Continental Party Appetizer & Starter Recipes

Mexican fajitas are amazing take along meal that you would love to have when you are on the go and Chicken Fajita Recipe is a wonderful variant of fajita. Mexican Chicken Fajita Recipe has the tender chicken strips with all the Mexican flavors topped with sour cream and guacamole and is one of the delicious wraps that will make you want more. Fajita is a popular lunch box dish among many around the world and it makes a good finger food for a party or get together. Serve Mexican Chicken Fajita Recipe ...

Crispy Eggless Bread Pinwheels is an easy yummy starter recipe for party. When planning to prepare in bulk for parties or get together, prep up on the day before, cling wrap the bread pinwheels, freeze and bake just before the party starts. Kids, as well as adults would love to have this crunchy Crispy Eggless Bread Pinwheels snack as an appetizer for a dinner party or for tea-party along with Eggless Tutti Frutti cake and Qahwa-Arabic coffee. Take a look at the other party starter recipes: Tomato ...

Spinach & Garlic Potato Patties Recipe is a healthy patty with the added goodness of spinach flavoured with garlic, and held together with potatoes. The addition of cheese and garlic into the patties makes it creamy and packed with flavors.  All it takes is 30 minutes from end to end to make a delicious snack than can also double up as a side dish for dinner. This Spinach Potato Patty makes it great to serve it to kids as an after school snack or use the patty to make a burger for them. Serve ...

Mexican Style Red Chilaquiles Recipe is a tortilla casserole, which contains a tangy tomato sauce mixed with shredded chicken and toasted tortillas chips. Traditionally in Mexico they can make it in a simplest form by just making tomato salsa and tossing it with toasted tortillas. The dish can also be made with egg or just plain with tomato salsa without any addition of chicken. It will become your all-time favorite appetizer at your party tables or even kids would love to try out something different ...

The Chilli Bean Dip Recipe is a quick and easy dish, that you can make by simply whipping up some baked beans, spicing it up with tabasco sauce and adding the creaminess with a cheese spread. Give this recipe a try for parties and you will thank us. Serve the Quick And Easy Chilli Bean Dip along with tortillas chips as an appetizer for parties. If you are looking for more Dips here are some of our favourites :  Dill Leaves & Parmesan Dip Recipe Peanut Chilli Dipping Sauce ...

Spicy Mango Lime Grilled Chicken Recipe is a delicious grilled chicken dish where the chicken is marinated in a flavoursome marinade made of sweet ripe mangoes, spicy chilli sauce, tangy lemon juice and sharp garlic.  The leftover marinade is then seasoned further and used a sauce to drizzle on the ready grilled chicken.   Serve Spicy Grilled Lime & Mango Chicken as an appetizer with some lemon wedges along with the sauce. Or you could also serve it as a main along ...

Vegetarian Spicy Bean Chili-Stuffed Sweet Potatoes is a healthy appetizer that you can make for your parties. These stuffed sweet potato will surprise the kids as well as it tastes delicious for their mid day snack. The sweet potato are baked till soft and then cut in the middle, the excess pulp is scooped out and stuffed in with a spicy chilli Bean and Zucchini. You can add any roasted vegetables of your choice to stuff it inside. It is then topped with some grated cheese and baked in the oven ...

Zucchini Tater Tots Recipe is a delicious snack that you can make for your kids. The grated zucchini are sautéed for few minutes and then mixed along with potatoes and seasoned with basic dried herbs to bring out a good flavour. The mixture is then rolled to small torts and coated with some bread crumbs and pan fried till it is crispy. It is a smart way to use the zucchini for your quick appetizer or snack. You are also free to add sweet potato instead of the normal potatoes to keep it quite healthy. ...

The Roasted Red Pepper Hummus Recipe is a house favorite that gets its full bodied flavor from the roasted red bell peppers, olive oil and chickpeas. Then finally the drizzle of olive oil and lemons completes the Hummus.  Hummus is so common these days that its almost as close to having street food. But getting the hummus right, with the right flavors and using ingredients from your own kitchen shelf and making do with what is available in the market, makes this recipe different. I typically ...

The Rice Paper Vegetarian Spring Rolls also popularly called as the Summer Rolls make perfect appetizers for picnics or summer parties. There are many variations to the filling for the rice paper spring rolls and most often many of them use glass noodles. In this recipe, I have used tofu, roasted mushrooms and a few raw vegetables that are tossed in a spicy dressing. Serving the Rice Paper Vegetarian Spring Rolls along with Peanut Chilli Dipping Sauce perfectly complements the dish ...

Mexican Burrito is a well known street food in America and also a complete meal in itself. I love the flavor combination this Open Bean and Veggies Burrito Muffin Recipe has to offer. It is spicy, tangy, cheesy and meaty (I prefer the meaty version) all at the same time. There is no set rule to making a burrito so I just kept the flavors intact but played around with ingredients. This one is a vegetarian version but you can always add chicken or any shredded meat to the recipe. I was surprised with ...

Red Picante Salsa Recipe is a must try recipe made from a combination of fresh juicy tomatoes, onions, bell peppers, and chipotle peppers that are authentic to Mexico. Salsa is an essential part of most of the Mexican dishes. The dip is paired with any kind of food likes quesadillas, nachos, burritos to have the extra punch that is needed. Picante salsa are famous among in most parts of Mexico. Serve the Red Picante Salsa Recipe along with Fried Nachos, Quesadillas to make it exciting for your mexican ...

