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    Tasty Bites & Appetizer Recipes

    Whet your appetite with these tasty bites & appetizer recipes or make a bunch of 'em and call it dinner! Confession:  I often order off the appetizer section for my restaurant dinner!

    From finger foods to soups to salads you can serve these appetizers stand alone or they could make the first course of your dinner. Need a suggestion? Consider the Italian Picked Mushrooms or the Strawberry Balsamic Crostini, we guarantee you can't each just one!

     

    • Bowl of corn chowder with bacon and chives.
      Corn Chowder With Bacon
    • Butternut Squash and Pear Soup
      Butternut Squash and Pear Soup
    • Square soup bowl, broken through puff pastry to lobster bisque
      Lobster Bisque
    • Platter of crostini topped with slice of dill cured pork tenderloin and a sweet mustard sauce
      Dill Cured Pork Crostini with Sweet Mustard Sauce
    • Close up of eggplant, olives, raisins and carrots in Sicilian Caponata mix.
      Sicilian Caponata
    • Cheesy biscuits on a wooden plate.
      Easy, Elegant Gougères
    • A fillet of cured salmon with capers and tarragon.
      Tarragon Cured Salmon
    • banana-cream-soup
      Spirits 'Winter Chill' Banana Cream Soup
    • Sherried Creamy Onions
      Creamy Sherried Caramelized Onions
    • Three crostinis topped with homemade ricotta and strawberry balsamic compote.
      Strawberry Balsamic Crostini
    • Tarts on a platter.
      Balsamic Pear Tartlets
    • Collage of holiday appetizers.
      24 Make Ahead Holiday Appetizers
    • Cheese matchsticks with spinach leaves wrapped into a spiral with a prosciutto slice, on a platter
      Prosciutto and Cheese Wraps
    • Two Champagne glasses of French 75 cocktail.
      French 75 or Champagne and Gin Cocktail
    • Charred, seasoned corn ribs dripping with garlic butter on a platter with Sriracha Dipping Sauce.
      BBQ Corn Ribs (Oven and Air Fryer Instructions Included)
    • Cucumber collars filled with layers of salad, topped with egg salad and garnished with mustard caviar, grape tomatoes and cilantro
      Easy Salade Composée
    • Frosty lime, tequila and beer mix over ice in a funny margarita glass.
      Beergarita Recipe
    • Quail eggs with caviar garnish.
      Quail Egg and Endive Salad
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      > 18 Ideas for Your New Year's Menu
    • Pistachio and Goat Cheese Stuffed Dates
      Pistachio Stuffed Date Appetizer
    • Close up of a dish of Champagne Pate with Champagne Crackers beside.
      Champagne Chicken Liver Paté
    • Champagne Crackers with Champagne Jelly.
      Champagne Crackers with Cracked Black Pepper
    • Marinated gourmet mushrooms in a cocktail dish.
      Italian Pickled Mushrooms
    • Fast Easy Flatbread
      Fast, Easy Flatbread
    • Glass of Chardonnay with savoury lemon thyme shortbread cookies scattered around it.
      Lemon Thyme Savory Shortbread
    • Homemade boursin with parsley garnish on a serving plate.
      Homemade Boursin
    • Chilled avocado soup with lobster and chili lime seasoning garnish.
      Easy Chilled Avocado Soup
    • Grilled pork skewers with red smoke paprika seasoning.
      Spanish Pimentón Pork with Mojo Picón
    • Curried Cheese Spread in a dish.
      Curried Cheese Spread with Chutney
    • Australian sausage roll baked golden brown puff pastry, cut into pieces on a plate with mustard relish for garnish.
      Australian Sausage Roll With Ground Pork
    • Shrimp and dill pickle bites on a wooden skewer
      Lemon Dill Shrimp Appetizer
    • Jumbo shrimp in juicy marinade with skewers.
      Quick Pickled Shrimp
    • Baby shrimp in creamy sauce with fresh dill.
      Swedish Shrimp Sandwich
    • Roasted eggplant dip on crostini with bowl of dip off to the side.
      Roasted Eggplant Dip - No Tahini
    • Beet, heirloom tomato and burrata wedges on a plate.
      Viking Cruise Recipe: Beet and Burrata Salad
    • Almond Macarons filled with a feta, cream cheese mixture with tomato and basil, on a plate.
      Viking Cruise Recipes: Tomato Feta Basil Macarons
    • Close up of a small bowl of creamy feta dip topped with roasted grape tomatoes and sprig of rosemary.
      Honey Garlic Feta Dip
    • Crispy, battered air fried dill pickle chips with dipping sauce.
      Air Fried Pickles
    • cream-onion-soup
      Cream of Mushroom Soup
    • Crispy air fried cauliflower wingon a platters with dipping sauce .
      Air Fryer Cauliflower Wings

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