An easy appetizer idea made popular a few years ago (and still a staple in any Italian food eatery) Bread Dippers, commonly called Italian Appetizers, are making a huge comeback as one of the easiest finger appetizers to make and serve. Appropriate for any menu, this quick easy appetizer is also healthy for you as most bread dippers are olive oil based, and olive oil is known to reduce the risk of heart disease.
To serve this easy gourmet appetizer, simply purchase a baguette or two from your local grocery store or bakery, cut and serve with a variety of your favorite bottled bread dippers. If you're on a budget or prefer to make your own bread dipper simply follow our instructions below for easy to make Italian Appetizers:
Italian Appetizers - Bread Dippers
Pour 1/4 cup extra virgin olive oil (no less than extra virgin) into individual serving dishes and drizzle with balsamic vinegar.
Serve with slices of baguette
It doesn't get much simpler than this to serve one of the easiest finger appetizers in our collection, yet this appetizer is also elegant enough to be considered a gourmet appetizer in the finest Italian food restaurants.
For more easy appetizer recipes, visit our website at www.appetizersunlimited.com
Wednesday, August 19, 2009
Tuesday, August 18, 2009
Make Ahead Appetizers for your Party - Devilled Eggs
At Appetizers Unlimited we are all about simplifying your life and eliminating the stress that normally goes with planning a get-together by offering some great suggestions for make ahead appetizers for your party.
One of our favorite ideas (and always a party hit) for a quick easy appetizer to prepare in advance is Deviled Eggs. The secret to spicing up these party appetizers is to add a dash of curry or cayenne pepper to the filling.
Devilled Eggs are a wonderful party appetizer to make if you are on a budget. A dozen eggs yields 24 deviled eggs. Not only are they inexpensive, Deviled Eggs are one of the easiest finger appetizers to throw together in a hurry, and the required ingredients are staples in everyone's pantry.
Deviled Eggs
The day prior or the morning of your party, hard boil a dozen eggs.
Tip to hard boil eggs: Place your eggs in a pot and cover with enough cold water to cover. Bring the pot to a boil, turn heat off completely, and let the eggs stand in the boiling water for 10-12 minutes. Drain and cool eggs (if you are in a hurry, fill the empty pot of boiled eggs with cold water to cool quickly).
Peel eggs, cut each in half lengthwise, scoop out the yolk and place reserved yolk in separate bowl. Add enough mayonnaise to reserved yolks to make a creamy mixture (2-4 tblsp). Add 1/2-1 tsp curry powder or 1/2 tsp cayenne pepper (we prefer curry), salt & pepper to taste, and mix well. Spoon or decoratively pipe the filling into the eggs white halves to make them look elegant, sprinkle with paprika, cover and refrigerate until serving.
There you go, quick easy make ahead appetizers for your party that fit within the budget and make your preparations almost effortless.
For more great easy party appetizers, visit our website at http://www.appetizersunlimited.com/
One of our favorite ideas (and always a party hit) for a quick easy appetizer to prepare in advance is Deviled Eggs. The secret to spicing up these party appetizers is to add a dash of curry or cayenne pepper to the filling.
Devilled Eggs are a wonderful party appetizer to make if you are on a budget. A dozen eggs yields 24 deviled eggs. Not only are they inexpensive, Deviled Eggs are one of the easiest finger appetizers to throw together in a hurry, and the required ingredients are staples in everyone's pantry.
Deviled Eggs
The day prior or the morning of your party, hard boil a dozen eggs.
Tip to hard boil eggs: Place your eggs in a pot and cover with enough cold water to cover. Bring the pot to a boil, turn heat off completely, and let the eggs stand in the boiling water for 10-12 minutes. Drain and cool eggs (if you are in a hurry, fill the empty pot of boiled eggs with cold water to cool quickly).
Peel eggs, cut each in half lengthwise, scoop out the yolk and place reserved yolk in separate bowl. Add enough mayonnaise to reserved yolks to make a creamy mixture (2-4 tblsp). Add 1/2-1 tsp curry powder or 1/2 tsp cayenne pepper (we prefer curry), salt & pepper to taste, and mix well. Spoon or decoratively pipe the filling into the eggs white halves to make them look elegant, sprinkle with paprika, cover and refrigerate until serving.
There you go, quick easy make ahead appetizers for your party that fit within the budget and make your preparations almost effortless.
For more great easy party appetizers, visit our website at http://www.appetizersunlimited.com/
Monday, August 17, 2009
Baked Brie Appetizer
As far as party appetizers go, our Baked Brie Appetizer always ranks at the top of our most raved about appetizers. You can buy your brie pre-done, but it is such an easy appetizer recipe to make, why bother.
