Appetizers – Simple Recipes For Summer Appetizers
Looking for some easy party food that is quick to prepare and healthy too? Here are some simple and flavorful summer appetizer recipes that come together very quickly. Each one is made with just a few simple, wholesome ingredients and can be made with very little preparation, allowing you to enjoy every moment of your celebration.
Grilled Chicken Kabobs: Using store-bought grilled chicken (boneless breasts work well for this recipe), cut chicken into cubes and skewer on small wooden skewers along with jarred pearl onions, marinated mushrooms, chunks of red bell pepper, and pineapple chunks. Serve skewers along with small bowls of barbecue sauce for dipping.
Smoked Salmon Appetizers: Take a seedless cucumber, remove skin and make very thin lengthwise slices. With one slice of cucumber, place a slice of packaged and sliced smoked salmon along the length of the cucumber. Then spread some plain whipped cream cheese on top of the salmon and then some chopped fresh dill and a few jarred capers (drained). Now roll the cucumber slice as tightly as possible and place seam side down on a serving plate lined with lettuce leaves. Chill until ready to serve.
Creamy Spicy Deviled Eggs: Hard boil four eggs and allow to cool. Cut each egg in half, remove the yolks and place yolks in a bowl along with one-quarter teaspoon jalapeno peppers (diced), one-quarter cup celery (diced), 1 tablespoons red onion (finely chopped), one-quarter cup low-fat mayonnaise, one-quarter cup prepared hummus, and salt and pepper to taste. Combine mixture well and scoop into the egg whites. Serve this easy summer appetizer chilled on lettuce leaves.
Watermelon Sandwiches: Using seedless watermelon, cut slices about one-half inch thick. Cut the rind off each slice and trim into squares that are the same size like a loaf of bread. Place a layer of thin slices of prosciutto over one slice of watermelon. In a small bowl combine some plain Greek yogurt with crumbled feta cheese or blue cheese. Top the prosciutto with this mixture. Place another slice of watermelon on top of the yogurt spread and then cut the watermelon sandwich into bite-size square pieces and chill until ready to serve.
Laura Cokherell, an avid cook, shares a wide variety of low-cost meal ideas from breakfast to dessert, including more summer appetizers, at Quick Salad Recipes.com. You will find a large selection of quick recipes for healthy, flavorful, natural meals that require a minimum of ingredients, time, effort and clean-up for the time-pressed world we live in.
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