection of my favourite recipes to entertain with. Do you maybe need a no-bake dessert you can make ahead? My No-Bake Chocolate Raspberry Tart would be perfect, and it's a cinch to pull together but it looks like you slaved for hours! What about a salad that is a bit more than just lettuce and tomato in a bowl? This recipe for Pumpkin Avocado Feta Salad is my go-to salad favourite, easy and full of flavour!

    Chubby Hubby Cookies (made in muffin tin) melt & mix, super soft no edge cookies, for those of us who like a moist, dense cookie flavoured with malt, peanut butter chips & choc coated preztels

    Chubby Hubby Cookies (made in muffin tin)

    Raspberry mini muffins - a perfect mouthfull of cinnamon donut flavoured muffins with a raspberry filling

    Raspberry Mini Muffins

    Stuffed baked potatoes with bacon - light fluffy centres of potato, cheese & bacon - need I say more...

    Stuffed Baked Potatoes with Bacon

    Chocolate Cherry Ganache Parfaits - a base of cherries with a layer of chocolate ganache, amaretti infused mascarpone, and amaretti biscuits for crunch

    Chocolate Cherry Ganache Parfaits

    Easy Garlic Hummus - roast your garlic for 15 mins, then put it all in the food processor - done!

    Easy Garlic Hummus

    Baked One-Bite Crab Cakes - crunchy panko breadcrumbs on the outside, inside creamy crab yumminess

    Baked One-Bite Crab Cakes

    Puff Pastry Tomato Tart - transform a sheet of frozen puff pastry in to a spectacular tomato tart, casually strewn with basil & crumbled fetta - and so EASY!

    Puff Pastry Tomato Tart

    Fruit Mince Pie Tray Bake with Spiced Rum Butter - take all of the work out of mince pies, just make one! The ulimate dessert for those of us who secretly like the filling more than the crust!

    Fruit Mince Pie Tray Bake

    Melt and mix shortbread cookies edible gift cranberry white chocolate pistachio edible gifts

    Melt and Mix Shortbread Cookies - Cranberry White Choc & Pistachio - Edible Gifts

    3 Ingredient Cookie Dough - an easy and versatile cookie dough that added to in any number of waysm- and a great recipe SIMPLE recipe to get the kids involved with!

    3 Ingredient Cookie Dough - PB & J Cookies

    green basil pesto in a white bowl with a spoon

    Pesto di Basilico (Basil Pesto)

    Yummy truffles balls with only 3 ingredients. Super easy to make and taste amazing!

    3 Ingredient Truffles

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