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by Harold Almon
Be at Ease School of Etiquette Austin
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The line to station three (the bar) can lead to a table used to hold a tray of cocktail foods for the event.

Remember, a guest is to be provided something to eat within seven minutes. (Did you not use to work at Mickey D’s?) No matter, be prepared to perform this obligation in your event environment.

Give each guest something to eat before you give them a roasted (main course) meat. A balanced array of cocktail foods will include at least three food groups.

Cocktail food is to be restricted to two to three of these items Dairy, Grains, Meats, or Beans; then you can pick between Nuts, Fruits, and Vegetables.

“Consider lining the finger food tray with a paper doily for cheese, bread, or dessert.”

You can use lettuce to line serving trays for moist foods such as fruit kabobs, vegetables, or meats.

Have the passing of the cocktail foods begin.

Frugal Cocktail foods may be nuts and seeds as used as a snack. Suggested Nuts are:

Almonds, boiled and roasted or as a butter,

Brazil Nuts,

Cashews or Cashew butter, and Chestnuts, at Christmas, taste good as any naughty delight; unless bought on sale frugal? Not so much. You can serve

Hazel nuts, or

Peanuts. Note: peanuts are legumes, but you look for them to be among the nuts. You can fill the need for nuts with Peanuts or Peanut butter.

Chunky Honey Roasted Peanut Butter or Creamy can be used alone or as a base for an open face peanut butter and bagel sandwich, bread, or crisp sandwich topped with organic apples, bananas, peaches, pears, or strawberries.

Peanut butter and (low fat) yogurt may be used as a fruit dip. You can get a separate jar and spoon for each guest; you know who you are and what you do alone.

Pecans, or

Pine nuts (not as frugal,) may be served as well as

Pistachios, and then there are

Walnuts. (Think and taste the fiber.) You eat them by halves. You only need six.

Nuts can be most frugal when you buy them in bulk.

Frugal tip: Nuts let you get the satiety of fat: feel full and you only need a few. I like Almonds best; I find peanuts have more frugal friendly pricing

Seeds can be served or used as a snack or as frugal cocktail food, among them:

Chia

Flax, it can be ground up in a coffee grinder and used on or in everything from baked goods to beverages. You can find it in the refrigeration section.

Mustard

Poppy, or

Pumpkin seeds (Pepitas) can be used for cocktail food.

Sesame seeds alone could be used; you might grind your own sesame seeds and have your home made Tahini, and use it to make hummus. Sesame seeds might be used in a flatbread.

Remember to add to your list

Sunflower seeds, shelled or unshelled.

My Palate® Almon Hitt - Nuts Seeds Fiber Protein Fat

Nuts

Almond Butter -M Almonds -M

Roasted Almonds-M Raw Almonds-M

Cashew Butter M Brazil Nuts-M

Hazelnut-M Chestnuts -M

Pecans-M Peanuts-M

Pine Nuts-OM Honey Roasted Peanut Butter-M

Walnuts-OM Pistachios-M

Soy Nut

Seeds

Chia-OM Flax-O

Hemp Mustard

Poppy Pumpkin- Pepitas-OM

Sesame-Tahini-PMOM Sunflower-PMOM

For every item you consume know the recommended

Portion

Serving Serving Size

Calories