Recipe(tried): Eggplant Spread and Ideas for at home Wedding Reception

CHRISTINA:
Good Morning. First of all let me express my good wishes to you & your future husband. Good luck to both of you.
Christina, My culinary imagination tells me the following. If guests are coming over at 7:00 P.M. you can safely assume they have already dined earlier. So do not count on having much food out on your party table. I am going to post one very easy dish to make Trust me it's CHEAP to make.

APPETIZER: EGGPLANT SPREAD

1 eggplant (approx 3/4 pound)
1/2 of a medium onion (peeled & diced fine)
2 medium to large garlic cloves minced
1 tbsp lemon juice
1 tbsp olive oil
1 tsp oregano (or any dried herb of your choice
salt & pepper to taste
2 tbsp of dried parsley

Bake eggplant at 350 degrees in a pre-heated oven for 30/35 minutes. Peel and dice eggplant.

Place eggplant and remaining ingredients into a food processor with a steel blade and process away.

Chill till ready to serve. Serve with saltine type of crackers or the like.

Christina I would make 3 times this amount. LEFTOVERS are excellent for a lite lunch next day.

Other considerations are:
- Small cocktail franks that you can cut-up slivers of deli cheese and wrap around the franks with colored foil tooth-picks and serve with cocktail rye bread. This bread can be purchased in your local deli or supermarket.

- Make some potato salad this forum has many recipes for that. Try to make it simple. Find one with-out hard-boiled eggs.

- Get deli sliced meats like turkey & ham. Quarter the slices so they can fit on the cocktail rye and or the saltines. Have lettuce, thin sliced tomatoes, and sliced pickles along with mustard and mayo as well.

Good luck & have a nice day young lady.
~Chef Dunask.