Super Easy Guacamole (Ruth Hilvety)

Mash avocado with fork. Add lime juice, salsa, salt, and pepper. Mix thoroughly. Serve with tortilla chips.

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Two Cheese Spread (Myscha Theriault)

Mix ingredients until well blended. Place spread in a crock or bowl and chill. Serve with crackers or celery sticks.

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Asparagus Roll-Ups (Linda Edmiston)

Preheat oven to 325 degrees. Clean and cut tough ends from asparagus. Cut crusts from bread. Using a rolling pin, roll the bread slices flat. Spread each bread slice with a layer of cream cheese. Place a whole asparagus spear across one end of each piece of bread. Roll bread around asparagus. Brush with melted butter. Place rolls on cookie sheets, seam sides down. Bake for 15-20 minutes, or until brown. (If fresh asparagus is not available you may substitute with canned spears. Canned asparagus tends to be a bit mushy though.)

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Sliders

Sliders — hot sandwiches on small buns — are popular on menus across the country. Use your imagination, or follow these suggestions that use silver dollar rolls from any grocery store bakery:

Or try the following recipe:

Hot Mini Deli Sandwiches (Debbie Olsen)

Preheat oven to 300 degrees. Mix mustard and butter. With large serrated knife, slice horizontally through entire package of rolls to make 2 large flat rectangles (do not cut individual rolls apart). On cut side of 2 roll rectangles, spread mustard/butter mixture. Layer meat and cheese as desired on one rectangle. Place remaining roll rectangle, mustard side down, on top of meat and cheese. Wrap and seal entire large sandwich in foil form a "package." Repeat above with other package of rolls. Bake 10-15 minutes. Remove from oven and let sit 5-10 minutes. Carefully open foil packages. Using a serrated knife, cut into individual small sandwiches. Serve immediately. (This recipe can be assembled days ahead and frozen. If frozen, let sandwiches thaw 10-15 minutes before baking.)

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Easy Chilies Relenos (Terrie Potter)

Preheat oven to 350 degrees. Place grated cheese in 7 x 11-inch Pyrex baking dish. Sprinkle chilies evenly over cheese. Pour eggs evenly over dish. Bake 30 minutes. Let dish sit several minutes before cutting into small squares.

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Cheese Dollars (Terrie Potter)

Preheat oven to 350 degrees. Cream butter. Blend in remaining ingredients thoroughly. Shape dough into ¾ inch balls and place on baking sheet 2 inches apart. Bake about 15 minutes. Serve immediately. (You may make these ahead and refrigerate before baking if desired.)

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Cheddar Cheese Dip (Kim Tsuda)

Preheat oven to 350 degrees. Mix ingredients in ovenproof casserole dish. Bake 20 minutes. Serve immediately with crackers or corn chips.

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Blue Biscuits (Terrie Potter)

Preheat oven to 375 degrees. In a glass bowl, melt butter in microwave. Blend in blue cheese. Cut each biscuit into fourths and dip each into cheese/butter mixture. Place on baking sheets or in mini muffin pans. Bake for about 12-15 minutes. Serve warm.

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Bacon Wrapped Sausages (Jan Burdick)

Preheat oven to 350 degrees. Wrap each individual sausage with 1/2 piece of uncooked bacon. Place in baking dish in single layers. Sprinkle all with brown sugar to taste. Bake until bacon is cooked and sugar has caramelized, about 20-30 minutes. Remove from oven. Secure each bacon wrapped sausage with toothpick. Serve hot.

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