Time:

24 min (10 min to prepare, 14 min to cook)

Meal type:

Appetizer

Ingredients:

2 medium bagels, split
1 small jar pizza sauce
1 package pepperoni slices
3/4 cup diced fully...
1/4 cup real bacon bits
1 cup shredded...

Directions:

Preheat oven to 400. Place bagels face up on a baking sheet. Spread with pizza sauce. Arrange five to seven slices of pepperoni on each, covering the bagel hole with one slice. Top each with ham, bacon and cheese. Bake at 400 for 12-14 minutes or until cheese is melted.

Description:

Easy and Delicious. Serve...

Time:

35 min (10 min to prepare, 25 min to cook)

Meal type:

Appetizer

Ingredients:

8 ounces Feta Cheese crumbled
1 cup Italian tomatoes...
2 teaspoons basil, divided
1 teaspoon black pepper
1/4 cup Olive oil
1 loaf baguette, sliced

Directions:

Preheat oven to 325. Mix all ingredients except 1 tsp basil and pour into a baking dish (pie plate is the perfect size). Cover with Alumium foil and bake for 20 minutes. Remove cover add the remaining teaspoon of basil and bake 5 minutes. Serve warm. Take bread and seperate on a cookie sheet, drizzle with olive oil and salt & pepper and toast.

Time:

20 min (10 min to prepare, 10 min to cook)

Meal type:

Appetizer

Ingredients:

1 each lb. asparagus
1 each medium yellow squash
2 tablespoon olive oil
1 each small onion,...
2 each ripe Italian plum...
1 each clove garlic,...
2 tablespoon chopped fresh...
0.5 each Sunkist®...

Directions:

Rinse and trim the asparagus, breaking off the woody stems at their natural snapping point, about 2 inches from the thick end. Slice the spears into 2-inch long pieces.

Rinse the squash, trim off the ends, and cut into 1/4 -inch thick rounds.

Heat the olive oil in a large non-stick skillet over high heat. Add the asparagus, squash, and onion and cook 2 to 3 minutes, stirring often.

Add the plum tomatoes, garlic, chopped basil, lemon juice, and g...

Time:

35 min (20 min to prepare, 15 min to cook)

Meal type:

Appetizer

Ingredients:

2 teaspoon olive oil, divided
0.5 cup chopped celery
2 each garlic cloves,...
0.5 teaspoon dried oregano
1 tablespoon grated Parmesan...
1 tablespoon chopped fresh...
2 cups egg substitute
2 each red bell peppers,...
0.5 cup chopped onions

Directions:

In a large ovenproof frying pan over medium heat, warm 1 tsp oil. Add the red peppers, celery, onions, and garlic; cook, stirring frequently for 4 to 5 minutes or until tender. Remove from heat and set aside. In a large bowl lightly whisk together the egg substitute, parsley, oregano and black pepper. Stir in the vegetable mixture. In the same frying pan over medium heat warm the remaining 1 tsp. oil. Add the egg mixture and cook until brown around the edges. Cover the pan and reduce heat to ...

Description:

Yummy spinach artichoke dip

Time:

50 min (20 min to prepare, 30 min to cook)

Meal type:

Appetizer

Ingredients:

3/4 cup parmesan cheese
2 package frozen chopped...
8 OZ sour cream
1 stick butter
1 can artichokes...
8 OZ Monterey Jack...

Directions:

Mix all together except Monterey Jack. Put in microwaveable oven dish, top with Monterey jack and heat it in Microwave or oven.

Time:

20 min (10 min to prepare, 10 min to cook)

Meal type:

Appetizer

Ethnicity:

Mediterranean

Ingredients:

14 OZ roasted red...
2 tablespoon fresh lemon juice
1 clove garlic - cracked...
1 1/2 cup hummus

Directions:

Coarsely chop peppers and pulse grind them in a food processor with lemon juice.
Scrape down bowl and add hummus.
Process until dip is smooth and evenly red

Time:

20 min (10 min to prepare, 10 min to cook)

Meal type:

Appetizer

Ingredients:

1 can (7-3/4 ounces...
0.5 cups sour cream
0.25 cups finely chopped...
2 tablespoon chopped green...
1 tablespoon chopped parsley
0.5 each Sunkist®...
0.25 teaspoon seasoned salt

Directions:

A bowl, combine all the ingredients; cover and chill. Serve as a dip with assorted raw vegetables such as cauliflowerets, sweet green pepper strips, carrot sticks, broccoli flowerets, etc.

