HappyTrails

Since we are saving for a cruise and really watching our budget, we are not eating out as much.  It is giving me withdrawal symptoms!  Some hot and crunchy breaded chicken wings or some kind of appetizer would be nice.

Likely the weather is getting to me as well.  Colder air has been blowing in and the front screen door is banging against the frame; that only happens when it is really windy out.  We are going to be getting zero and below zero temps, and cold weather really just is not my bag any more.  Snow is fine, as long as the temps do not go low, but this is just too cold for comfort.

Fortunately, we went food shopping earlier today, because it is just too miserable outside to do that now.  Shopping can be exhausting when you go to several stores to stock up on the specials and bogos.  One of the places had a favorite vegetarian canned soup on sale.  After all the driving around and shopping, I was not planning on spending an hour cooking dinner afterward, so that was part of what was easy for dinner tonight.

I decided we needed more than just soup, bakery bread toast and hot spiced applesauce.   How about some appetizers?  They had to be easy, I was tired already.

We had just bought some fresh low fat deli ham thin sliced, and that would help ramp up the protein for dinner.  Ham and cream cheese appetizers sounded good, and they really tasted pretty good.

Take a thin slice of ham, spread with room temperature cream cheese and well drained, chopped green olives with pimento.  Roll the ham slice and chill.  Just cut it in serving sections — and use about three thin ham slices per person.  Yummy appetizers, and it seemed like a special treat because it was different.

To make spiced hot applesauce is pretty simple too.  Heat the contents of the can or jar, add a couple heaping tablespoons of brown sugar, and a few dashes of cinnamon.  Stir well and serve.  Occasionally we add a teaspoon of lemon juice to the mix, but not everyone likes that.  My family just prefers it sweet with cinnamon.

The ham appetizers will definitely be made again.  I was looking for some simple ones, and while this video starts out slow getting to the point, it was definitely worth watching to see these appetizers being made.  Well, now I am hungry again, I will not mention for what, but I have the bacon and the breadsticks…

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