It’s usually much more fun to make your own appetizers than to buy them! A good party appetizer should be stimulating visually as well as to the mouth. It’s a tasty speck that leaves you wanting more.
How many appetizers to make?
If you’re throwing a late-night (after dinner) party, you’ll probably only need around 7 appetizers per person each hour. For parties during the dinner hour that don’t include a meal, prepare around 13 appetizers for each person per hour. Lunch-time party guests will probably eat around 11 appetizers.
Some fun appetizer ideas
Apple lovers might like a fresh apple salsa with ginger, walnuts and cilantro, available at allrecipes.com. Serve it with tie-dyed tortilla chips from Baking Delights.
The Pioneer Woman Cooks! is sharing her recipe for Phyllo mushroom bundles, and recommends Wendy’s recipe for bacon-wrapped pineapple bits at Tasty Kitchen. Speaking of bacon, an allrecipes.com user shared a recipe for bacon cheddar deviled eggs – a yum treat for special gatherings. Or maybe Cajun deviled eggs or garlic deviled eggs are more your thing?
For a traditional New Year’s food used in an appetizer, go for black-eyed pea dip from Paula Deen at Food Network.
If you want to include meatballs with a flair, try out Southern Plate’s recipe for puff pastry meatball marinara bites.
For a sweet appetizer, do something totally unusual: Make a sweet red bean paste to go with rice cakes! Japanese Recipes for U.S. Kitchens tells you how. Or how about some (wow) chocolate rolls? That yummy recipe using bittersweet chocolate is available from Cafe Nilson.
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