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Bean Dip
Cat Poo on Rye
Easy Guacamole
Humus
Martha Stewart Sausage Balls
Salt Potatoes
Sliders
Texas Caviar
 

Bean Dip
Source: Lynn Seckler
This is one of the yummiest dips I’ve ever had and I am not a bean person at all!

Ingredients:
1 16oz. can refried beans
8oz. sour cream
½ packet of chili seasoning or taco seasoning mix
¼ cup chopped onion
1lb. Grated cheddar cheese

Directions:
Set aside one cup grated cheese and mix all other ingredients together.  Put in a baking dish and add the remaining one cup cheese on top.  Bake in a preheated oven at 350 degrees for 30 minutes.  Serve with corn chips.

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Cat Poo on Rye
Source: Debbie Maguigan
This is a great party appetizer.  Debbie forgot the name of it but her kids told her it looked like cat poo, so that is how it got this unique name.  Despite that – it’s yummy!

Ingredients:
1 lb. Ground beef
1 lb. Ground sausage
1 lb. Velvetta cheese
Hot Sauce (to desired taste)
1 loaf party rye (the small bite size loaf of bread usually found in the deli / cheese department of your local grocery store).

Directions:
Brown ground beef and sausage then drain grease. 
Combine the meats with the velvetta, and hot sauce in the same pan until cheese melts over medium heat.
Spread the mixture on party rye and cook in preheated 350 degree oven until brown (about 10-15 minutes).

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Easy Guacamole
Source: Denise Goodman (from allrecipes.com)
Even my husband likes this one and it’s so simple!

Ingredients:
2 Avacados
1 small onion, finely chopped
1 clove garlic, minced
1 ripe tomato, chopped
1 lime, juiced (or 1 lemon juiced)
salt and pepper to taste 

Directions:
Peel and mash avocadoes in a medium serving bowl.  Stir in onion, garlic, tomato, lime (or lemon) juice, salt and pepper.  Chill for half an hour to blend flavors.

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Humus
Source: Angela Cook

Ingredients:
1/3 cup Sesame Tahini Paste (usually found in the health food section of any grocery store)
1 can garbanzo beans
2 ½ Tablespoons lemon juice
2 – 4 cloves of garlic (depending on your taste)
1 teaspoon salt
3 – 5 Tablespoons water (start with 3, check consistency and add as needed up to 5). 

Directions:
Mix all ingredients in blender or food processor.  Serve with pita bread, bagel chips or corn chips.

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Martha Stewart Sausage Balls
Source: Obviously Martha Stewart
These are the best sausage balls you will ever have.  They are a pain to make, but well worth the trouble.  Everyone will love them (of course, they come from Martha herself)!

Ingredients:
2 lbs. Jimmy Dean Sausage
1 ½ cups all purpose bisquick
4 cups shredded sharp cheddar cheese
¼ cup finely chopped green onion
¼ cup finely chopped scallion
½ cup finely chopped celery
½ teaspoon garlic powder

Directions:
Combine all ingredients and shape into 1 inch balls.  Bake in preheated 350 degree oven for about 15 minutes.  Make sure your cookie sheet is not a flat cookie sheet because these are extremely greasy.  The balls will be swimming in grease and you do not want the grease to overflow in your oven causing a fire (and yes, I am speaking from experience here).

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Salt Potatoes
Source: Heather Thomas
These are very unique and they always disappear at parties.  They end up looking like munchkin donut holes, so make sure you tell your guests they are potatoes before they take one expecting something sweet. 

Ingredients:
1 bad new red potatoes (as small in size as possible)
1 canister of salt (yes, the large canister of table salt like Mortons)
Dip Ingredients:
16oz. Sour Cream
Knorr Leak Soup Mix
Bacon Bits to taste

Directions:
Wash the potatoes.
Pour the entire canister of salt in a large pot of boiling water.
Boil the potatoes in the boiling salt water until cooked (about 20 minutes)
Remove potatoes from water and place on a dry surface.  Do not let the potatoes touch each other while cooling.
Once cooled to room temperature, serve with dip.

Dip Directions:
Mix sour cream, soup mix and bacon bits in bowl.  Let stand refrigerated at least 30 minutes before serving.

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Source: Julie White
These are the homemade version of Krystal Burgers – Yummy.  Great for late night party snacks.

Ingredients:
2 lbs. Ground beef (not lean beef)
2 eggs
2-3 packages dry onion soup mix
salt & pepper to taste
2 packages Pepperidge Farm Party Rolls (@ 20 rolls each)
sliced dill pickles
American cheese (optional)

Directions:
Mix beef, eggs, onion mix, salt & pepper through (adding onion mix until beef is not wet).  Press into cookie sheet and bake at 350 degrees (make sure to press meat very thin – it doubles thickness after cooking).  Bake until meat is brown but edges are not crispy.

Slice rolls in half lengthwise.  After meat has cooled, cut a chunk of beef to fit in between sliced rolls.  If using cheese, place on top of meat along with pickles.  Cut rolls to make individual burgers.

Place on platter and cover with plastic wrap.  Before serving, microwave covered until burgers are steamed and warmed.

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Texas Caviar
Source: BettyAnn Hilsman
This is my new all time favorite dip.  Keep in mind, I am not a bean person and I LOVE this dip.  I actually made it once just to eat all by myself.  Now that’s embarrassing – but it tells you something (about the dip and me, huh?).

 Ingredients:
3 Tablespoons red wine vinegar
2 teaspoons hot sauce
1 Tablespoon minced garlic
1.5 Tablespoons olive oil
1 avocado, cubed
1 (15 ounce) can white corn kernels, drained
1 (15 ounce) can black beans, drained
1/2 lb Roma tomatoes, diced
1 cup diced green onion
1/2 to 3/4 cup chopped cilantro
salt and pepper

Directions:
1. Whisk together the vinegar, oil, garlic and hot sauce.
2. Then fold in the avocado and the rest of the ingredients.
3. Season to taste with salt and pepper and serve with Tortilla chips (I prefer Frito scoops) as an appetizer.  Or you can serve as a salad in lettuce-lined bowl
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