{"id":1727,"date":"2014-10-31T10:00:48","date_gmt":"2014-10-31T10:00:48","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.bhgre.com\/bhgrelife\/?p=1727"},"modified":"2022-10-06T11:11:24","modified_gmt":"2022-10-06T15:11:24","slug":"ask-pro-qa-whats-best-finger-food-serve","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.bhgre.com\/bhgrelife\/ask-pro-qa-whats-best-finger-food-serve\/","title":{"rendered":"Ask a Pro Q&#038;A: What&#8217;s the best finger food to serve?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Welcome to another installment of Ask a Pro! Today&#8217;s pro is Carolina Buia, Dream Team member and Lifestyle pro. She will share with us some of her favorite finger foods to serve at a party!<\/p>\n<p>Q:\u00a0Finger food &#8211; what&#8217;s the best thing to serve?<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: right;\">-Betty M.<\/p>\n<p>A: Here are some of my favorite finger foods, ordered from \u201csuper easy\u201d to \u201ca little more work\u201d.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft\" src=\"https:\/\/www.bhgre.com\/bhgrelife\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/10\/prosciutto_breadsticks-300x217.jpg\" alt=\"prosciutto_breadsticks\" width=\"300\" height=\"217\" data-wp-pid=\"1728\" \/><br \/>\nThin, rosemary Italian breadsticks wrapped in prosciutto\u00a0(prep 15 min ahead), you can also roll them in black sesame seeds.<\/p>\n<p><br style=\"clear: both;\" \/><!--nextpage--><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft\" src=\"https:\/\/www.bhgre.com\/bhgrelife\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/10\/mozzarella_kebab-300x200.jpg\" alt=\"mozzarella_kebab\" width=\"300\" height=\"200\" data-wp-pid=\"1729\" \/>Kebabs of mini-mozzarella, watermelon, basil and cherry tomatoes (prep up to 30 min ahead)<\/p>\n<p><br style=\"clear: both;\" \/><!--nextpage--><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft\" src=\"https:\/\/www.bhgre.com\/bhgrelife\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/10\/hush_puppies-300x200.jpg\" alt=\"hush_puppies\" width=\"300\" height=\"200\" data-wp-pid=\"1732\" \/><br \/>\nHush puppies with jalapeno and fresh corn, served with your favorite dipping sauce (make up to an hour ahead warm before serving). I like a sweet and spicy tomato sauce.<\/p>\n<p><br style=\"clear: both;\" \/><!--nextpage--><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft\" src=\"https:\/\/www.bhgre.com\/bhgrelife\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/10\/coconut_shrimp-300x225.jpg\" alt=\"coconut_shrimp\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" data-wp-pid=\"1730\" \/><br \/>\nCoconut-crusted shrimp served with pineapple dipping salsa (make up to half an hour ahead, warm before serving)<\/p>\n<p><br style=\"clear: both;\" \/><!--nextpage--><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft\" src=\"https:\/\/www.bhgre.com\/bhgrelife\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/10\/witches_fingers-300x200.jpg\" alt=\"witches_fingers\" width=\"300\" height=\"200\" data-wp-pid=\"1731\" \/><\/p>\n<p>And finally, because it\u2019s Halloween, \u201csevered witches fingers.\u201d These are your basic sugar cookie recipe shaped like fingers, then use an almond or pistachio for the nail, opt to color the nail with red food coloring (although the green pistachio doesn\u2019t need any coloring), and add strawberry jam at the bottom. They\u2019re spooky, but irresistible!<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: right;\">-Carolina B.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<div class=\"more-link-wrapper\"><button class=\"more-link\" role=\"button\" tabindex=\"-1\" aria-hidden=\"true\">Read More<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"><\/span><\/button><\/div>","protected":false},"author":1271,"featured_media":1731,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[17],"tags":[1591,36,62,61],"class_list":["post-1727","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-ask-a-pro","tag-ask-a-pro","tag-kitchen","tag-party","tag-party-favors","entry"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.2 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Ask a Pro Q&amp;A: What&#039;s the best finger food to serve? - Better Homes and Gardens Real Estate Life<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Carolina Buia, Dream Team member and Lifestyle pro will share with us some of her favorite finger foods to serve at a party.\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.bhgre.com\/bhgrelife\/ask-pro-qa-whats-best-finger-food-serve\/\" \/>\n<link rel=\"next\" href=\"https:\/\/www.bhgre.com\/bhgrelife\/ask-pro-qa-whats-best-finger-food-serve\/2\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Ask a Pro Q&amp;A: What&#039;s the best finger food to serve? 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