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    Appetizer & Hors d'Oeuvre Recipes

    For a quiet night home with friends, a big tailgate, or preparing for that all-important holiday party the RIGHT appetizers can make or break even the best planned event. Browse dozens of appetizer recipes soon to be new favorites!

    Need a suggestion? Try the Fanny Bay Steamed Oysters or the Best Crab Cake you've ever had, or have them asking for the recipe for the Caramelized Onion and Blue Cheese Dip!

    • A chopped kale salad with white beans, shards of parmesan cheese, toasted pine nuts, slivered red onion and sundried tomatoes in a bowl beside some torn crusty bread and a glass of white wine.
      Italian Lemon Parmesan Kale and Cannellini Bean Salad
    • Collage of lobster devilled eggs, lobster bisque, lobster cakes and broiled lobster tails.
      Best Lobster Appetizers- Over 20 Easy Recipes And Ideas
    • Collage of monster decorated rice krispie squares, orange 'pumpkins', popcorn snack mix, orange float, fruit platter, meringue ghosts, pretzel monsters and green mac and cheese.
      Non-Candy Halloween Treats And Ideas Kids Will Love
    • A bowl of nachos topped with bright pink pickled onions, lobster chunks, diced red pepper, cilantro and sliced jalapeno. There is a bowl of salsa beside it.
      Easy Lobster Nachos With Corn And Cheesy Garlic Queso
    • A bowl of creamy, light brown pate topped with fried mushrooms and some parsley. There are slices of crostini around the bowl.
      Easy Wild Mushroom Pâté With Thyme And Cream Cheese
    • Chips and a small bowl of tomatillo sauce with some cherry tomatoes around.
      Salsa de Aguacate aka Avocado Tomatillo Salsa Verde
    • Three tostadas topped with avocado, tomatoes, prawns and pink pickled onions.
      Easy Prawn Tostadas With Guacamole, Salsa And Cheese
    • A round wooden platter topped with crostini that are topped with chopped tomatoes, sliced steak, basil and a drizzle of dark balsamic vinegar.
      Quick + Easy Steak Crostini With Tomato, Basil And Feta
    • Large shrimp and tomatoes on bruschetta that's been smeared with creamy aioli.
      Prawn Bruschetta With Tomatoes and Lemon Garlic Aioli
    • Bright chopped vegetables and imitation crab meat in a bowl beside tortilla chips.
      Easy Imitation Crab Ceviche Appetizer (Ceviche de Jaiba)
    • White bowl with arugula salad topped with shaved parmesan and a lemon wedge.
      Quick And Easy Arugula Salad With Lemon Dressing
    • A parchment lined baking sheet of nachos topped with cheese and green onions.
      Loaded Crab Rangoon Nachos With Tortilla Chips
    • 2 rows of crackers on a platter with small piles of red onion, cold and hot smoked salmon, chopped chives, lemon wedges, dill and a dish of everything bagel seasoning.
      Smoked Salmon, Crackers And Cream Cheese Platter
    • White plate of crispy, light brown calamari with a dish of white tsatsiki and a wedge of lemon. The title is overwritten in white.
      50 Best Side Dishes To Serve With Crispy Fried Calamari
    • White and toasty wheel of brie cheese with small dishes of jam, nuts and honey around it. The post title, What to serve with baked brie, is overtop of the picture in white print.
      What To Serve With Baked Brie - 35+ Great Ideas
    • Grey plate of green spinach and arugula with slivered red onions, shaved white fennel, halved red radishes and assorted green and black olives.
      Easy Arugula Spinach Salad With Quick Pickled Onions
    • A round plate of green arugula, chunks of white burrata cheese, roasted purple grapes and prosciutto. Two gold spoons are above the plate and some torn chunks of bread are beside the plate.
      Easy Arugula Burrata Salad With Oven Roasted Grapes
    • Round pink plate with shucked oysters, a lemon wedge and bright pink oyster vinaigrette.
      Classic Easy Oyster Vinaigrette Recipe (Mignonette)
    • Thin slices of bright pink salmon tataki topped with sesame seeds down the center of a white platter with slivered white radish and green edamame beans.
      Easy Japanese Salmon Tataki With Homemade Ponzu Sauce
    • Black bowl of ivory colored cannellini bean hummus on a black plate with pretzel chips and cucumber slices all on a pink marble countertop with the purple streaked paper from garlic cloves laying beside.
