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Appetizer Recipes

Get your party started with these tasty appetizer recipes from party-savvy cooks all across the country!

A platter of Salmon Croquettes.

Salmon Croquettes

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By Sena Wilson
My mom made the best salmon croquettes when we were growing up. She had a ...
(2 ratings)
Pizza Bubble Cake with pizza sauce for dipping.

Pizza Bubble Cake

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By Stacy Hutchinson
Every Friday night is pizza night in our house. My family would rather have this ...
(10 ratings)
Crisp Cucumber Salsa in a bowl with tortilla chips.

Crisp Cucumber Salsa

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By Sue Huhn
A 1/4 cup of this cucumber salsa is only around 16 calories!
(1 rating)
Loaded Baked Potato Dip with potato chips.

Loaded Baked Potato Dip

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By Sharon Rogers
There is no recipe per se. Mix these ingredients and let them sit in the ...
(3 ratings)
Bowl of Cranberry Orange Meatballs.

Cranberry Orange Meatballs

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By Carla Carter
These smoky and sweet meatballs are one of my most requested appetizers. They are always ...
(2 ratings)
Artichoke-Topped Portobello Mushrooms on a serving plate.

Artichoke-topped Portobello Mushrooms

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By Stacey Exley
This is a big hit with my family! I serve only 1 mushroom with a ...
(2 ratings)
A Pepperoni Pizza Dog on a plate.

Pepperoni Pizza Dogs

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By Barbara Lentz
My grandkids love these and they are fast and easy to make. Yummy too.
(1 rating)
A platter of Crab Balls.

Crab Balls

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By Melissa Turner
These baked crab balls are fun and super easy to make. This recipe could be ...
(5 ratings)
A platter of Homemade Pigs in a Blanket.

Homemade Pigs In A Blanket

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By Diane C.
In honor of National Hot Dog Day, I wanted to make hot dogs for dinner, ...
(1 rating)
Delectable crispy fried wontons stuffed with cream cheese and crab meat.

Crab Rangoon

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By Beth Pierce
Crab Rangoon are wonton shells filled with fresh crab and cream cheese, then fried to ...
Italian Naan-chos in a cast iron skillet with melted cheese on top.

Italian Naan-chos

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By Lori McLain
I love a great plate of nachos... and these have gone Italian. Fun and easy ...
(2 ratings)
A plate of Fried Cheese with marinara for dipping.

Fried Cheese

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By Jennifer Bass
I first tried "fried cheese" at a restaurant. It was good, but I thought ...
(3 ratings)

Sauteed Cabbage

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By Delia H
Great for lunch, or a side dish.

Mushroom Caps Made Famous By Grandma

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By Samantha Jacobs
These are a HUGE hit in my house. On christmas eve my family does a ...
(4 ratings)
Shrimp with a wonderful butter & white wine-garlic sauce.

Jim's Shrimp Scampi

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By Jim Frigyes
This is great served over capellini pasta to make a meal for 4, or as ...
(1 rating)

Fried Pork Skins Aka Chicharron

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By Pamela Rappaport
We use our smoker to make bacon. Once the bacon is smoked you cut the ...
So yummy

Cauliflower Crust Pizza Bites

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By Andy Anderson !
Here’s an interesting twist on the normal bread crust pizza… use cauliflower in place of ...

Easy Crock Pot Swedish Meat Balls

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By Amy H.
This recipe is so simple and makes it easy to make Swedish Meatballs on a ...
(2 ratings)

Bonnie's: The Ultimate Chicken Nachos

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By BonniE !
This is party food, people!! This pretty dish is a complete meal in one. ...
(10 ratings)

Roasted Garlic Mushrooms

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By LINDA BAILEY
THESE ROASTED GARLIC MUSHROOMS ARE SO POPULAR. AND SOOOOOOOO GOOD!
(2 ratings)

Crescent Taco Ring

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By Deb Wilson
This Crescent Taco Ring dish takes a little time to put together but is really ...
(8 ratings)
How can you go wrong with Bacon, Cheese and Oysters ????

"naked" Oysters Rockefeller

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By Bill Wentz
sometimes called "Naked" Rockefeller because of the missing shell, but that is all that is ...
(2 ratings)

Norma's Just A Pinch Of This & That Chunky Salsa/bruschetta

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By Norma DeRemer
Well this is called "Just A Pinch" So here I go again. I went out ...
(1 rating)

Vegetarian Mexican Peppers

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By Lynn Socko
This is a great dish for leftover rice, spanish or plain.
(1 rating)
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