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Appetizer Ideas While Waiting for the Main Event  

Caramel Apple Grapes

Directions:

Cover a baking sheet with parchment paper. Wash and dry grapes, placing a toothpick in the center. Chop nuts and place in a bowl. Thin out the caramel sauce with a little cream and stir to make it smooth. Dip each grape into caramel sauce and then into chopped nuts. Refrigerate until serving. 

Turkey Cheese Ball

Turkey Meat Cheese Plate

Fall Charcuterie Board

Turkey Fruit (pear, grapes and blueberries) 

Turkey Fruit Kabobs with Cheese 

Cranberry Cosmopolitan

Make Ahead Cosmos
A Cosmopolitan is the perfect drink to make ahead. Instead of making each cocktail individually in a shaker, make a large batch in a pitcher and then chill it in the fridge. To make a pitcher that serves 4, you will need 1 cup (8oz) vodka, 1/4 cup (2oz) Cointreau, 6 tablespoons (3oz) cranberry juice, and 2 tablespoons (1oz) lime juice.

This recipe below serves one using a cocktail shaker. 
Ingredients: 

• 2 ounces vodka
• 1 ounce simple syrup
• ¾ ounces lime juice fresh squeezed
• ½ ounce triple sec
• ¼ ounce cranberry juice

Directions:

• Add the vodka, syrup, lime juice, triple sec, and cranberry juice into a cocktail shaker with ice and shake vigorously for 15 seconds.
• Strain into a martini glass and serve with garnishes of your choice such as fresh cranberries and lime peels.

You can easily substitute triple sec for Cointreau! Cointreau is also an orange liqueur but has an alcohol content of 40% while triple sec’s content is 15-30%