Easy Appetizer Recipes
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Super Simple Cold Shrimp Appetizer Recipe
This delicious recipe is so simple to make that you can do it in mere minutes. Throw it together whenever you have friends drop by or when you need a quick snack. This easy recipe only needs a few ingredients and you can easily substitute ingredients whenever you need to. For example, bacon can replace the shrimp if you run out to make a quick BLT appetizer. You could also use crab or lobster on top. The ranch dressing could be replaced with any thick dressing you like. For example, if you used 1000 Island dressing and put crab on top, these appetizers could be mini Crab Louis salads. Use spinach instead of the lettuce... you get the idea. Play around with the recipe and make the most of it.
Try to get vine ripened tomatoes if you can so you get the most flavor. Most grocery store tomatoes are picked while they are still green so they do not spoil before they get to the store. This creates tomatoes with very little flavor. If you can grow your own tomatoes or purchase them fresh from the farm, you will be rewarded with more tomato flavor than you have had in a long time. Heirloom tomatoes are excellent choices if you can find them. If you like pretty lettuce, use the curly edged leaf variety. If you prefer crunch, a nice leaf of butter lettuce will not let you down.
Serve these simple shrimp appetizers at parties, potlucks, for a quick lunch or for a snack in the late afternoon. You can whip them up so quickly, it may be handy to keep all the ingredients stocked so you always have a recipe you can put together fast. They make a nice accompaniment to other appetizers or a bowl of soup. They are a bit like mini salads. Enjoy them whenever you want a little seafood snack.
Simple Cold Shrimp Appetizer Stacks
Ingredients -
1 dozen mini bagels, cut in half
Leaf lettuce
2 - 3 medium tomatoes, sliced
Ranch dressing
2 dozen whole shrimp, shelled and cooked
Preparation:
Cut the halves of each bagel apart. Toast them lightly under the broiler for about a minute.
Top each bagel half with a piece of leaf lettuce. Add a tomato slice on top of the lettuce.
Pour a dollop of ranch dressing on the tomato. Set the shrimp on top.
Arrange on a platter and serve.
(Makes 2 dozen appetizers)
Photo Description:
This simple Shrimp Stack is so easy you can delegate it to your kids to make while you make another dish. This simple stacked appetizer relies on fresh shrimp and flavorful produce to give it taste. Use heirloom tomatoes if you can to give it that true tomato flavor. Take this appetizer to potlucks, serve them at parties, or just snack on them for finger food. They are fun to eat. Those little mini bagels at the store make an excellent base for appetizers, so make the best of them!
