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Antipasti Tray

(from www.emealsforyou.com Recipes/Appetizer/AntipastiTray)

With all my recent posts and rants about healthier eating it may appear that I have deserted those who eat a normal diet; normal being somewhat less health conscience and in moderation. One of the many things to come out of my NJ trip and cooking marathon is that I now have a wealth of food topics to pass along to you.

Although I usually recommend cooking from scratch to control what goes into meals; occasionally I rely on prepared or as the TV show calls them “Semi-Homemade” products. This antipasti tray was one of 11 different dishes we prepared for the buffet party in NJ for 35 people. Wanting to provide a salad-like course we decided to go the deli route. Shooting for a visual as well as a palate pleasing effect we selected thinly sliced hard salami, Gorgonzola stuffed green olives, assorted black olives, marinated artichoke hearts and goat cheese stuffed red peppers. ( we did stuff the peppers ourselves; the we being my wife). Our friend Jean arranged the dish and I can verify that it did have the desired visual and palate pleasing results.

BTW – For those keeping score I found antipasti spelled antipasti, antipasta and antipasto. Would one of my Italian readers please send a comment as to the difference in these three?