Star Appetizer

Looking for a cute little appetizer for summer entertaining?  This just might be the one for you, if in fact, watermelon, provolone cheese, and blueberries appeal to you!  The combination is quite tasty!

I measured the depth of my cookie cutter and then sliced the watermelon to fit nicely.   After cutting the watermelon stars, I decided to use a smaller star cookie cutter and cut the provolone cheese.  I cut both the watermelon and provolone a few hours ahead...I put paper towels in between the watermelon stars to dry them a bit.

Just prior to party time, stack the stars and then thread two or three blueberries on picks and attach to stars.

For an added touch I made tags to match the July 4th holiday!

Fourth of July Celebration



Today would have been Vinnie's birthday and we all were thinking of that special golden retriever that blessed our lives for fifteen years! Happy Birthday Vinnie!

We had a little Independence Day get-together today with Mom, Caribe and Tyler at our house and as always there was a lot of food. We hope that Courtney and Matt can join us next July 4th...we miss you two!

Today's menu consisted of hot dogs on the grill, calico baked beans in the crockpot, chips & dip, a jazzed up corn on the cob, and a fruit pizza.

The fruit pizza is nothing more than sugar cookie dough that you spread on a pizza stone and bake for 11 minutes at 350 degrees. I then mixed two 8 ounce packages of cream cheese that had been softened and gradually added about a cup and a half of powdered sugar. Finally I added some strawberry/rhubarb preserves for color and taste. That mixture was spread on the round baked cookie. Using blueberries I created a star...which is a little off center but you get the idea and then raspberries were placed around the edge.

I had some red-white-and blue striped crepe paper and I pinched it and tucked under the cookie which added a little festive touch.