These delicious recipes initiate the gamut from an easy cheese board to yummy stuffed veggies.
This combination tastes downright decadent, but it’s actually good for you.
Pomegranate, Cranberry & Brie Bruschetta
Make this simple festive appetizer for your holiday guests.
Photo: Leigh Beisch
Add slices of apple for extra crunch, if you’d like, or keep these bites simple.
Either way, consider making a double batch–they’ll go quickly.
It’s cooked and served all in the same skillet, cutting down on dishes.
Photography / Caitlin Bensel, Food Styling / Ruth Blackburn
Serve it with crackers, toasted bread or fresh-cut veggies.
It also has a generous sprinkle of dried chiles.
Find them in specialty markets and from online spice purveyors.
3-Ingredient Cranberry-Brie Bites
Baked Brie is a perennially popular appetizer.
Winter Charcuterie Board
A cheeseboard is an ideal stationary hors d’oeuvre for holiday entertaining.
We even included some dark chocolate to cap it off!
Serve with an array of crudites and crisp party crackers.
She found her love of food while traveling the world with the USA Track & Field team.
Stuffed Brussels Sprouts
This festive side dish is Thanksgiving in one bite!
Photography / Caitlin Bensel, Food Styling / Ruth Blackburn
Brussels spouts are hollowed out, stuffed with a sausage-and-breadcrumb stuffing and baked until brown and crispy on top.
Large Brussels sprouts work best here.
Enjoy this as a side dish or on its own as an appetizer.
It can be served as a main course or cut into smaller pieces and enjoyed as an appetizer.
Simply layer each ingredient on top of the other and secure with a toothpick for an easy bite-size starter.
Loaded Broccoli Salad
This is the broccoli salad you will get special requests for.
The combination of bacon, sour cream, mayonnaise, scallions and Cheddar is hard to resist.
And the addition of rice vinegar or cider vinegar sharpens all the flavors.
Looking for a heartier meal?
Top each toast with a poached or fried egg.
Serve them as a fun side dish or a party appetizer.
Mini phyllo cups make it swift and simple to create an elegant appetizer.
Photographer / Jacob Fox, Food styling / Sue Mitchell, Food Styling / Kelsey Bulat
Don’t skip the step of letting the tomatoes drain before mixing!
The salt infuses flavor while drawing out moisture so the toasts won’t get soggy before serving.
Jamie Vespa, M.S., R.D.
Jamie Vespa, M.S., R.D.
Photographer / Brie Passano, Food Stylist / Annie Probst, Prop Stylist / Holly Raibikis
Greg Dupree
Photographer / Jennifer Causey, Food Stylist / Karen Rankin, Prop Stylist / Christine Keely
