appetizer
Recipes and dishes that can be used as appetizers.
Tuscan dinner
Sautéed beans with all the Tuscan flavor to make your low GI diet more palatable.
Pea soup
Did you know that adding peas lowers the GI of a dish?
Low fat eggplant Parmesan
Eggplant Parmesan is delicious and it is not out of your low fat diet if you follow this recipe.
Easy chickpea salad
Chickpeas are also known as garbanzo beans. As with all beans and pulses, they are high in protein. These protein balance their carbohydrate content. This recipe can be used as a vegetarian main course.
Marinated olives
Try marinated olives as part of mezze or serve with other appetizers before the meal. Both black and green olives can be used with this recipe.
Rice and tuna salad
Add rice to a traditional tuna salad and it becomes a balanced meal on a plate. Simple, nutritious and delicious solution for packed lunches or busy days.
Crab pate
A great recipe for warm summer evenings. Serve with cucumber salad and bread as a main course, or with toast or crackers as an appetizer.
Crab au gratin
This crab recipe makes a luxurious hot appetizer or light lunch. Best served in emptied crab shells, large clam shells, individual ramekins or custard cups.
Simple deviled crab
Deviled crabs are very easy to make from canned crab meat. Calories are very much reduced in this recipe because white sauce is not used.
Crab stuffed tomatoes
Make this recipe with cherry or very small tomatoes, and you will have an excellent finger food for a party. Use freshly cooked crab or canned crab meat.