With Christmas less than a month away, holiday entertaining is on my mind. I’ve been spending the last week baking up some tasty goodies for the freezer, but I like having savoury snacks to offer as well as sweets. I adore using appetizers for entertaining and cheese is one of my top choices, simply because I love it so much. Recently Black Diamond asked me to create a few recipes perfect for holiday entertaining using its new Black Diamond Cheese Spread and I couldn’t resist the chance to test out the cheesy goodness for myself.
I decided to make the Bacon Cheddar Salsa Dip featured on the Black Diamond website. My boys and I are huge fans of Mexican food and this looked like a great easy way to enjoy our favourite cuisine. I made the recipe even easier by substituting our favourite store-bought salsa for the freshly made version and the results were perfect.
Of course, one dish is never enough when entertaining, so I decided to use the Black Diamond Light Cheese Spread to create another appetizer. This one couldn’t be easier; simply arrange fresh vegetables on a platter and serve with Black Diamond Light Cheese Spread for dipping. This was such a great way to get my boys to eat their vegetables!
I have to admit, I was more impressed with the Black Diamond Cheese Spread than I expected to be. As a cheese lover, I don’t usually eat spreadable cheese as I find it a poor substitute for the real thing, but this is absolutely addictive. It has a sharp, genuine flavour that I loved and spreading it on crackers for a late-night snack is my new guilty pleasure. Give these new varieties a try and see what you think of Black Diamond Cheese Spread!
MY favourite holiday appetizers are deviled eggs and pigs in blankets.
Mt favourite Christmas appetizer would most definitely be warm cream cheese crab dip… it’s so delicious :)
veggies n dip……or/and cheese cracker & meats
I always enjoy assorted deli meats, cheese and crackers
I love any kind of puff pastry appetizer!
Am confused. Thought this was about holiday appetizers? If yes, mine is a Brie baked inside crescent roll dough with my homemade raspberry jam and toasted almonds inside :) if not, then love Rudolph lol
Lol My fault Tara! For some reason the question was from the last giveaway, and normally I would have noticed right away, but I was in Jamaica and couldn’t change it until I got back. You are right on with the appetizer answer!
potatoes with cheese sauce
I love cheese, crackers and peperoni
My favourite holiday appetizer is a great cheese ball served with Triscuits and celery sticks
I must have read the question to fast… I thought it asked what my favorite APPETIZER is.. not my favorite Holiday Movie?? :s
In either case, I like DIE HARD… & my favorite Appetizer for the holidays is a cream cheese pinwheel. :)
My fault! The question was from the last giveaway and I was away so didn’t notice until I got back. I probably should have just left it, but I wanted it to match what was in the post. Either answer is awesome! :)