Friday we hosted poker and some heavy apps were in order. The first thing we made was Cheese Slaw. I had never heard of this before moving to Roanoke but around here, it is a staple at cocktail parties. The recipe I use comes from the Junior League of the Roanoke Valley's cookbook.
Mix together 1 pound of shredded swiss cheese (shred it yourself, it's worth the extra effort), one bunch green onions (chopped), 1/2 cup chopped pickled jalapenos, 1/2 cup chopped hot banana peppers and mayo (full fat please) to bind. Serve with Fritos scoops. This stuff is absolutely addictive and I have yet to find someone who doesn't like it.
Next we, and by we I mean Tim, made meatballs. He took a pound of ground chuck, a pound of sausage, onion, garlic powder and some bread crumbs and combined them. He portioned them out with a disher and baked at 400 until done.
We served them in homemade barbecue sauce.
Take one small onion and three cloves garlic. Dice fine and sweat (cook in olive oil and salt at a low temp) until translucent. Add one cup ketchup, one cup water, two tablespoons molasses, two table spoons brown sugar, one teaspoon cayenne pepper, two tablespoons dry mustard. Cook on low for about an hour.
Cost of appetizers:
$11.55 Cheese slaw and chips (we ended up with about half the bag of chips left over)
$7 Meatballs (7 adults all enjoyed them and we had enough left over for Tim and I to have them for lunch the next day.)
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