I was hoping to find a good Nuts and Bolts recipe to get me through the holidays. I seem to remember having some once that was made with shreddies but I am willing to take any recipe that you recommend. I would be looking for one that has a bit of a kick to it appose to anything sweet.

Thanks a bunch and I'm looking forward to having more time to hang with all of you.

Shrimp & Sausage Carbonade

1 1/2-2 pounds shrimp, peeled & deveined
3-4 links hot or smoked sausage (Anduille is great for this)
1 tsp basil
1 tbls paprika
salt
2-3 garlic cloves, smashed
1 cup beer
1 small onion, sliced
Cayenne
Oil

Slice sausage. Saute in a little oil with the garlic. Remove from pan.

Saute shrimp in same pan until pink.

Return sausage to pan. Add the sliced onion, salt, basil, paprika and beer. Add a pinch of cayenne if needed.

Simmer 5 minutes.

Serve over rice or other grains.

Funny thing; I've never made Chex mix or anything like it. No particular reason, and I happily munch away on it at other people's houses.

Thanks a bunch !

DARLEEN'S SNACK MIX

2-12 ounce bottles Orville R. buttery popcorn oil
2-10 ounce packages Hidden Valley Ranch dry mix
1-15 ounce box Crispix cereal
1 can Cashews
1 large bag pretzels
1 teaspoon dill
1 teaspoon cayenne
1 tablespoon black pepper
1 tablespoon Konriko Jalapeno All Purpose Seasoning

Stir all together in large baking pan and bake at 200-250° for 1-1/2 hours, stirring every 20 minutes.

Herbed Cheese-and-Cracker Bits Recipe courtesy Paula Deen

2 (10 1/2-ounce) boxes cheese crackers (recommended: Ritz Cheese Bits, not peanut butter flavor)
1/2 cup vegetable oil
1 (1-ounce) package salad dressing mix (recommended: Hidden Valley Original Ranch)
1 heaping tablespoon dried dill
1 teaspoon garlic powder
1 teaspoon celery salt

Place the crackers in a large sealable freezer container. In a bowl, mix the oil, salad dressing mix, dill, garlic powder, and celery salt. Pour this mixture over the crackers, cover the container, and invert it to coat the crackers with seasoning. Refrigerate for at least 24 hours, turning the container every so often to keep the crackers coated. Let the mixture come to room temperature before serving. Store in the covered container in refrigerator.

Nuts & Bolts

1 lb butter
2 TBSP Lea and Perrin Worcestershire sauce
1 TBSP garlic powder
1 1/2 tsp celery salt
1 1/2 tsp onion salt
4 cups cherrios
4 cups shreddies or Wheat chex
4 cups Life cereal
2 boxes pretzels
2 cups salted peanuts
1 box Bugles
1 box Cheese Nips or Cheese Bites

Heat oven to 250. Place butter and Worcsetershire in very large roaster and put in the oven to melt the butter while oven is preheating. Add all the rest of the ingredients and stir well to coat evenly with the butter. Bake for 1 1/2 hours, stir every 1/2 hor

Yes it's 1 pound, there is about 25 cups , maybe more, of goodies in this recipe so it can handle a lot of butter.

Great nibblies for the holidays, the kids love them!

Alexa

Nuts and Bolts
250g butter
2 tablespoons oil
2 teaspoons Worcestershire sauce
1 teaspoon garlic salt
1 teaspoon paprika
1/2 teaspoon cayenne pepper
500g Kellogg’s Nutri-Grain
500g salted mixed nuts

Melt butter and oil together over low heat, add Worcestershire sauce, garlic salt, paprika and cayenne. Combine Nutri-Grain and nuts, place in a large baking dish. Pour butter mixture over and bake at 125C for about 1 hour, turning every 15 minutes with an egg slice. Cool. Store in an airtight container.

Tried to find a decent picture of the cereal, to no avail. The link has a pic of sorts.

Here is a very unhealthy, but tasty and sweet/salty, version of nuts and bolts:
1# white chocolate
3 cups rice chex
3 cups corn chex
(I substitute some of the above chex with wheat chex, to be healthy...hahahaha)
3 cups cheerios
2 cups pretzels
2 cups dry roasted peanuts
12 oz bag plain M&Ms (red and green)

Slowly melt chocolate in double boiler.
Combine ingredients in very large container. Pour chocolate over mixture and stir gently to coat. Spread on wax paper to cool. Store in airtight container. Yield= 12-14 cups.
WARNING: this stuff is very addictive.