Time:

4 hr 25 min (10 min to prepare, 4 hr 15 min to cook)

Meal type:

Appetizer

Ingredients:

1 can (15-1/2 oz. each)...
4 each oz. cream cheese,...
1 each green onion...
0.5 each Sunkist®...
1 each Sunkist® lemon...
0.5 teaspoon dried dill weed
0.5 teaspoon seasoned salt
4 each oz. cream cheese,...
0.5 each Sunkist®...
1 teaspoon milk or cream

Directions:

In a food processor, using the metal blade, process all the filling ingredients until well blended. Line a small (2-cup) bowl with plastic wrap.

Spoon salmon mixture into bowl, smoothing top. Cover; chill for 6 hours or overnight.

For the frosting, combine the softened cream cheese and lemon peel. Stir in enough milk for a soft spreading consistency.

Unmold salmon onto a serving dish; remove plastic wrap. Frost with cream cheese mixture. Sprinkl...

Time:

30 min (30 min to prepare, 0 min to cook)

Meal type:

Appetizer

Ethnicity:

Mexican

Ingredients:

1 each bunch of cilantro...
1 each bunch of green...
1/2 each red onion chopped
3 each Jalapeno pepper...
2 each 28 oz cans of...
2 each garlic cloves...

Directions:

Blend the tomatoes in a blender just roughly chopped up. Then throw all ingredients in a bowl and mix together. Add salt, pepper, and cumin to taste. Serve with tostada chips.

Description:

A family favorite

Time:

30 min (15 min to prepare, 15 min to cook)

Meal type:

Appetizer

Ethnicity:

Mexican

Ingredients:

28 OZ chopped tomatoes...
28 OZ Rotel (drained)
2 tablespoon garlic - minced
1  onion - chopped...
3  Jalapeno chiles (...

Directions:

1. drain tomatoes and Rotel, reserve juice
2. saute garlic, onion and jalapenos
3. pour all into blender or food processor, pulse 3-5 times adding tomato juice as needed for desired consistency

Time:

10 min (5 min to prepare, 5 min to cook)

Meal type:

Appetizer

Ingredients:

1 each medium clove...
1 tablespoon Vegetable oil
8 each oz. tomato sauce
1 each large tomato,...
0.25 cups chopped onion
0.5 tablespoon chopped cilantro...
0.5 each Sunkist®...
0.25 teaspoon salt
2 each small fresh...

Directions:

In small saucepan, sauté the garlic in oil until tender. Remove from heat and stir in remaining ingredients. Serve at room temperature as a dip with tortilla or corn-chips.

Lemony Good Nachos:

Arrange 4 cups of tortilla chips in a pie plate. Spoon 1 cup Salsa Mexicana over chips sprinkle with 1 cup shredded cheese and 1/4 cup sliced green onions. Serve as is or heat under a broiler for a few minutes to melt cheese.

Time:

20 min (10 min to prepare, 10 min to cook)

Meal type:

Appetizer

Ingredients:

2 each lbs (8 small)...
1 cup apple juice
1 cup cranberry...
0.5 teaspoon salt
0.5 teaspoon red pepper flakes
1 tablespoon balsamic vinegar
0.25 cup fresh cilantro...

Directions:

Combine nectarines with juices, salt, pepper flakes and vinegar in electric blender. Whirl until smooth and blended. Add cilantro leaves and whirl in a stop-and-go fashion a few seconds, just to chop. Serve chilled.

Time:

22 min (10 min to prepare, 12 min to cook)

Meal type:

Appetizer

Notes:

480 cal, 19g fat (6g...

