"We're in town for the day and we thought we'd drop in later. Is that okay?" The dreaded "drop in." Your week has been totally hectic already and now your friend... and her kids... are going to drop in. Cleaning up the house is going to be hard enough, but what are you going feed these people? All you have in the fridge is a lonely carton of sour cream.
But all you need is sour cream to start making these simple and delicious dishes that are perfect for guests who drop in.
Ingredients
Mini Yukon gold potatoes
2 tbsp olive oil
1/2 cup sour cream
Fresh dill and chives
Salt and pepper to taste
Directions
Wash and boil potatoes until softened, approximately 10-15 minutes.
Toss soft potatoes in a hot saute pan, with olive oil, salt and pepper.
Once the potatoes are golden brown, remove from the pan and let cool.
Cut a shallow "x" in the top of each potato.
Drop a 1/2 tsp dollop of sour cream on top of each potato and sprinkle with either finely chopped chives or a small sprig of dill.
Serve and enjoy.
Ingredients
4 slices of bacon
12 cherry tomatoes
Handful of baby spinach
2 leaves of basil
1/2 cup sour cream
Salt and pepper to taste
Directions
Bake the bacon, set aside to cool and chop into 1/4" slices.
Julienne (thinly slice) spinach and basil.
Quarter the cherry tomatoes.
Mix bacon, spinach, basil and cherry tomatoes into sour cream until combined.
Serve dip with crackers or breadsticks.
Ingredients
2 cups flour
3 tsp baking powder
1 cup room temperature unsalted butter
1 cup sour cream
1 cup shredded cheddar cheese
3 slices of baked ham
Dijon mustard
Directions
Cream together butter and sour cream.
In a small bowl whisk together flour, baking powder and cheese.
Add flour mixture to butter and sour cream in 2 batches.
Stir until combined and dough forms.
Scoop 1 tbsp of dough into buttered mini muffin tin.
Bake in 450°F oven for 10-12 minutes, until lightly golden brown on top.
Remove from oven and let cool.
Use a round cookie cutter to slice ham.
Once cooled slice biscuits in half and add ham and optional Dijon mustard.
Serve and enjoy.
Get the kids involved: When it's time to top the mini potatoes, let the kids do all the work! They can measure the sour cream and sprinkle on the herbs. Kids love mixing and stirring, so why not let them combine all the ingredients in the BLT dip? Any time the cookie cutters are out in our house, the kids like to lend a hand. Have the kids slice the ham into rounds for the little ham sandwiches.
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