Appetizers

Serving tasty appetizers is the best way to start a night of entertaining in your home. Perfect crowd-pleasing party appetizers done the easy way. See lots of tasty appetizers recipes with photos, and tips.

Mango Chutney and Cream Cheese Pin Wheels

These Pin Wheels vanished from my cookie cooling rack in no time. I baked’em during lunch hour and my husband was home and in no more than 20 minutes, wheels from one of the cooling rack disappeared lik...

Spinach and Cheddar Cheese Pin Wheels

Spinach and Cheese (Sharp Cheddar and Gouda) Pin Wheels are great mini treats for kids to enjoy as evening snack or in a kiddie party with nice refreshing fruit drink. It’s a simple, inspired snack, ea...

Creamy Tangy Lentil Dip

I always keep few recipe up my sleeves to utilize leftovers. This creamy lentil dip is made with leftover lentils from other day lentils soup. However, you are most welcome to make it with fresh cooked...

Chicken Shish Kabab

Famous as Seekh or Shish Kababs, these easy and scrumptious marinated chicken skewers are often grilled or baked in the oven during winter season in my home. Shish Kababs taste great with side of lemon...

Jack-o-Lantern Halloween Pockets

Halloween time is almost here. Last year, during Halloween, I sold a big batch of Jack-o-Lantern Pockets or Sandwiches (if you wish to call'em) in a bake sale. They were so hit; kids were "goblin" it up and I had to bake another batch for a kiddie Party the very same night – “special request by our ne...

Pesto and Cream Cheese Sandwich

Like many families, Tea Time Snacking was a daily evening staple in my household growing up. And usually we reached for standard fare like chips and some pre-packaged snacks but whenever mom made sandwi...

Pickled Cucumber and Cream Cheese Sandwich

Lately, I have been using a lot of freshly pickled cucumbers in salads and appetizers. For personal taste, I prefer fresh homemade pickle more than store bought. Cucumbers, pickled just a day before usi...

Cucumber Fresh Rolls with Peaches and Basil

This is the Farmers Market Week series and today we are talking cucumber and fresh rolls. In late summers, cucumbers go on sale and how many bottles of pickles can we make with them - 4 bottles or 10 bo...

Kimchi Mashed Potatoes Cakes

Like I wrote in my - 12 enhancers for mashed potatoes recipe, please consider this recipe a tale of re-purposing mashed potatoes. Plain mashed potatoes and I, nah, we never go along very well. In other...

Mini Chicken Sausage Pin Wheels

Italian Chicken Sausage wrapped in puff pastry to make small pin wheels and then baked till golden from outside. Cheese in Italian sausage oozes out and sausage get nice caramelized at the bottom to make it an excellent crowed entertainer appetizer. You can wrap sausage in pastry sheet in advance and...