ShareThisStock your pantry and refrigerator with these items and you'll have something to offer unexpected guests:
-- Crackers, chips, pita or bagel chips.
-- Block cheeses.
-- Olives.
-- Dried fruit and nuts.
-- Pickled vegetables, including marinated artichokes or roasted red peppers.
-- Flavored cream cheese to spread on cucumber slices.
-- Frozen cooked shrimp with cocktail sauce (or ketchup mixed with horseradish and lemon juice to taste).
-- Frozen phyllo cups can be filled with tuna, crab or egg salad. Or fill with flavored soft cheese and half a marinated artichoke.
-- Hummus or tabouli.
-- Hot pepper jelly and cream cheese to make a spread for crackers.
-- Boursin cheese for crackers or as the filling for rolled sliced salami.
-- Pick out a few emergency appetizers from the freezer case such as mini-quiches, mozzarella sticks or popcorn shrimp.
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