Entertaining for crowds can be stressful, especially when it comes to preparing enough food to satisfy your guests. The key to keep it simple: Use ingredients you have on hand, limit yourself to two to four ingredients per appetizer, and think about your oven/toaster oven space.
I came up with these crostini while trying to find something simple and quick to eat for lunch. I had some leftover whole wheat baguette and ham steak, so I put two and two together. The product was delicious!
The following makes a dozen crostini.
INGREDIENTS:
12 slices of whole wheat baguette, cut into 1/2-inch thick slices
12 slices of marble jack cheese (Parmesan is delicious, too!)
3 slices of cooked ham steak, diced
METHOD:
Place the slices of cheese on the slices of baguette; top with ham. Broil in oven (or toaster oven!) ten minutes or until brown on top. Serve hot!
I always use my toaster oven for appetizers because it keeps the number of available hot appetizers down to a plateful, a more manageable size for food meant to be served hot. It also takes less time to cook food in a toaster oven because the space that needs to heated up is smaller than a conventional oven. It is also very easy to set up in an area outside your kitchen, so you can assign the "refilling the toaster oven" duty to a good friend at your party, and relieve some of the burden of hosting.
Enjoy!
Miss Browning
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