Looking for some easy party food that is quick to prepare and healthy too? Here are some simple and flavorful summer appetizer recipes that come together very quickly. Each one is made with just a few simple, wholesome ingredients and can be made with very little preparation, allowing you to enjoy every moment of your celebration.
Goat Cheese Mushrooms: Take some large mushrooms (remove stem) and fill each cap with a combination of crumbled goat cheese, sun-dried tomatoes in oil (drained and chopped), chopped walnuts, and fresh mint (minced). Top each filled mushroom with a little grated lemon zest.
Smoked Salmon Appetizers: Take a seedless cucumber, remove skin and make very thin lengthwise slices. With one slice of cucumber, place a slice of packaged and sliced smoked salmon along the length of the cucumber. Then spread some plain whipped cream cheese on top of the salmon and then some chopped fresh dill and a few jarred capers (drained). Now roll the cucumber slice as tightly as possible and place seam side down on a serving plate lined with lettuce leaves. Chill until ready to serve.
Cranberry Toasts: In a mixing bowl combine plain whipped cream cheese with dried sweetened cranberries (roughly chopped), chopped walnuts, and some grated lime zest. Thinly slice some French bread and toast until lightly browned. Spread the cranberry mixture on each bread slice and serve.
Watermelon Sandwiches: Using seedless watermelon, cut slices about one-half inch thick. Cut the rind off each slice and trim into squares that are the same size like a loaf of bread. Place a layer of thin slices of prosciutto over one slice of watermelon. In a small bowl combine some plain Greek yogurt with crumbled feta cheese or blue cheese. Top the prosciutto with this mixture. Place another slice of watermelon on top of the yogurt spread and then cut the watermelon sandwich into bite-size square pieces and chill until ready to serve.
Laura Cokherell, a food lover, shares a wide variety of budget friendly meal ideas from breakfast to dessert, including more summer appetizers, at Quick Salad Recipes.com. You will find a large selection of quick recipes for healthy, flavorful, natural meals that require a minimum of ingredients, time, effort and clean-up for the time-pressed world we live in.