Easy Appetizer Recipes

Every time you have a party or want to go out for a small vacation, it is difficult to come up with new ideas for appetizers. Here is a small effort on easy appetizer recipes.

Bruschetta
This is one of my personal favorites. It is my favorite because it is healthy and it has one of the easiest appetizer recipes. Lets go through the recipe for this appetizer.

Ingredients

• French loaf
• 5-6 garlic cloves
• 1/4 cup extra virgin Olive Oil
• 6 Cherry Tomatoes
• 2 tablespoon balsamic vinegar
• 1/4 cup fresh basil
• 1/4 teaspoon Fresh ground black pepper
• 2 cups mozzarella cheese
• Salt to taste

Steps

• Heat the oven to 400º Fahrenheit.
• While you heat the oven, de-skin (peel the skin off) the tomatoes and chop them. Finely chop the garlic as well.
• Take a large bowl and mix the chopped tomatoes, garlic, olive oil, vinegar, chopped basil without the stem, pepper and salt. Let this mixture settle for 10-12 minutes.
• Cut the French loaf bread in 2 inch slices. Apply olive oil with a pastry brush on one side of each slice. Then brown the slices on both sides by broiling them.
• Just before you serve the bruschetta on the non-oily side of the slices, spread the tomato mixture.
• On the mixture spread some cheese and broil the slices again till the cheese melts a little. And now your bruschetta is ready.

Cheddar Cheese Mushrooms
Here is another recipe for making easy appetizers. I relished it, I hope you relish it as well.

Ingredients

• 1 pound mushrooms
• 6 tablespoon butter
• ¹/₂ cup parsley
• 1 Onion
• 1 cup grated cheddar cheese
• ¹/₂ cup bread crumbs
• ¹/₂ cup walnuts
• Salt to taste

Steps

• Wash the mushrooms, remove the stem and chop the stem finely. Make a small mound in the mushroom caps and keep the mushroom caps aside. Chop the onion finely as well.
• Toast the walnuts slightly and then chop them into fine bits after they cool down.
• Preheat the oven to 350º Fahrenheit.
• In a pan melt the butter. Now, on the baking sheet, place the mushroom and brush them with the melted butter using the pastry brush.
• Sauté the mushroom stems in the remaining butter till the stems become soft.
• To the sautéed mushroom stem add parsley, chopped onion, cheese, bread crumbs, chopped walnuts and salt. Stir fry the mixture well.
• Stuff the mixture in the mushroom caps. Now bake the mushroom caps for approximately 20-25 minutes in the preheated oven.
• The cheddar cheese mushrooms are now ready. It is to be served hot.

A small note you would want to take into account is that these recipes for easy appetizers can be prepared well in advance. Do not bake the mushrooms if you plan to make it in advance, instead fill them up and store them in the refrigerator, and when the need arises, remove them from the refrigerator, and bake the mushrooms and serve warm.

Zucchini Cheese Squares
Zucchini Cheese Squares will make a good appetizers when you have friends visiting you or for a party.

Ingredients

• 3 cups Finely sliced zucchini
• 1 tablespoon baking powder
• 1 Onion, finely chopped
• 2 cups grated cheddar cheese
• 2 teaspoons thyme leaves
• 1 1/2 cup Flour
• 1 teaspoon freshly ground black pepper
• 1/2 cup virgin olive oil
• 3 Eggs
• Little butter to grease the baking sheet

Steps

• Preheat the oven to 350º Fahrenheit.
• Grease the baking dish with butter.
• In a bowl, mix zucchini and salt and keep it aside for 30-40 minutes,then squeeze out the juice from the zucchini.
• Take another bowl, and mix the flour and baking soda in it. To this mixture add the zucchini, onion, cheese, thyme leaves and black pepper. Mix all the ingredients well, so that no clumps of zucchini remain in the mixture.
• Whisk the eggs and olive oil together and then pour it on the zucchini mixture. Break all the clumps that are formed.
• Now transfer the entire mixture onto the baking dish. Bake till the mixture becomes golden brown in color. It will take approximately 30-35 minutes for the same. Let the dish cool for about 5-7 minutes.
• After the dish cools down, make square pieces and serve warm.

Do try these easy appetizer recipes and give me the feedback for the same! Try and experiment with the ingredients and see what can further improve its taste, and if is successful I will try these variations myself!