Mexican Style Frijoles Refritos Recipe is a staple food in Mexico that is made with any kind of beans mainly the pinto beans. The beans are cooked till it is soft and mashed to form a creamy dip. These refried beans are also famous among the Latin Americans and therefore each cuisine has a different approach to the dish. The name of the dish literally means well fried which is because after the beans are cooked well it is usually baked and fried thus giving the name “Refried”. Serve the Mexican ...

The Honey Glazed Roasted Carrots recipe is a simple, nutritious way to cook your carrots that can be served as an appetizer of as a side dish for dinners.  The honey glazed carrots also makes a great snacking option for kids lunch boxes. Roasting carrots intensifies their flavor and balsamic vinegar make them deliciously sweet and sour. During winters in India, the market is flooded with so many varieties of carrots, it a good idea to pick the tender and medium sized carrots that don't have ...

The Muesli Chia Seeds Kaiser Roll Recipe is a crusty bread roll made with the richness of muesli, oats and chia seeds which has a crunchy texture.  The Bread is enriched with the goodness of Chia Seeds and Muesli. Both of these ingredients are rich in dietary fibre that are essential for our everyday diet.  Serve the Muesli Chia Seeds Kaiser Roll Recipe along with Quick Creamy Pea Soup for a wholesome weeknight dinner. If you are looking for more Homemade Breads recipes ...

Baked Eggplant Stuffed with Red Lentil Hummus Recipe is a mouth-watering recipe that you must try for your special meal on weekends. The eggplant/Aubergine is baked in the oven with a good drizzle of olive oil, salt and pepper and topped with a delicious red lentil and roasted carrot hummus and finally topped with garlicky Greek yogurt and spicy toasted almond and walnut crumble for the crunch.  Serve the Baked Eggplant with Red Lentil Hummus Recipe along with Couscous Raw Mango Salad ...

A lip-smacking dip recipe, Homemade Healthy Sour Cream Recipe  a delicious topping usually used in Mexican cuisine. A simple combination of hung yogurt with a tad bit of cream seasoned with some salt and a splash of lemon juice, will add a zing to the dish it is served along with.  Serve Homemade Healthy Sour Cream Recipe over Veggie Loaded Nachos Recipe, or along with some appetizers like Peri Peri Fish Fingers or Tandoori Potato Wedges.  Take a look at some ...

Herbed Pan Roasted Vegetables Recipe have the right combination of vegetables which makes the perfect side dish for your continental meal. The vegetables that we have tried to incorporate are button mushroom, baby potatoes, cauliflower and carrots. They not only bring out the vibrant colour in them but tastes absolutely delicious. Every vegetable is roasted separately as each of them take different time in cooking, baby potatoes takes the highest whereas the button mushroom gets done quickly. We ...

Creamy Veg Spring Roll Recipe is a delicious crisp spring roll, made with homemade spring roll wrappers and stuffed with roasted vegetables stuffed with Del Monte's Eggless Mayo. The roasted vegetables tossed in pepper along with mayo makes a great twist to the spring rolls, making it creamy. Serve the Creamy Veg Spring Roll Recipe along with a sweet tomato sauce and a glass of Apple Almond Date Smoothie Recipe as a fun snack for the kids. If you are looking for more kids recipes, then you must ...

Sweet & Spicy Soy Dipping Sauce Recipe is a lip smacking thin dipping sauce made by combining brown sugar along with salty soy sauce, with a dash of tang from the vinegar and some heat from the paprika and sriracha sauce.   A classic Asian style dipping sauce, it can be served with appetizer that just need a dunk and pop in the mouth.   Serve Sweet & Spicy Soy Dipping Sauce Recipe with Lettuce Wrap Recipe with Asian Style Roasted Vegetables or Shanghai ...

Mango Jalapeno Bruschetta Recipe is a delicious flavoursome bruschetta where the crispy baguette is slathered with some creamy hung yogurt flavoured with lemon and garlic, which is then topped with juicy ripe mango cubes along with bites of pickled Jalapeños to give it that zing.  An absolute burst of flavours in your mouth. Serve them as an appetizer at your next cocktail party you host.  Serve Mango Jalapeno Bruschetta Recipe along with Vegetarian Tom Yum Soup Recipe and Summer ...

Patata Bravas is classic spanish tapas dish that is made from cubes of potato and served along with a spicy tomato sauce. Tapas in spanish is a wide variety of appetizers, or snacks, in Spanish cuisine. They may be served cold or warm. In Spain, patrons of tapas can order many different tapas and combine them to make a full meal. (ref: wiki) Serve Patata Bravas Recipe (A Classic Spanish Tapas) with Potato Spinach Roulade Recipe With Parmesan Cheese & Herbed Butter Sauce for weekend main course ...

Potato Corn & Cheese Cutlet Recipe is a delicious creamy cutlet which is combined along with simple flavours like dried oregano and red chilli flakes and it just melts in your mouth. We have paired them rightly to create a lip smacking cutlet recipe that your kids would love to try them as a snack. You can also serve these Corn & Cheese Cutlet as a party appetizer. These cutlets are very soft and quite delicate to handle while cooking as it has cheese and it melts with heat. Serve ...

The Italian Arancini Rice Balls Recipe or fried rice balls, are an easy and delicious Italian street food recipe that is flavored with cheese, basil along with cooked rice or risotto. This is a simple recipe that was inspired from an Italian restaurant in Rome. The crisp crust and soft inners make these fried rice balls absolutely delicious. Serve the Italian Arancini Rice Balls as an appetizer for parties along with Del Monte's Pasta Sauce or along with a Spicy Marinara Sauce. If ...