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Roasted Delicata Squash (Easy Recipe)

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Chicken Bouchees (Chicken Puffs)

Chouquettes Recipe (French Sugar Puffs)

Easy Vegetarian Curry Puffs

Cocktail Meatballs - juicy, flavorful meatballs coated in a honey sriracha sweet and spicy sauce. Perfect appetizer for parties or as game day snacks. 

Delicious Cocktail Meatballs

Thyme and Cheddar Cheese Cookies - These slice and bake savory cookies are easy to make and delicious! Perfect as appetizers or as snacks.

Thyme and Cheddar Cheese Cookies (Savory Cookies)

Mini Chicken Taquitos - Crispy mini taquitos filled with a creamy, tangy chicken and cheese filling, perfect as appetizers for any party. Make these as a snack, appetizer or even as a meal. 

Mini Chicken Taquitos

Spooky Chorizo Hand Pies - A scrumptious savory snack for your Halloween party! Easy and fun to make too.

Spooky Chorizo Hand Pies

Goat Cheese and Roasted Fig Tartlet - Sweet, savory, creamy and crunchy all in one bite. These appetizers can be made a few days ahead of time, and the recipe is also very adaptable.

Goat Cheese and Roasted Fig Tartlet

Here's a great recipe to use up those extra, or underripe, or overripe peaches this season - a Sweet and Spicy Peach Relish! So easy to make, doubles as a peach chutney, and can be customized to your taste!  

Sweet and Spicy Peach Relish Recipe

Baked Fish Cutlets - A healthier alternative to deep-fried fish cutlets (fish croquettes). A spicy fish filling coated with a crispy and golden breadcrumb coating. Perfect for snacking. 

The Best Baked Fish Cutlets (Baked Fish Croquettes)

Sri Lankan Curried Beef buns - These Sri Lankan meat buns are so versatile and flavorful. Pillowy bread stuffed with curried beef. Great on the go breakfast idea, lunch or snack. 

Sri Lankan Curried Beef Buns (Sri Lankan Mas Paan)

LA Galbi (Korean BBQ Short Ribs) - Sweet and savory, tender and delicious grilled beef short ribs. A Korean favorite that your family will love! Perfect for BBQs, or regular family dinners.

LA Galbi – Korean BBQ Short Ribs

Creamy Gruyere and Mushroom Eggs en Cocotte - incredibly simple breakfast or brunch dish to prepare, but fancier and more flavorful than you could imagine! Baked eggs with a creamy spiced mushroom sauce and gruyere cheese.

Creamy Gruyere and Mushroom Eggs en Cocotte (Mushroom Baked Eggs)

Crispy Cheese Jalapeno Bacon Bites - These creamy, crunchy, flavorful fried cheese balls are perfect for game day snacking or as any party appetizer! Like Bacon Jalapeno Poppers, but even better!

Crispy Cheese Jalapeno Bacon Bites (Fried Cheese Balls)

Sri Lankan Fish Patties - These fish empanadas are epic! A spicy fish filling inside perfectly flaky buttery crust. Perfect for snacking. Step by step instructions to make these Sri Lankan Patties. Freezer friendly too.

Sri Lankan Fish Patties (Fish Empanadas)

Easy Sausage Rolls with just 3 ingredients - You can customize these sausage rolls easily with your favorite flavor pairings, and they can be made ahead of time and frozen for later too. Easy pork sausage rolls that are perfect for holiday entertaining, as an appetizer or as a brunch or lunch snack!

Easy Sausage Rolls with just 3 ingredients! (VIDEO RECIPE)

Sumac Smoked Salmon Dip - The BEST smoked salmon dip ever! Easy recipe and better than store bought because you can actually taste the smoked salmon! Plus, it's a perfect appetizer and spread for morning bagels!

The Best Sumac Smoked Salmon Dip

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