Easy Hors d'oeuvre

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My neighbor Ashley threw a great dinner party and was always smart about finding great yet easy recipes to impress.  She taught me this simple hors d'oeuvre that I have used several times since and have always gotten a great response.

Ingredients:
A few loafs of skinny, crunchy French bread
Assorted lunch meats 
Assorted blocks of cheese
Assorted peppers

Directions:

1.  Slice the skinny loafs of French bread into little slices.
2.  Cut up the peppers, lunch meats, and cheese as well.
3.  Create mini sandwiches, with different mixtures of peppers, cheese, and meat.  You can use some without meat, some without cheese, and some without peppers, depending on your guests taste.
4.  Preheat oven to about 300 degrees, and then place the mini sandwiches onto cookie sheets, cook about 5-10 minutes until they are warm, and cheese has melted.

When I make these sandwiches, I prefer to grate the cheese over top, especially if I am going to use a stronger type of cheese.  I also like to butter the bottom of the sandwiches before they go in the oven.

As I said, it's easy.  And it's easy to make 50-100 of them depending on how many guests you expect at your party.  Finally, it's cheap.  You could easily create 50-100 of these mini sandwiches for under $20.  I hope you enjoy, I know my guests always do.