Appetizer Recipes:

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Savory Tarts:
Apple, Honey and Goat Cheese Tart - Baked tart with buttered and honeyed apples, cooked in puff pastry with a layer of spread goat cheese.
Apple Onion Tart - savory apple, onion and parmesan filling in a homemade tart shell.
Asparagus Gruyere Tart - asparagus and gruyere topping rolled puff pastry for an elegant party appetizer.
Cipollini Onion Tart - Sauteed cipollini onions topping a pastry tart crust (a Williams Sonoma recipe).
Mushroom and Carmelized Onion Tart - mushrooms, carmelized onion and goat cheese, served on baked puff pastry.

Breads and Dips:
Cumin and Smoked Paprika Hummus - Easy, quick recipe for a tangy hummus dip.
Parathas - Indian stuffed flatbread dish with a cumin-flavored whole wheat crust and potato, spinach and carrot filling.
Red Bean Dip - Savory appetizer dip made with white beans and tomato sauce, with flaxseed for added fiber.
Roasted Garlic Spread - roasted garlic cloves, baked in the oven with olive oil.
Savory Shortbread Squares - parmesan and paprika shortbread squares.
Scallion Wheat Pancakes - Whole wheat scallion pancake recipe and a podcast video to show you how to make them!
Soft Pretzels - Easy and shockingly delicious soft pretzel recipe, eat them right out of the oven.

Toasts and Canapes:
Almost-Bruschetta - Basalmic tomato mixture topping sliced baguettes.
Butternut Squash Toasts - butternut squash and sour cream dip, served on wheat bread and garnished with raddichio.
Fig and Goat Cheese Canapes - A delicious combination of toasted baguette, fig jam, and goat cheese.
Fig Canapes, Revisited - A much-improved fig canape recipe using fresh, in season figs.
Mushroom Canapés - mushroom, parmesan and sour cream puree, served on baguette slices.

Other Appetizers:
Dumplings - homemade mushroom, onion and sesame oil dumplings in wonton wrappers.
Lemon Ginger Edamame - Boiled, salted edamame in a lemon, ginger and garlic dressing.
Mushroom-Stuffed Mushrooms - Healthy stuffed mushroom recipe, using the mushroom stems for stuffing.
Mushroom Triangles with Truffle Oil - crisp phyllo triangles with a mushroom, garlic and truffle oil filling.
Pecorino Palmiers - French palmier (”elephant ear”) cookies, but savory and filled with pecorino cheese.
Steamed Mussels with Tomato and Fennel - Fresh mussels steamed in wine and stock, with fresh tomatoes and chopped roasted fennel.