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5 Healthy Appetizer Recipes For Your Next House Party

Planning a house party? Then you’ve come to the right place. House parties have changed a lot over the last two decades. The rise in health awareness has led to a demand for culinary options that are not only tasty but healthy as well. This particularly holds true when it comes to appetizers.

Well, you needn’t worry about where you are going to find these culinary options. Here are recipes for five healthy appetizers that are sure to satisfy your taste buds.

Fresh Herb-Tomato Crostini
A healthy and versatile recipe. The ingredients required as follows:

Quarter cup of olive oil
Two pressed garlic cloves
One French bread baguette cut into slices
Three tablespoons of fresh lemon juice
Two tablespoons of olive oil
Quarter teaspoon of salt
1/8 teaspoon of pepper
One finely chopped large tomato
One cup of finely chopped green onions
Half cup of chopped fresh parsley
One tablespoon of chopped fresh mint
Half cup of crumbled feta cheese

This is how it is prepared:
Preheat oven to 350°. Stir olive oil with garlic. Brush on only one side of the bread slices. Put bread slices on a baking sheet (garlic sides up). Bake 10 until lightly toasted. Whisk together lemon juice with the next three ingredients. Add tomato and next three ingredients. Gently toss to coat. Top each of the bread slices with two rounded teaspoonfuls of tomato mixture. Sprinkle with cheese.

Mini Crab Cakes With Garlic-Chive Sauce
An easy to prepare recipe – it takes only 20 minutes to make 16 cakes. The ingredients required are as follows:

One package of fresh lump crabmeat
Three white bread slices (whole grain)
Half cup of light mayonnaise
Three thinly sliced green onions
One teaspoon of Old Bay seasoning
One teaspoon of Worcestershire sauce
Two lightly beaten large eggs
Vegetable cooking spray
Salt to taste
Garlic-Chive Sauce
Lemon slices as garnish

This is how it is prepared:
Pick crab meat and remove every any bit of shell. Using a food processor, pulse the bread slices until finely crumbled Stir mayonnaise with the next four ingredients. Stir in breadcrumbs with crab meat. Form them into 16 cakes. Cook the cakes on hot, large griddle coated with cooking spray. Use medium-low heat until golden brown. Season with salt to taste. Serve with Garlic-Chive Sauce. Garnish with lemon slices, if desired.

Melon, Mozzarella, and Prosciutto Skewers
Make twenty skewers in twenty minutes with this recipe. The ingredients required are as follows:

Twenty cantaloupe or honeydew cubes
Twenty thin slices of prosciutto
Twenty fresh small mozzarella cheese balls
Twenty wooden skewers
Freshly cracked pepper

This is how it is prepared:
Thread one melon cube with one slice of prosciutto and one ball of mozzarella onto the wooden skewers. Sprinkle with cracked pepper.

Roasted Garlic-Edamame Spread
Takes one hour to prepare, and works as a spread for a sandwich. You can prepare this three days in advance. The ingredients required are as follows:

One bulb of garlic
One tablespoon of olive oil
Two cups of fully cooked shelled edamame
Half cup of ricotta cheese
Quarter cup of chopped fresh basil
Two tablespoons of lemon juice
Quarter cup of olive oil
One teaspoon of kosher salt
Half teaspoon of freshly ground pepper
Assorted fresh vegetables

This is how it is prepared:
Preheat oven to 425°. Cut off the pointed end of garlic. Place garlic on aluminum foil. Drizzle with one tablespoon of olive oil. Fold foil to seal. Bake for thirty minutes. Cool for 5 minutes. Squeeze pulp from the garlic cloves into a bowl. Put edamame in a food processor for thirty seconds. Add roasted garlic with ricotta, basil, and lemon juice. Pulse until blended. Pour a quarter cup of oil through food chute. Stir in salt and pepper. Serve with assorted fresh vegetables.

Herbed Goat Cheese Bites
This makes twelve servings. You have to prepare a day in advance. The ingredients required are as follows:

One tablespoon of fresh flat-leaf thyme leaves
One tablespoon of fresh parsley leaves
One tablespoon of fresh tarragon leaves
One tablespoon of fresh mint leaves
One goat cheese log
One French bread baguette, cut into slices
Two tablespoons of extra virgin olive oil
Half cup of sun-dried tomatoes in oil (drained and chopped)
Half cup of loosely packed fresh basil leaves

This is how it is prepared:
Combine the first four ingredients and finely chop them. Roll the cheese log in herb mixture. Put it in plastic wrap. Chill for at least 2 hours. Preheat oven to 350°. Drizzle baguette slices with olive oil. Gently press the slices into the muffin cups in muffin pans. Bake at 350° for ten minutes. Remove from the oven. Allow it to cool. Spread the goat cheese into cups (baguette). Top with sun-dried tomatoes and basil leaves.