A family party for Rissy's eleventh birthday included these French Hot Dogs which were a little more elegant than dogs in a bun and very easy to prepare. Loaves of french bread were sliced and "cored" with a knife. Slices of Velveeta were poked into the holes and then a halved frankfurter. Soft butter was spread over the tops of the sandwiches which were placed close together on a baking sheet and covered with foil. Twelve minutes in the oven at 350 degrees with the foil and then two minutes without it produced an unusual but tasty version of the ordinary dogs, which were served with the usual condiments of ketchup, mustard, etc. for dipping. Since it is still early spring, frest fruit is available but not very sweet yet. Rissy loves fruit and salads, so I included a platter of lovely red romaine leaves topped with pear halves and a bowl of green grapes.
And of course, a birthday has to have cake. Rissy loves QT slushies so I created mini-slushie cupcakes in her honor. The strawberry cakes were topped with vanilla frosting and sugar sprinkles and slipped into computer-generated QT wrappers. Straws of halved licorice twizzlers were inserted for effect. These were so cute we forgot to put candles in them!
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