appetizer
Recipes and dishes that can be used as appetizers.
Crab cocktail
Crab cocktail is a great appetizer - - because it looks delicious and is colorful, light and served cold.
Crab Newburg
A more sophisticated way to serve crab with an explanation of the proper way to prepare the recipe and a shortcut. Serve crab Newburg with rice or buttered toast.
Sole with leeks and wild rice
This sole with leeks can be an appetizer, part of a three course plus dessert dinner or a main course on its own right.
Herb terrines
This terrine with herbs is just one example of cream cheese cuisine. Use it as an elegant appetizer for any celebration meal.
Smoked salmon stacks
A colorful dish, white from the potato and cream, orange from the smoked salmon and trout eggs, deep purple from the cooked beet. When there is color in food, there are anti-oxidants.
Mighty mushrooms
Healthful mushrooms make also a delicious side.
Asparagus mimosa
A vegetable side dish that can be easily made vegan.
Italian shrimp spaghetti casserole
Serve this Italian style casserole any time you can think. You cook and freeze so, one day you fancy a rest from the stove, the only thing you need to do is reheat and eat. Just use a red and white squared table cloth and you have the feel of the trattoria.
Ham, cheddar and rice pudding
Ham and cheese, some spices, these are just smells and taste of home cooking.
Widow beans
Literal translation of the Spanish name. It is a bean soup with no meat or sausage at all. Flavoring the beans is a challenge.