      Easy Creamy Cannellini Bean Hummus (White Bean Dip)
    • Black plate of bruschetta topped with creamy pale green aioli, sliced radishes and halved yellow cherry tomatoes.
      Easy Lemon Dill Aioli With Garlic + How To Make It
    • Overhead view of crispy mushroom fritters on a white plate with Italian parsley leaves and a wedge of lemon.
      How To Make Easy Mushroom Fritters (Italian Funghi Fritti Recipe)
    • Eggplant antipasto sprinkled with green basil and thyme on a blue plate with bread off to the side.
      Grilled And Marinated Italian Eggplant Antipasto
    • Overhead photo of the bright pink and white lump crab chunks sprinkled with chopped green onions over lettuce.
      Quick, Easy Garlic Butter Sautéed Imitation Crab Meat
    • Collage of 4 seafood recipes including salmon Wellington in a pastry crust, seafood stew in a black pot, a baked salmon filet with green herbs on top and a chilled seafood platter with crab, clams and oysters. The title, 75 recipes for a seafood thanksgiving, is in the middle over a white rectangle.
      75+ Best Seafood Recipes For Thanksgiving + Christmas
    • fish head and scraps surrounded by carrot, celery and onion. 40+ ways to use salmon trimmings is written in text at the top.
      40+ Recipes And Ways To Use Leftover Salmon Trimmings
    • White, wide rimmed bowl with cubes of crispy salmon on top of a cucumber tomato salad on one side and green beans on the other side.
      Easy Pan Fried Crispy Salmon Bites (Just 15 Minutes!)
    • Post title, "100 Easy and delicious snack plate ideas", on a white rectangle in the center of 4 different snack plates including charcuterie, toasts topped with fruit and honey, a cheese and grape plate and a chef salad plate with assorted veggies, chicken and hard boiled egg.
      100+ Easy And Delicious Snack Plate Ideas For Everyone
    • Pan fried oval slices of green zucchini on a black plate with a scattering of green herbs.
      Traditional, Easy Marinated Zucchini Antipasti
    • Collage of 4 celery recipes including creamy topped celery sticks, green celery juice, orange flecked cheese stuffed sticks and reindeer decorated celery topped with peanut butter and Nutella.
      Best Celery Snacks And Appetizers For kids And Adults
    • Round bowl of cupped tortilla chips with a bowl of white, red, green and purple ceviche in the middle.
      Easy And Healthy Cod Ceviche With Lime and Jalapeño
    • Closeup of a piece of salmon patty with creamy sauce on it.
      Easy Old Fashioned Salmon Patties-A Southern Classic
    • Collage of 4 pizza appetizers including garlic bread and marinara sauce dip, Italian marinated shrimp, prosciutto and melon skewers and Mediterranean marinated vegetables.
      Best 75 Easy + Delicious Appetizers For Pizza Night
    • Collage of 4 different cheeseball recipes. Shown are small, cranberry covered balls with crackers stuck in each, a hedgehog shaped one, a pumpkin shaped one and a classic cheese ball with a butter knife scooping some.
      The Top 30+ Best Cheese Ball Recipes
    • Seared scallops on a white plate with spots and lines of orange sauce and swirls of green sauce.
      Best (Easy) Sea Scallop Appetizers
    • A hedgehog cheeseball surrounded by green rosemary sprigs and parsley.
      Can You Freeze a Cheeseball? How And Why To Do It
    • Bright orange grilled spot prawns on a bed of lettuce atop a white plate.
      Easy Grilled Spot Prawns With Garlic Butter
    • Mason jar of dark purple pickled berries surrounded by fresh blackberries and herbs.
      Easy Traditional Pickled Blackberries
    • White plates with lettuce leaves under strips of kani, mango and peppers in spicy mayo dressing.
      Spicy Mango Kani Salad
    • Collage of 4 photos depicting different sushi with text overlay, "35+ Top Sushi Recipes".
      Top 35+ Different Sushi Recipes To Make At Home
    • Collage of charcuterie boards with text overlay in the middle that says, "20 Best Christmas charcuterie board ideas".
      Best Charcuterie Board Ideas For Your Christmas Party (Sweet, Savory + Unique)
    • Collage of 9 recipes in a square grid with different recipes using the rice paper wrappers.
      Best Rice Paper Recipes

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