Ingredients:

4 OZ orecchiette or...
1/2 package of 1 bag fresh...
1/2 lb hot or or sweet...
1 small sweet red pepper,...
1 small yellow pepper,...
3/4 cup marinara sauce,...

Directions:

1. Cook orecchiette in boiling salted water for 6 min. Add broccoli; cook 6 more min. Drain; transfer to a serving bowl.
2. Meanwhile, heat a large skillet over medium-high heat. Remove sausage from its casing and crumble into pan. Cook for 5 min. or until no longer pink. Remove from skillet and drain off excess fat. REduce heat to medium and add peppers to skillet and cook for 3 min. Add sausage, peppers and marinara sauce to serving bowl with pasta and broccoli, and toss.

Time:

11 min (10 min to prepare, 1 min to cook)

Meal type:

Appetizer

Ingredients:

3 tablespoon butter or margarine
0.25 teaspoon garlic salt
1 each lb. (thin pieces)...
0.5 each Sunkist®...
1 tablespoon chopped green...
1 tablespoon chopped parsley

Directions:

In a large skillet, heat the butter with the garlic salt; sauté the calamari for 2 minutes on each side. (Calamari will remain white when fully cooked; do not brown.)

Add lemon peel and juice, green onion, and parsley; sauté briefly. Garnish with lemon cartwheel slices, if desired.

SOLE VARIATION:

If calamari is unavailable, substitute 1 pound sole fillets. Proceed as above, sautéing the fillets for 3 to 4 minutes on each side, or until ...

Description:

With its deep-red color and...

Time:

10 min (10 min to prepare, 0 min to cook)

Meal type:

Appetizer

Ethnicity:

American

Notes:

Nutritional...

Ingredients:

1 can (16 ounces)...
3 each canned anchovy...
2 tablespoon plain, fat-free...
1 tablespoon lemon juice
1 each garlic clove
1/4 teaspoon freshly ground...
2 ounce feta cheese,...
1/4 cup chopped green onion

Directions:

Purée beets, anchovy fillets, yogurt, lemon juice, garlic and pepper in a food processor. Stir in feta cheese and green onion. Refrigerate until chilled.

Time:

10 min (5 min to prepare, 5 min to cook)

Meal type:

Appetizer

Ingredients:

4 each oz, fat-free...
12 each fresh apricots,...
0.25 each cup, pistachios,...

Directions:

Stir cream cheese until smooth; pipe or spoon into apricot halves. Sprinkle tops with pistachios. Serve as an appetizer, snack, or dessert.

Time:

20 min (10 min to prepare, 10 min to cook)

Meal type:

Appetizer

Ingredients:

4 each medium baking...
4 each slices lean...
1 each Sunkist® lemon...
2 tablespoon Vegetable oil
1 cup reduced fat...
0.25 cups fat free sour...
2 tablespoon chives, finely...

Directions:

Scrub potatoes and pierce skins. Place in preheated 425 degree F. oven; bake for 1 hour or until soft.

Meanwhile, in small skillet, cook bacon over medium heat until crisp. Drain on paper towels, then crumble. Cut baked potatoes in half lengthwise. With small spoon, scoop out the pulp, leaving a 1/4 inch thick shell. Save pulp for another use.

Shells in half crosswise; place on baking sheet. Drizzle each shell generously with lemon juice. Season with salt and p...

Time:

55 min (20 min to prepare, 35 min to cook)

Meal type:

Appetizer

Ethnicity:

American

Ingredients:

5 medium zucchini cut...
3 tablespoon I can't believe...
1 medium onion chopped
3 clove Garlic - Finely...
1/2 teaspoon Dried oregano...
1/4 cup grated Parmesan...
1  Red bell pepper -...

Directions:

Preheat oven to 375.
Scoop out pulp from 8 zucchini halves; set aside.
Arrange zucchini halves on baking sheet.
Meanwhile, coarsely chop remaining zucchini and pulp.

Melt spread in nonstick skillet over medium-high heat and cook chopped zucchini and onion, stirring occasionally, until vegetables are tender.

