Appetizer recipe collection

Marinated steamed broccoli and cauliflower, really brings tons of tasty flavor, enjoy delicious fresh vegetables.

Easy holiday cranberry sweet and sour meatballs for your slow cooker.

Creamy homemade hummus with tahini, fresh lemon juice, garlic, and cumin. No-cook, five-minute food processor recipe that beats anything store-bought.

Hummus, perfect for dipping all kinds of veggies or for pita bread or a replacement from mayo.

Grilled chicken satay skewers with a creamy peanut dipping sauce spiked with soy, brown sugar, garlic, and red pepper flakes. Makes 24 skewers for the ultimate party appetizer.

A scrumptious pasta salad that's both healthy and easy to make!

This crispy crunchy are baked in the oven and to add moist juicy flavor the chicken strips are soaked in a buttermilk marinade. There is then no need for egg and no need for frying making this recipe low in fat and high in goodness.

Super easy sweet and slightly spicy meatballs using your slow cooker.

This is an easy and quick recipe for making homemade spring roll wrappers. Try my recipe for spring roles – it’s in my Recipeland recipe box. Homemade is always better.

It is a simple to make corn flatbread, and it can be severed as a side-dish or appetizer with some sauce or dip.

Fresh soybeans (edamame) dip on crackers topped with a roasted cherry tomato. Perfect light tasting finger food when company is coming.

Homemade papadum (papad) from lentil flour with black pepper and cumin. Rolled thin, dried, then fried until crispy and blistered. A classic Indian appetizer or snack.

This version of the garlicky roasted eggplant dip does not have tahini in it as with a traditional version. While I really like an "authentic" baba ghanoush, I also enjoy the commercial Sabra brand, which uses mayo and some spices. It is slightly sweet and has a little kick. This is my rendition.

Edible flower salad with nasturtium leaves and blossoms layered over Vidalia onions and tomatoes, finished with celery and vinaigrette. Stunning and peppery.

Ebi kimizushi: elegant Japanese stuffed-prawn sushi, with butterflied vinegar-marinated prawns filled with a silky, seasoned golden egg-yolk paste. A refined, bite-sized appetizer.

Garbanzo guacamole blends chickpeas with avocado, lemon juice, garlic, and green chilies for a high-protein twist on classic guac. Chunky, zesty, and ready with no cooking required.