Pear and Blue Cheese Dip

You can use celery sticks to dip or a few of the wafer thin crackers. You can even just eat it with a spoon!

Rockin’ Guacamole

Efrem says, "This is a really easy to make, great tasting guacamole to accompany any Mexican dish.

Creamed Spinach

Creamed spinach makes a wonderful, old-school side dish or you can use it as a dip. Serve with Melba rounds and just reuse your rounds so you don’t eat more than 3 or 4.

Scotch Eggs

A traditional Scotch Egg involves wrapping sausage around a whole hard-boiled egg. It is commonly eaten in Scotland, where the Scots will eat this either as an appetizer or as part of a main meal.

Stuffed Jalapeno Peppers

Depending on the size of your peppers you might have filling left over. You can keep this for later. It will make a lovely stuffing for an omelet.

Parmesan-Reggiano in the “Raw”

There's only one ingredient in this recipe. The success is in the quality and the presentation. Cooking rookies and gourmets in a hurry can't beat this one for ease.

Tomato Pizzettas

This is a great side dish but also makes a great appetizer platter to bring to a party or get-together.

Roasted Asparagus with Artichoke Heart “Sauce”

Serve this with a simple small filet or grilled chicken breast for a wonderful meal.

Eggplant Tomato Combo

This eggplant tomato combo can be eaten as a side dish or as a spread. When I make an antipasti tray for an appetizer course, I’ll sometimes include this as a dip or spread for crackers.

Apple Chips

When we were at lunch the other day, Jen mentioned how dieters miss their crunch. She wondered if we could come up with a recipe for apple chips.

Sweet and Spicy Pecans

Instead of serving pecan pie, how about serving these as an appetizer/snack offering? They are amazingly addictive.

Raspberry-Chipotle “Wings”

Sweet and spicy wings with an unusual twist.

Berries with Sweet Cream

When you are on ZReduction even the least little bit of cream tastes like heaven. This is a super simple dessert that combines cream with your favorite berries.

Hot Green Wings

Here is the first of two wing dishes I served this Super Bowl. Judging by the empty plates and happy faces I think they went down very well.

Shallot Onion Rings

My husband loves these so much he asks for them probably 4 times a week and has even begun making them himself! They taste every bit as good as regular onion rings without the breading.

Cheese Ball

Dieter Misty wrote to me asking for a cheese ball recipe for the holidays. So I worked with Misty to come up with one that is all natural, REAL ingredients recipe. Hope you enjoy!

Bacon-Wrapped Prunes

Okay, this sounds weird but they are really quite tasty. A bit of salt with your sweet!