When a family is kind enough to invite you and your baby to a cocktail party, you are forced to make a tricky decision. Do you…
a) pay a babysitter a large chunk of money so you can go childless, only to have everyone in attendance ask you why you didn’t bring your adorable child?
b) bring him and leave super early because he goes to bed when the rest of the world is eating dinner?
This go-round, we chose b, and for the first time in my life, our family was both the first to arrive and the first to depart at this event. I am so glad we went, though, as I got to catch up with some old faves.
They say motherhood is a balancing act, and my one regret is they served my favorite party appetizer here. In my balancing of wine in one hand, and child in another, I never managed to get my hands on one.
So I made them at home.
Dear readers, do you know the magic that is bacon-wrapped Club crackers? Safe to say if you attended a Super Bowl party in the 1990s, you’ve eaten one or two. May I refresh your memory and encourage you to eat another couple. And soon.
To make bacon-wrapped Club crackers, you will need:
- Club crackers
- Parmesan cheese (I like to use shredded, not grated)
- sliced of bacon, cut in thirds
Line a baking sheet with foil, and top it with a cooling rack. Preheat the oven to 250 degrees.
To prepare the crackers, place a heaping teaspoon of cheese on each cracker. Wrap bacon on top. You want the cheese facing up and the seam from the bacon facing down when you place these on the rack on the baking sheet.
Bake for 2 hours. Enjoy them right away, or prep them ahead of time, and serve at room temperature.
a glass of milk 
These should be illegal.