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Finger Food Appetizer Recipes
For Next Gathering, Party, Or Simply A Stree-Free Dinner for Everyone Nibbling Away
Finger food appetizer recipes are great for any gathering, game nights, pretty much all occasions. Having them as dinner so that you will have plenty of selections to choose from by nibbling each dish one bite at a time.
These appetizer recipes reminded me some dine-out experiences in Hong Kong, my hometown. My family love to eat and we eat a lot. My husband always teases me that when I am with my mom and sisters, we are thinking where to stop and eat the next thing while we are finishing up the current meal. Well, when you live in the city and walk more than hopping into a transportation mean, the energy burns off easily. And you get hungry sooner.
Sometimes, we want to try out so many different things in one restaurant. But at the same time, we knew that there was no way we would be able to consume all. Letting the food to go to waste is always the last thing we want to see. After a while, we stumbled into some restaurants that they served some regular dishes in appetizer or sampler portion. So, what I am hoping to share with you is that you can serve multiple appetizers or finger food dishes as your dinner. This will allow everybody to try out different varieties.
On the other hand, you get to enjoy of taking your time to bring out one dish at a time. The carefree atmosphere makes it so much fun for everyone.
TIPS & TRICKS
Preparing and cooking multiple finger food recipes can be overwhelming. Here are some tips for you to make it fun:
- Try to spread it out using different kitchen gadgets or tools. For instance, you may have one dish cooking in a slow cooker. And at the same time, there is another one (or multiple dishes) cooking in the oven.
- You may also try to have everything baked in the oven, but just different temperature settings. If that's the case, you will start out with recipes cooked in higher temperature. Then, you will move along with recipes required lower temperature to cook next and last. Doing in this way because every time when you open the oven door, you lose some heat. Instead of making the temperature to go up, it is always easier to reach the temperature when you want it to go down.
- You can incorporate some made-ahead recipes. This method will be perfect for food which can be served in room temperature, such as some baked goods.
- Of course, some no-cook recipes will be a big help.
Finger Food Appetizer Recipes Roll Call
Made-Ahead Recipes
As self-explainatory as the title, these recipes can be made ahead of time. Many of them can stay in the fridge for a couple days to a week. Majority of them can serve in room temperature or chilled. A couple of them can warm up in the microwave for a couple minutes in case you like something hot and warm.
Both made-ahead and no-cook recipe categories are best to serve on the table first while the others are still cooking and ready to be served soon.
2-Ingredient Chocolate Banana Mini Muffins
2-Ingredient Mini Pumpkin Muffins
4-Ingredient Apple Cider Mini Muffins
Peanut Butter Chocolate Oatmeal Bread
Easy Chocolate Fudge
Fruity Kielbasa Kebabs
Pineapple Kielbasa
Party Shrimp Cocktail With 4 Dipping Sauces
Chinese Pickles
Spinach Ham Egg Muffins
Corn Black Bean Tomato Egg Muffins
Lazy Cookie Bars
Pumpkin Spice Bread
Pepperoni and Parmesan Chips
No-Cook Recipes
No-Fry Breakfast Snack Taquitos
Pepperoni Tomato Cheese Bites
Low Carb Keto Tuna Salad Dip
Keto Chicken Cordon Bleu Cabbage Wraps
Spicy Watermelon Pineapple Palm Heart Salad
No-Bake 5-Minute Canned Chicken Dip
Simply Healthier Lemonade Concentrate
2 Layer Jello Recipe
No-Bake Mini Caramel Cheesecake
No-Bake Crustless Mini Lemon Cheesecake
Pina Colada Popsicle
Lazy Bum Fruit Salad
Prep First and Finish It Off Later
The inspiration of this short list of finger food appetizer recipes is having samplers at home for dinner. So, they may not 100% perfectly fit into the mode of party, I want to list them out for you to consider another way of serving family dinner with some fun.
(Side Note: When we were kids, my mom did that kind of dinner for Christmas every year. We were in Hong Kong. Although we celebrated Christmas, it was nowhere close to be in such a big scale like nowadays. The funny thing was that my mom is always about table manner and eats your dinner on the table. So, even though the dinner setting was a bit casual, we all still sat on the dining table to enjoy the samplers. You can make it more casual by passing the food around while everybody is watching a movie or live sport game.)
Ham Waffle Sandwich
Bunless Open Face Cucumber Chicken Sandwich
Mini Potato Pancakes with Ham and Corn
Outback Steakhouse Buffalo Shrimp
Spanish Style Tomato Bread
Let Everybody to Assemble
Low Carb Keto Chicken Salad Lettuce Boats
Let the Slow Cooker Do It For You
Slow Cooker Orange Sriracha Meatballs
Slow Cooker Buffalo Meatballs
“Fireballs” - Meatballs with Spicy Marinara Sauce
Let the Oven Take Care of It
A few of the following finger food appetizer recipes have the same cook time and temperature, such as wings. All you need to do is to separate them into 2 different baking sheets and have the oven to do double duty for you.
One-Pan Baked Garlic Parmesan Shrimp
Baked Garlic Parmesan Eggplant Shake Shake Fries
BOP Garlic Bread
Breakfast Pizza on Tortilla
Pepperoni Pizza Rolls
Rosemary Sweet Potato Oven Fries
Coconut Croissants
Easy Crispy Chicken Pizza
Oven Baked BBQ Wings
Better than Buffalo Wild Wings Lemon Pepper Wings
Crispy Baked Buffalo Wings
Copycat The Fresh Market Garlic Toasts
Ranch Chicken and Bacon Cheese Dip
Garlic Cheese Monkey Bread
Turkey Cheese Wraps
Little Caesars Crazy Puffs
Make It When You Feel Like It
Everybody may have other beverage choices instead of smoothies or slushes. So, only make them when you feel like it. If so, blender, especially a very powerful one, is your best friend when it comes to these recipes.
Denny's Mango Smoothie
Dunkin Donut Coolatta
Pineapple Cucumber Smoothie
Orange Creamsicle Smoothie
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