Super Fast Fried Cheese Appetizer - Saganaki by Amos Miller

If you have a cast iron skillet, you can make a simple, delicious appetizer - fast! A cheese lover's delight! The Greeks call it 'saganaki' and you can use several different semi-firm cheeses to make this delicious and interesting treat in less than 15 minutes. The best cheeses to use are kefaloteri or kaseri, so try to obtain a…

Italian Baked Mashed Potato Croquettes by Claudia lamascolo

A very delicate crunch and hardly no fat to worry about baking them instead of frying. Grandma's recipe adapted to a healthier new way! Still full of flavor! Love potatoes? This is a must try!

Super Easy, Low Calorie Chicken Caesar Salad Stuffed Shells by Skinny Kitchen with Nancy Fox

Most of us love Caesar salad. Add chicken and tomatoes to it and stuff into jumbo pasta shells and it becomes a really fun and delectable appetizer or light meal! Once the pasta is cooked, this dish comes together in minutes because I’m using cooked chicken and a store bought light Caesar dressing! Each skinny shell has just 58…

Tortillas de camarones or shrimp tortillas by Guest of winter

Tortillas de camarones from Andalusia are made with a tiny type of shrimp called camarón and chickpea flour and are typical of the Cádiz province. They are delicious with a glass of chilled fino or manzanilla, on a bar terrace...

Bruschetta Appetizers by RecipeKing

Bruschetta Appetizers is an easy and quick recipe for a delicious, cheesy, Italian appetizer. Main Ingredients include: Feta cheese, black olives, tomatoes and red onions. It takes only (25) minutes. including cooking time, from start to finish. It is also a healthy, low calories, low fat, low cholesterol, low sodium, low…

Greek layer dip by Therese

A delicious quick and easy dip to bring to parties

Grilled Eggplant Parmesan by Mihir Shah

Wonderful and lighter alternative to baked eggplant Parmesan and wonderful for summer or fall nights. I use canned pasta sauce (basil if you have it).

Old-fashioned potted crab by Guest of winter

To pot crab was originally a short-term preserving method. Now it's a delicacy of crab meat, butter and herbs to serve as a spread.

Four seasons pizza by CHEF ASHRAF ABD ALEEM ELKHARBOTLY

Four seasons pizza

Easy and Low Calorie, Italian Chopped Salad Stuffed Shells Appetizer by Skinny Kitchen with Nancy Fox

This tasty and colorful low calorie appetizer consists of a simple to make Italian chopped salad mounded into cooked pasta shells. You can prep everything the night before and then added the dressing and stuff the shells an hour before your guests…

Chicken Alfredo Cupcakes by Mary Ellen Nyberg Hemby

I love the lasagna cupcake recipe I found on line, so I adapted it with other ingredients. (spaghetti sauce and ground beef substitutes) These are great to freeze and heat quickly later. Good portion control. With less sauce or in mini muffin tins, they can be eaten as finger food! We plan to try this with pizza sauce and…

Pizzelle, Anise Flavor by J. Gino Genovesi

The word Pizzelle is an Italian word which loosely means small, flat and round. They are wafer-type cookies which originated in the region of Abruzzi, Italy and known to exist as far back as the 8th Century. Pizzelles were originally baked on double-sided irons embossed with the family crest. The irons usually had long handles…

Cannellini bean hummus by Frosted Flaker

This bean dip is similar to regular hummus, but a little creamier and smoother. Serve it with pita bread, pita crackers or vegetable dippers. It couldn't be easier!

Bruschetta by Kelsey Martin