As you all well know, we love sporting events (War Eagle!) in this family & love to host parties! I generally make dips & Glenn will grill or fry something when we get together at our place, but recently I’ve been wanting to try some different side options – especially as two of our close friends don’t really enjoy veggies & my best dip is spinach based 😉 So here are two tasty (& very easy!) recipes for game days or other gatherings. Enjoy!
Jalapeno Cream Cheese Bites
Jalapeno Bacon Cream Cheese Bites
2018-09-28 18:59:53
Ingredients
- 1 package (8 Oz. Size) Crescent Rolls
- ½  of a block (8 Oz. Size) cream cheese (we use the 1/3 fat version)
- 2  medium jalapeno peppers  (sliced into rounds, then quartered)
- 8-10 slices cooked bacon (chopped into similar size as the peppers)
- Ranch Dressing (for dipping) - we used Spicy Ranch
Instructions
- Break crescent rolls into precut triangles, then cut each triangle in half (forming 2 smaller triangles)
- Place about 1 teaspoon cream cheese on each triangle
- Place 2-4 jalapeno pepper slices on top of cream cheese
- Place 4-6 small pieces of bacon on top of that
- Wrap crescent roll around all, pressing edges together to seal (it's ok if it's not all the way sealed)
- Bake according to crescent roll package instructions until lightly browned
- Serve warm, with ranch dressing for dipping
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*note: the first time we made these, we made the jalapeno and bacon slices larger and we both agreed the rolls would benefit from more of each ingredient and making the pieces smaller as well so the pictures show larger pieces. Either will work & be just as tasty 🙂
Boiled Peanuts
Ingredients:
- Uncooked green peanuts – about 1 1/2 quarts (we get ours at the flea market)
- Water – 2 1/2 quarts (or enough to cover the peanuts)
- Salt – 1/2 cup if you are using other spices (1 cup or to taste if not)
- Other spices of choice (we use equal parts Slap Ya Mama & Cavender’s to the salt)
Directions:
- Wash peanuts in strainer until water runs dry
- Add peanuts to crock pot along with water & salt/spices – then stir
- Cook (covered) on high for about 6 hours (or until desired texture – we like a bit of texture over mushy peanuts)