If you have a brie baker, perfect, but if you don't just find a small caserole with a lid or small oven proof dish and cover with foil. Preheat your oven to 350F, top the brie with pecans, sliced figs and about 1/4-1/2 cup of maple syrup, bake for approximately 15 munites until heated through. Serve in your brie baker or remove to a platter, and surrounded with an assortment of crackers or bread.
Other topping variations for our Baked Brie Appetizer include: a mix of blueberries, raspberries and blackberries topped with maple syrup; a mix of nuts such as pine nuts, hazelnuts or sliced almonds and finely chopped shallots topped with maple syrup.
As you can see, the options for this easy appetizer recipe are endless. Just check out what you have in your cupboard, add a little bit of creativity, and get ready to accept endless compliments about your scrumptious Baked Brie Appetizer!!
For more great appetizer recipes, check out www.appetizersunlimited.com
If you have a brie baker, perfect, but if you don't just find a small caserole with a lid or small oven proof dish and cover with foil. Preheat your oven to 350F, top the brie with pecans, sliced figs and about 1/4-1/2 cup of maple syrup, bake for approximately 15 munites until heated through. Serve in your brie baker or remove to a platter, and surrounded with an assortment of crackers or bread.
Other topping variations for our Baked Brie Appetizer include: a mix of blueberries, raspberries and blackberries topped with maple syrup; a mix of nuts such as pine nuts, hazelnuts or sliced almonds and finely chopped shallots topped with maple syrup.
As you can see, the options for this easy appetizer recipe are endless. Just check out what you have in your cupboard, add a little bit of creativity, and get ready to accept endless compliments about your scrumptious Baked Brie Appetizer!!
For more great appetizer recipes, check out www.appetizersunlimited.com
Friday, August 14, 2009
Shrimp Bacon Appetizers
It's Friday night, July 3rd, you've had a crazy week at work and your husband drops the bomb! He's invited his boss and his boss' wife for 4th of July appetizers and cocktails around the pool. What do you do? Don't fret! Pull out that frozen shrimp and get ready to make these delicious Shrimp Bacon Appetizers.
These quick easy appetizers will save the day (or the marriage!). Shrimp bacon appetizers are easy to make but taste like you have spent days in the kitchen preparing gourmet appetizers fit for a King (or a boss).
Shrimp and Bacon Appetizers
1 pound of shrimp
2-3 tablespoons of hot sauce
1 pound of bacon
Rinse and drain shrimp, pat dry. Marinate shrimp in hot sauce for about 15 minutes. Partially cook bacon, slice in half. Roll one shrimp per half slice of bacon, secure with a toothpick. Bake in oven at 400*F until crisp.
Voila! Another easy appetizer recipe from www.appetizersunlimited.com
These quick easy appetizers will save the day (or the marriage!). Shrimp bacon appetizers are easy to make but taste like you have spent days in the kitchen preparing gourmet appetizers fit for a King (or a boss).
Shrimp and Bacon Appetizers
1 pound of shrimp
2-3 tablespoons of hot sauce
1 pound of bacon
Rinse and drain shrimp, pat dry. Marinate shrimp in hot sauce for about 15 minutes. Partially cook bacon, slice in half. Roll one shrimp per half slice of bacon, secure with a toothpick. Bake in oven at 400*F until crisp.
Voila! Another easy appetizer recipe from www.appetizersunlimited.com
Wednesday, August 12, 2009
Easy to Make Appetizers The Whole Family Can Make
When planning for big parties, I like to make it a family affair by involving the whole family in preparing all of the easy party appetizers (the more complex ones I prepare by myself when I am alone in the kitchen).
When I am looking for easy to make appetizers the whole family can make, I generally like to stick to the basics - veggie, cheese and fruit trays with delicious dips. I split the family into teams, and set the adults to work cutting up the vegetables, fruit and cheese, and the kids preparing the dips for these delicious but easy appetizers.
Although the internet provides an unlimited supply of recipes for dips to accompany any type of appetizer tray (check our website at www.appetizersunlimited.com for some great veggie dip ideass), one of my favorite fruit dips is the quick and easy recipe below that I discovered many years ago:
FRUIT DIP
1 (8 oz) pkg cream cheese, softened
1 (3.4 oz) pkg instant vanilla pudding mix
1 (8 oz) container whipped topping
1 cup milk
1 cup confectioners' sugar
1 tsp fresh lemon juice
In a medium bowl, combine and mix together all ingredients. Refrigerate before serving. Spoon mixture into dip bowl and serve with your favorite fruit.
Makes approximately 3 cups.
So when planning for your next big get together, simplify your life and save yourself alot of time by getting some help with these easy to make appetizers the whole family can make, even the kids!!
When I am looking for easy to make appetizers the whole family can make, I generally like to stick to the basics - veggie, cheese and fruit trays with delicious dips. I split the family into teams, and set the adults to work cutting up the vegetables, fruit and cheese, and the kids preparing the dips for these delicious but easy appetizers.
