Appetizer
3523 recipes found
Mel's Red Hot Baked Wings
My mom has made these wings for years, but instead of wings, she uses bites of chicken, and serves in a bowl with a fork, swimming in juicy wing sauce. The sauce for these is fairly basic, but the technique is what sets them apart. Baked (not fried) these wings are seriously tender and good. The Franks hot sauce, melted butter, and brown sugar coating caramelizes on the wings, making them gooey, sweet, spicy, and chewy. Almost like chicken candy…is that weird?
Radish Crostini
My mother is responsible for turning me from a picky eater into an adventurous foodie. She made this for me once as a simple snack with radishes from her garden and farm fresh butter - it was a food epiphany for me. Radishes that fresh taste so peppery - the whole thing was heaven. Now I make it all the time. I know it's not even really a recipe...but it's so good that I don't really care.
Spicy Cajun Remoulade Sauce
This spicy cajun remoulade sauce recipe gets its kick from a combination of spicy brown mustard and prepared horseradish. Mustard is my secret ingredient.
Pancetta Wrapped Figs
With beautiful figs in season and at all the local markets here in Southern California, I can never resist picking up a handful and throwing them in salads or nibbling on them throughout the week. This time I thought, hmmm, these would be good wrapped in salty pancetta and sauteed till crispy on the outside and warm and creamy on the inside.
Hot and Cheesy Corn and Artichoke Dip
I created this using ingredients I love- Fresh Corn, Cream Cheese, Artichoke Hearts, and Parmesian....easy, simple and not time consuming.
Simple Bruschetta
Bruschetta so simple, you probably have all the ingredients already!
Heirloom Tomato Ceviche
My wife and I have been all over Mexico and have tasted Ceviche at every stop we could. We even were surprised to see that saltine crackers were used more than tortilla chips. We were determined to take the best of the ingredients and prepare our own dish with home grown heirloom tomatoes. Sometimes we add shrimp for substance beyond the veggies.
toasty TBBB
Be thankful when you have a garden with tomatos and basil.
Heirloom Ensalata Caprese
I discovered this delicious combination about two summers ago, using fresh tomatoes and basil from my garden. Allow to marinate about one hour. So delicious! This only takes about ten minutes to make.
Sun-Dried Tomatoes in the Oven
Packing the sun-dried tomatoes by themselves in olive oil (no herbs added), make this oven-baked tomatoes recipe perfect with all kinds of dinner cuisines.
Sweet, Salty, Spicy
Whenever I think of heirloom tomatoes, I think of last year's local roadside vegetable and fruit stand that had a huge sign listing the available produce...including HERLOOM TOMATOES. (I have become a terrible speller myself...too much red wine?) This tomato recipe produces an intense sweet, salty, spicy tomato condiment that is delicious on sandwiches, salads or just as an side to the main course. Use all the ingredients somewhat lightly so as not to overshadow the luscious flavor of the fresh heirloom/herloom tomatoes.
chevre basil bites
with fresh tomatoes and basil in the summertime, I use this as the perfect appetizer for a hot sunny day.
Chicken Quesadillas With Avocado-Cucumber Salsa
There is one caveat when using leftover grilled meat. As the meat chills, the flavors recede, becoming quieter and mellower. For these quesadillas that I made out of Sunday’s grilled chicken thighs, shredded and stuffed into a corn tortilla with a little cheese and quickly toasted, I stirred together a lime-zest-imbued cucumber and avocado salsa that added a welcome citrus edge.
Grilled Tomato with Basil and Garlic
A very simple appetizer I threw together based on a daily garden harvest. Summertime goodness. Adjust the quantity of ingredients as to personal choice.
easy caprese
This is a great way to make caprese that is 'finger food' - it also holds up well at potluck events and is great for vegetarians. Nice thing about this is that you can be as fancy or as basic as you want. Sometimes you may want to cut the grape tomatoes and mozzarella in half when assembling the skewer - putting the cut side towards each other with a piece of basil in between.
Fresh Basil w Balsamic Vinegar and Buffalo Mozzerella
Great for entertaining outside as an appetizer as it is so fresh and light and delicate on the palet.
Tropical Basil Bites
This is a zingy little mouthful, an appetizer in the truest sense of the word, since it awakens your appetite and refreshes your palate. It takes only moments to prepare, even children can make them, and kids will love to eat them as much as adults do. They're perfect as a starter for an Asian meal, or as a nibble with tropical cocktails on a summer day.
The Simplest Cauliflower Soup (great chilled in summer!)
Seriously simple.
Golden Zucchini
Golden zucchini is a new way to get something green on your plate. This recipe includes olive oil, seasoned bread crumbs, salt, pepper, garlic and parmesan.
Zucchini Ribbons
A fun, edible recipe to decorate your plate or table; I like to skewer and grill Zucchini- Ribbons style and sometimes with cherry tomato. The flavor is amazing.
Zucchini Slivers
I have yet to meet a single person that can resist these fried gems. Slivered zucchini is dredged in flour and then fried. A generous sprinkling of sea salt as soon as the slivers are out of the hot oil is the perfect final touch. You can serve these as an accompaniment to meat or fish, you can serve it as a garnish, and you can even make it as finger food for a party. It's a great way to use all that zucchini from the garden and it works well with green or yellow zucchini.
Oven Fried Squash Rounds
My Great Aunt taught me how to make this, so I'm guessing it is an authentic southern recipe! I like it most because you can stretch a few squash to go a long ways! It is also good with any of the squashes - but, my family prefers it most with yellow squash. Even my kids eat it.
Sweet Potato and Pancetta Gratin
These individual Sweet Potato and Pancetta Gratins get a big punch of flavor from the many layers of diced pancetta and Gruyere in this recipe. Give it a try!
Macerated Cherry Crostini
Delicious summer snack.