Happy November Everyone!
Can you believe it? The months of 2011 are racing by. Pretty soon we’ll be lighting off fireworks for New Years!
These were one of the appetizers I served at my Apple a Day dinner party. They were a huge hit, and probably one of the best dishes of the evening.
Antipasto Skewer of Chicken Apple Sausage, Roasted Tomato, Artichoke Heart, and Olive
~These skewers are dairy-free, gluten-free, and sugar-free!
Ingredients:
- 12 oz. Chicken Apple Sausages (I used Applegate Farms because they use minimal ingredients, they were organic, and I already knew that I loved the taste)
- 1 small carton cherry tomatoes
- 1 14 oz. can artichoke hearts, drained
- olives of choice (I used a mix of kalamata and manzanilla olives)
- 1 teaspoon oil of choice, for pan
- wooden skewers
First, slice the fully-cooked chicken sausages into 1 inch slices. Put 1 teaspoon oil on pan and heat to medium-high. Place each sausage piece on pan and brown each side, about 5 minutes. Next, add the cherry tomatoes to the pan and cook slightly until it has turned slightly brown in spots, about a minute.
Take your wooden skewers and skewer the olive, artichoke heart, tomato, and then the sausage. Look at the picture below for help. Arrange on baking dish and cover with foil. Heat sausages in 350* oven for about 5-10 minutes or until warm.
You can also prepare these the day before and simply heat them in the oven before serving.
It makes a beautiful appetizer, and it is quite simple to make. You could even have your kids, young cousins, etc help with the skewering.
THOUGHT-PROVOKING, MIND-PRODDING QUESTION OF THE DAY:
Did you have a happy halloween? What did you do?
I hope you didn’t eat too much candy! If you did, consider signing up for the sugar-free challenge to give your body a sugar-detox.
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Why is food so much fun when it’s on a stick? WHY? 😉
I was just saying that the other day. Would you rather eat a pickle? Or a pickle on a stick? Duh-on a stick!!!
Holy YUM, get in my belleh.
I think grocery shopping is in order, and I agree, food is so much more fun on a stick!
These look so simple and delicious. Apple chicken sausage sure is my favorite. Sooooo good.
My mom went all out with spooky foods last night. It was a blast 🙂
These look wonderful! I seriously might take them to a party on Saturday. I despise olives though – any suggestions on something of a simliar shape i could use in their place?
You could really put anything on there: basil leaf, roasted red pepper, grilled zuchinni, or simply leave it out and eat it with the three items.
So delicious looking! I have apply breakfast sausages in the freezer right now, I just need to get some olives which I’m finally starting to have a taste for. I had a very fun halloween weekend but didn’t do much on the actual holiday. That’s what happens when your too old for trick or treating, don’t have kids, and don’t live in a trick or treating kind of neighborhood.
i love cute food and this is so cute! cute and delicious 🙂 and i totally know what you mean..i can’t believe 2011 is almost over!
Yum, these look so great… food on a stick is always more fun 🙂 A nice change to the regular anti pasto platter… less greasy fingers too!
Great idea and very kid friendly too 🙂 But then again I love anything that’s remotely childish!
genius and so easy and healthy. great idea, especially when the holidays are coming. i would probably stick some kind of cheese on there and add a mustard dijon dipping sauce on the side. thanks for everything.
OMG you had me at all the olives!! I love OLIVES!!!!!
I think food on a stick is rad!
xxoo