Although the internet provides an unlimited supply of recipes for dips to accompany any type of appetizer tray (check our website at www.appetizersunlimited.com for some great veggie dip ideass), one of my favorite fruit dips is the quick and easy recipe below that I discovered many years ago:
FRUIT DIP
1 (8 oz) pkg cream cheese, softened
1 (3.4 oz) pkg instant vanilla pudding mix
1 (8 oz) container whipped topping
1 cup milk
1 cup confectioners' sugar
1 tsp fresh lemon juice
In a medium bowl, combine and mix together all ingredients. Refrigerate before serving. Spoon mixture into dip bowl and serve with your favorite fruit.
Makes approximately 3 cups.
So when planning for your next big get together, simplify your life and save yourself alot of time by getting some help with these easy to make appetizers the whole family can make, even the kids!!
Thursday, August 6, 2009
Easy Party Appetizers - Apple with Caramel Dip
I was invited to a potluck barbeque last weekend where everyone was asked to bring a couple of brand new summer appetizers or party drinks to try. I scoured my books for quick easy appetizers that I had never before served but nothing really tempted me until I finally remembered this decadent Apple with Carmel Dip recipe my sister made a number of years ago. I forgot how easy this recipe was to put together, especially considering how good I remembered it tasting! Sure enough, this delicious appetizer turned out to be the most popular of all the party appetizers and many people commented that it would also be perfect served as a light summer dessert.
You will definately want to add this recipe to your list of quick easy appetizers to make in a hurry and while you are at it, don't forget to check out our website at www.appetizersunlimited.com for hundreds more easy party appetizers!!
Apple with Caramel Dip
Green Granny Smith Apples cut into wedges (toss in lemon juice to prevent apples from turning brown)
Blend together:
1 8oz package cream cheese
1/2 cup firmly packed brown sugar
Spread onto a plate
Heat:
1 container carmel spread in the microwave for 15 seconds and spread over the cream cheese base.
Top with skor bits, cool and serve with wedges of green apples.
You will definately want to add this recipe to your list of quick easy appetizers to make in a hurry and while you are at it, don't forget to check out our website at www.appetizersunlimited.com for hundreds more easy party appetizers!!
Apple with Caramel Dip
Green Granny Smith Apples cut into wedges (toss in lemon juice to prevent apples from turning brown)
Blend together:
1 8oz package cream cheese
1/2 cup firmly packed brown sugar
Spread onto a plate
Heat:
1 container carmel spread in the microwave for 15 seconds and spread over the cream cheese base.
Top with skor bits, cool and serve with wedges of green apples.
Tuesday, August 4, 2009
Easy Party Appetizers
On the spur of the moment, you decided to throw a summer party. Invited the whole family, the whole neighbourhood for that matter, but now you don't have enough time to prepare the appetizers. What were you thinking?? Now you need to make some quick appetizers since your guests are arriving in a couple of hours, but because you are enlisting help of your kids and kitchen-wary brother-in-law, they need to be easy to make appetizers the whole family can make. What do you do?
Take a deep breath, relax, and take a quick stock of your fridge and pantry, roll up your sleeves, and check out the www.appetizersunlimited.com website for many quick and easy party appetizers.
Of course, if you do have a bit more time, check out the recipe below for Bacon Wrapped Water Chestnuts Appetizers - an amazingly quick and easy appetizer recipe that even your brother-in-law can make.
BACON WRAPPED WATER CHESTNUTS APPETIZERS
2 cans water chestnuts
1 lb. bacon (preferably maple flavored)
Preheat oven to 350 degrees. Lightly fry bacon to remove fat (do not fry crisp - bacon slices should still be limp). Wrap each water chestnut with a half a slice of bacon and secure with a toothpick. Bake on an ungreased cookie sheet 20-30 minutes until bacon is crisp and water chestnuts are hot.
Take a deep breath, relax, and take a quick stock of your fridge and pantry, roll up your sleeves, and check out the www.appetizersunlimited.com website for many quick and easy party appetizers.
Of course, if you do have a bit more time, check out the recipe below for Bacon Wrapped Water Chestnuts Appetizers - an amazingly quick and easy appetizer recipe that even your brother-in-law can make.
BACON WRAPPED WATER CHESTNUTS APPETIZERS
2 cans water chestnuts
1 lb. bacon (preferably maple flavored)
Preheat oven to 350 degrees. Lightly fry bacon to remove fat (do not fry crisp - bacon slices should still be limp). Wrap each water chestnut with a half a slice of bacon and secure with a toothpick. Bake on an ungreased cookie sheet 20-30 minutes until bacon is crisp and water chestnuts are hot.
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