501 appetizer recipes

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

Italian asparagus. How to cook asparagus Italian-style. Classic flavor-packed cold marinated asparagus with an onion, caper, lemon and mint dressing. Perfect to make ahead and serve anytime with simple ingredients. It's even vegan and vegetarian.

Spice up your shrimp with this succulent recipe that doesn't take a lot of effort. Perfect for when you're late to prepare dinner!

Cute and colorful finger food perfect for hor'derves. Juicy little pop in the mouth treats. Cherry tomatoes stuffed with guacamole and topped with with bacon bits.

Fresh no-cook mango spring rolls wrapped in rice paper with vermicelli, basil, mint, bean sprouts, and shredded carrots. Light, vibrant Thai-inspired rolls with spicy vinaigrette for dipping.

Crockpot meatballs in a tasty home-made BBQ sauce.

This handy appetizer impresses everyone, simple, easy and full of flavor and very easy to eat.

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

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

These fritters were very tasty. Made these fritters for dinner the other day, I added 1 chopped scallions and 1 small fresh red chili pepper and also made a chipotle chili and toasted cumin sour cream dip to accompany the fritters, yum!

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.

These stuffed zucchini are cheesy and absolutely delicious. It's an excellent way to make zucchini into a tasty dish.

Southern hog head cheese: pork and pig's foot simmered with onions, green onions, parsley, and red pepper flakes, then set into a sliceable terrine. Spread on crackers.

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.

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.

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.