Nintendo: Smoked Salmon Appetizers
I’ve mentioned this a few times in the past, but I am a big fan of appetizers. Chips and dip, meat+cheese+veggie pinwheels, tea sandwiches, giant seasoned cheese balls, schmear on crackers, little smokies.....if I didn’t live with other people that required normal people food I'm sure 80% of my diet would consist of appetizer finger foods.
I’ve wanted to share a more casual recipe with everyone for a while now, so today I am sharing one of my favorite appetizer combos with you, fixed up special in honor of #MarioMonth !!! Play with the designs and send me any new ones that you come up with, I’d love to reblog them for everyone to see!
Crackers of choice (I chose a whole wheat cracker)
Cream Cheese or flavored schmear, as needed (allow to reach room temp. for best spread-ability)
White Cheese of choice, thinly sliced (I recommend sharp white cheddar or smoked gouda!)
Yellow Pepper (I used a yellow chili pepper, but you can use a yellow bell pepper for a less spicy alternative)
Prep and assembly: ~20 min.
Makes: AS MANY AS YOU WANT FOR REALS (or until you run out of ingredients)
Time to make your snacks!
Cut a circle out of the smoked salmon and then slice off the bottom portion to make a flat edge. Slice a smaller half circle out of the pepper to make the face. Make equal-sized circles for the polka dots out of cheese.
Spread cream cheese on a cracker and layer the salmon and pepper next to each other, with the cheese dots on top.
Cut an elongated oval out of the smoked salmon. Make progressively smaller ovals out of the pepper and cheese respectively. Prep a stem of parsley with two leaves for the base of the flower (most parsley has a group of about 3 leaves at the end of a stem. Just pinch the top/middle leaf off and cut the stem to an appropriate size.)
Spread cream cheese on a cracker and layer the salmon first, then pepper, then cheese. Arrange the parsley below it as a stem.
Cut a circle with a slice cut into it with the smoked salmon (like Pac Man!) Then cut a V shape out of the cheese to make the mouth (be very careful when cutting teeth into it, it’s delicate). Create a stem from the parsley following the same instructions for the fire flowers.
Spread cream cheese on a cracker and layer the salmon first, then the cheese, and the arrange the parsley below it as a stem.
Yummy delicious snacks for playing video games!