Add red pepper, garlic and oregano. Cook stirring frequently, 1 minute; cool slightly. Evenly spoon vegetable mixture into zucchini halv...

Time:

25 min (15 min to prepare, 10 min to cook)

Meal type:

Appetizer

Ingredients:

2 each California Avocados
4 each Hard boiled, eggs...
2 tablespoon cider
1 teaspoon garlic puree
1 tablespoon finely chopped...
4 tablespoon fresh double...
8 each lettuce leaves
4 each sprigs parsley
4 each wedges of lemon

Directions:

1. Take half the California Avocados and carefully scoop out the flesh, taking care to leave the skins intact.
2. Blend the California Avocado flesh, boiled eggs, cider, garlic, lemon balm, double cream, salt, pepper and lemon juice to a smooth paste.
3. Spoon the mixture back into the California Avocado skins.
4. Arrange the lettuce leaves on 4 serving plates.
5. Garnish with parsley and a wedge of lemon.
6. Serve at once.

Time:

20 min (10 min to prepare, 10 min to cook)

Meal type:

Appetizer

Ingredients:

1 each ripe California...
7 OZ philadelphia or...
1 tablespoon thick double...
1 pound sliced oak smoked...

Directions:

1. Blend together the avocado, soft cheese, double cream, lemon juice, salt and pepper until it is a smoothe fromage.
2. Cut the smoked salmon into 6 inch x 3 inch pieces, add the fromage to the center of the pieces of smoked salmon.
3. Fold the smoked salmon over so that they form a nice roll with the fromage in the centre.
4. Serve with salad, lemon wedges and parsley to garnish the salmon.

Time:

20 min (10 min to prepare, 10 min to cook)

Meal type:

Appetizer

Ingredients:

1 each large onion, sliced
1 each medium clove...
2 tablespoon Vegetable oil
1 can (about 16 oz....
0.5 each lbs. red snapper...
0.5 each Sunkist®...
0.25 cups sliced pimiento...
0.5 each Sunkist®...
2 tablespoon chopped cilantro...

Directions:

In skillet sauté onion and garlic in oil just until tender. Add undrained tomatoes; simmer a few minutes to blend flavors.

Add fish, lemon juice and sliced olives; bring to boil. Reduce heat; simmer, covered, 10 minutes or until fish flakes easily with fork.

Add lemon cartwheel slices the last few minutes of cooking time. Sprinkle with cilantro.

Description:

This fruit salad goes...

Time:

15 min (15 min to prepare, 0 min to cook)

Meal type:

Appetizer

Notes:

Nutritional...

Ingredients:

1  pound fresh,...
1/2  cup red onion,...
1  cup fat-free...
1  package (10...
1  can (15 ounces)...
1  cup raspberries...
1  tablespoon black...

Directions:

Toss the shrimp and onion with 1/2 cup raspberry vinaigrette; refrigerate for 10 minutes. Divide salad greens among 4 cold plates. Divide the shrimp-onion mixture among the plates. Top with the fruit salad and raspberries. Sprinkle the black sesame seeds over all. Serve the remaining dressing on the side.

Time:

20 min (10 min to prepare, 10 min to cook)

Meal type:

Appetizer

Ingredients:

1 each lb. fresh...
0.5 each Sunkist®...
0.75 cups freshly squeezed...
1 each large tomato,...
1 each medium onion,...
2 tablespoon chapped canned or...
1 tablespoon Vegetable oil
1 tablespoon bottled taco...
1 tablespoon chopped cilantro
0.5 teaspoon salt, Reduce...

Directions:

With a sharp knife, cut fish on the diagonal into paper-thin slices. In a glass bowl, combine the fish, lemon-peel, and lemon juice; cover.

Marinate in refrigerator for 8 hours or overnight, until fish is opaque and has a "cooked" look; stir occasionally. (Or marinate in a tightly sealed plastic bag, turning occasionally.)

Stir in remaining ingredients. Cover and chill for 30 minutes to blend flavors.

Serve as an Appetizer: