4 Fast And Easy Cheese Ball Recipes For Your Next Party

A cheese ball is a great appetizer to serve at your next party. You can easily make one in a variety of flavors in less time than you might think.

One common ingredient you will find with these cheese ball recipes is cream cheese. You should always let your cream cheese soften at room temperature for 20 minutes before beginning your recipe. Once your recipe is prepared a cheese ball needs to be stored in your refrigerator.

You can find several inexpensive cheese ball containers and servers at your local department store or kitchen shop for less than 20.00.

I like to serve my cheese balls with a variety of crackers raw vegetables party breads and even some shortbread cookies.

The following cheese ball recipes are great for the beginner cook as well as the most experienced cook.

Classic Cheese Ball

1 8 ounce pkg. cream cheese
3 c. shredded sharp cheddar cheese
2 tbsp. ground green pepper
2 tsp. Worcestershire sauce
1 tsp. lemon juice
1 tsp. mustard
1/2 tsp. salt
1 c. fresh parsley

Mix all ingredients together except for parsley in a large bowl. Roll into a ball. Place parsley in a pie pan and roll your cheese ball in the parsley until its completely covered. Chill your ball for 1 hour before serving.

Chipped Beef Cheese Ball

2 pkgs. 8 ounce cream cheese
3 Tbsp. Worcestershire sauce
3 Tbsp. Accent
3 Tbsp. finely chopped onion
1 pkg. chipped beef

Mix cream cheese Worcestershire sauce Accent and onion together until blended. Add 1/3 of the package of chipped beef. Shape into a ball. Place the remaining chipped beef into a pie pan and roll your ball into the beef until its covered. Place in refrigerator to chill for 2 hours before serving.

Pineapple Cheese Ball

2 pkgs. 8 ounce cream cheese
1/2 green pepper finely chopped
1 8.5 ounce can crushed pineapple drained
pinch of garlic
2 Tbsp. minced onion
2 Tbsp. seasoned salt
chopped nuts

Drain juice from pineapple. Chop green pepper. Mix cream cheese pepper pineapple onions garlic and seasoned salt together in a large bowl. Shape into 1 large or 2 small balls. Place chopped nuts in a pie pan and roll your balls into the nuts until they are coated. Wrap in plastic wrap and refrigerate for 68 hours before serving.

Salmon and Pecan Cheese Ball

1 sm. can red salmon
1 8 ounce pkg. cream cheese
2 Tbsp. horseradish
1 tsp. Worcestershire sauce
2 tsp. finely chopped onion
1/2 c. chopped pecans

In a large bowl combine the salmon cream cheese horseradish Worcestershire sauce and onion. Shape into a ball. Place chopped pecans in a pie pan and roll the ball into the pecans until its covered. Refrigerate for 3 hours before serving.

Note: If you have nut allergies you can try rolling your cheese balls in these toppings: sandwich cookie crumbs graham cracker crumbs or pretzel crumbs.

About the Author: Shelly Hill has been working from home since 1989 in Direct Sales. You can visit Shelly online at: http://www.classybusinesswomen.com or at http://wahmshelly.blogspot.com

3 Great Seafood Recipes – Quick To Prepare

Crab cakes sound so yummy isn’t it? It is one of the most popular American dish that is usually served as an appetizer and also served as a main dish sometimes. The main ingredients that are required to prepare a crab cake are crab meat eggs seasonings and breadcrumbs. As mentioned earlier these are just the basic ingredients and there are several other variations of recipes in crab cake version. Similar to that the cooking method of crab cake also varies vastly. They can be baked fried broiled sauteed or grilled. Crab cakes can be served alone or with some crab cake sauce.Here are three different recipes of crab cakes.

