Z3: Starters, Salads & Sauces

Two basic ingredients and some herbs. Simple elegance at its finest.

Make these crackers when you have invited a friend over for a glass of wine and you want to have a little snack on the side.

This is a recipe that can made by a supervised child or a helper. It's basically assembly work. Your time is then freed up to work on the other things. It took me about 30 minutes to do 30 rolls.

This makes a quick light appetizer that's pretty in the summer. Or it can be a side salad or even an Italian side dish to go great with grilled summer foods.

You will want to roast the garlic until it is lightly golden on the edges and the timing depends on your oven, the size of the garlic and the amount of oil you use.

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

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

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.

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.

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.

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.

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

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!

This sauce is my new favorite. I was pleased as punch when I finished this up. I decided this would be great on turkey at the holidays but it can also go really well with chicken, steak and even fish.