Category: Appetizers

Crispy Roasted Potato Cubes or Fries
Crispy Roasted Potato Cubes or Fries
Crispy Roasted Potato Cubes or Fries
Nov 04, 2025
Appetizers Eat your vegetables Fan Favorites Side Dishes

Heat oven 450 degrees.

Potatoes (any kind, red, sweet, idaho) chop into 1 inch cubes or into 1/2 inch fries

Arrange on sheet pan, single layer only or they will not brown.:

These potatoes are very versatile. You can use any of the following or...

fried potatoes oven +2
Crostata di Ricotta - Cheese Pie
Sep 14, 2025
Appetizers Brunch Pies

Okay, cheese and pie. Enough said. It has to be good. Said to be one of the oldest Roman dishes.

This recipe comes from an Time Life Book on Cooking from Italy about 1968. The whole series was called Foods of the World.

Double crust pie shell.

Fig and Olive Tapenade
Fig and Olive Tapenade
Jan 23, 2025
Appetizers Fan Favorites My Pantry


I was telling someone the other day that I hadn’t found a tapenade that I loved. I happen to love olives, but tapenade from the store has been left many a month in my refrigerator. Just don’t like it. That is until I was browsing the internet and...

kalmata olives fig +1
Saganaki
Nov 11, 2024
Appetizers

Saganaki â“ This amazingly delicious Greek appetizer is named after the single-serving frying pan it is cooked in. Pan seared kefalograviera, kasseri or sheepâs milk feta cheese is melted in a small frying pan until it is bubbling. Brandy is...

Prosciutto and Figs
Oct 26, 2024
Appetizers
Yaki Mandu - Pot Stickers
May 14, 2023
Appetizers Asian Flavors

I tried two versions made by a friend’s Korean wife. One spicy with lots of garlic and the other for the non-Korean people at the party - she laughed. Fried. These are killer good. Made with pork, but I think shrimp and chives, or spicy beef, and...

pot pot stickers stickers
Awesome Crab Cakes
Awesome Crab Cakes
Awesome Crab Cakes
Awesome Crab Cakes
Mar 17, 2023
Appetizers Fan Favorites Ocean's Best Seafood

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A friend from Maryland invited us to aÂcrab boil exlusively from Harbour House Crabs. WeÂspread newspapers out on the table and...

crab cake seafood
Scallops Crusted with Pistachios
Dec 03, 2022
Appetizers Ocean's Best Seafood
appetizer scallops sesame +3
Crab Cakes Baltimore
Oct 09, 2022
Appetizers Ocean's Best Seafood

1 pound of crab flakes

1 1/2 tsp salt

1 tsp pepper

1 tsp dry powderedÂmustard

2 tsp Worcestershire sauce

1 egg yolk

1 T mayonnaise

1 tsp chopped parsley

Coating:

1/4 cup Flour

1 egg beaten

1/3 cup bread crumbs

Combine crab flakes, egg and...

Bruschetta with White Beans
Bruschetta with White Beans
Bruschetta with White Beans
Dec 15, 2021
Appetizers Fan Favorites Italian Restaurant

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White Bean Bruschetta
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1 cup canned cannelinni white beans

1/4 tsp ground sage

2 T olive oil

12 slices of bruschetta

24 arugula leeaves,...

white tuscan white bean +2
Asian Lime Shrimp
Asian Lime Shrimp
Nov 20, 2021
Appetizers Asian Flavors Ocean's Best Seafood Salads

Lil Chief's Broccoli Slaw, Sausage Eggroll
Lil Chief's Broccoli Slaw, Sausage Eggroll
Oct 18, 2021
Appetizers Asian Flavors

My nephew, Mikey (nicknamed Lil’ Chief) makes a great eggroll, with just three

broccoli broccoli slaw slaw +2