You are definitely going to enjoy making them. Recipe 1 Ingredients: 1 teaspoon sauce Worcestershire. 1 pound crab meat preferably back fin. 1 beaten egg. 2 tablespoons of mayonnaise. 1 crushed clove garlic. cup of cracker meal. Cayene pepper according to taste. The cooking method:The cooking method is extremely simple for this variety of crab cake. All you need to do is mix all the ingredients and form several small cakes. Then saute the cakes into butter until they turn brown on both the sides. Once they turn brown they are ready to be served. Recipe 2 Ingredients: 1 cup of bread cubes. pound of cooked and shredded crab meat. 1 teaspoon of french mustard. 2 small eggs. tablespoon of worcestershire sauce. teaspoon of pepper. teaspoon of seasoning or salt. Method of cooking:Once again combine all the ingredients and form small cakes. Then take a heavy skillet and saute the crab cakes in butter. Fry both sides as long as they turn brown on both the sides. This might take around 78 minutes. Serve them while they are still hot. Recipe 3 Ingredients: 1 pound of cooked crab meat. 1 teaspoon of salt. 1 beaten egg. cup of chopped parsley. teaspoon of pepper. cup of mayonnaise. teaspoon of dry mustard. 1 cup of bread crumbs. 6 tablespoons of butter. teaspoon of Worcestershire sauce. Method of cooking: Mix all the ingredients in a bowl except the bread crumbs and the butter. Shape the mixture in small cakes using 1/3 to cup for each cake. Then coat the cakes with bread crumbs. Place the cakes on a plate and freeze them for two hours. Now melt the butter in a 10″ skillet.

Fry the crab cakes in butter until they turn golden on both the sides. Once done the crab cakes are ready to be served. The above mentioned Seafood recipes are great way to treat guests with homemade food. And they are so easy to make too. Imagine yourself in a hurry to serve food to the suddenly arrived guest at home. The immediate reaction is to bring food from the nearby restaurant to attend the guest. But sometimes you might feel like serving something all by yourself. The above mentioned recipes are perfect in such scenarios.

About the Author: Angela Cage who is a chef has vast knowledge on Seafood recipes. For more information on crab cakes she suggest to visit http://getmainelobster.com/ .

3 Best Ever Barbeque Burgers

Fire up the barbeque and make 3 of the best ever barbeque burgers for your family and friends for a casual fun gettogether. You’ll be a definite hit with both adults and children especially if you lay out all the different toppings on platters or boards and let everyone construct their own special burger. An array of burger buns such as sourdough wholegrain or Turkish rolls always add even more interest.

TOPPING SUGGESTIONS FOR YOUR BURGERS:

An assortment of salad greens such as wild rocket arugula water cress cos lettuce baby beet greens baby spinach leaves
Fresh or tinned pineapple slices
Sliced dill cucumbers beetroot slices
Spanish onion slices
Heirloom tomato slices
Fresh herbs such as coriander basil or sliced chives
Fresh or bottled salsa
Good quality or homemade mayonnaise
Crispy grilled bacon rashers
Grilled red capsicum or eggplant
Slices of gouda Jarlsberg or cheddar cheese
And of course don’t forget the ketchup for all the tomato sauce lovers.

BBQ CHILLI BEEF BURGERS

1 kg lean beef mince
2 eggs lightly beaten
1 large onion diced
4 large banana chillies diced if you can find them in your area

Or substitute with;
1 medium green capsicum diced and 12 fresh green chillies deseeded amp; diced

2 cloves garlic crushed
1 tblsp paprika
2 tsp ground black pepper
Sea salt to taste

Thoroughly combine all ingredients in a large bowl cover and refrigerate for at least an hour. Form into patties grill on a hot lightly oiled barbeque. These burgers can be cooked from medium to well done depending on your preference.

JUICY CHICKEN BURGERS

500g chicken mince
1 cup fresh breadcrumbs
1 egg lightly beaten
1 teaspoon smoked paprika
2 garlic cloves crushed
2 shallots/green onions sliced
1 stalk celery finely diced
1 carrot finely grated
1 tsp ground black pepper
Sea salt to taste
Thoroughly combine all ingredients in a large bowl cover and refrigerate. Form into patties grill on a lightly oiled medium flame barbeque until cooked through. These burgers must be cooked all the way through any kind of poultry must never be cooked rare.

MEDITERRANEAN TURKEY BURGERS

1 kg turkey mince
1 cup fresh breadcrumbs
1 egg lightly beaten
1 medium bulb fennel finely diced
2 shallots/green onions sliced
2 tsp dried Greek oregano
1 tsp ground black pepper
Sea salt to taste

Thoroughly combine all ingredients in a large bowl cover and refrigerate. Form into patties grill on a lightly oiled medium flame barbeque until cooked all the way through.

About the Author: Amongst her many interests Anne Edwards has a passion for collecting recipes from all over the world. Her Best Recipes Ever blog has a growing array of delicious recipes for any occasion. Whether you just want to throw something tasty and nutritious together after you get home from work or whether you’re hosting a dinner party cooking doesn’t have to be a chore.