Appetizer recipes

Easy homemade pickled jalapeno peppers, great as a Mexican condiment or ingredient in recipes such as nachos, tacos, enchiladas, salsas and more. Pickled jalapenos can be refrigerated for several months so you can make more by increasing the ingredients proportinally - just make sure that the chiles are covered in the pickling liquid 

Refried beans is a typical Mexican condiment, used as a side dish or as an ingredient in various Mexican dishes such as burritos, carnitas, etc. There ready made refried beans that you can buy, but making your own is quite easy and tastes much better. This recipe requires only 5 minutes of preparation and 5 to 10 minutes of cooking 

Corn tortillas filled with melted cheese, avocado and salsa. A great Mexican appetizer, easy to make and extremely delicious. 

A tasty, low fat salad recipe that is great as a starter or a light main dish. This salad uses cannellini beans, dried or canned, black olives, fresh basil leaves, lemon rind and a simple olive oil based dressing. If you use dried beans, you will have to soak them overnight, and cook them afterwords. Using canned beans will save you the preparation time 

Zucchini fried in garlic flavoured oil, served with grated Parmesan or Romano cheese 

A great appetizer with zucchini, garlic and dried red pepper 

Mushrooms stuffed with sauteed sausages, garlic, parsley and parmesan cheese and baked in the oven. Serve with garlic bread for a great appetizer 

Assorted vegetables pickled in vinegar seasoned with salt and sugar and flavored with dill and black peppercorns 

This is an easy way to prepare cucumber and onion pickles a day ahead. The ingredients are covered in vinegar, water, sugar and salt, refrigerated for at least 24 hours and are ready to be used 

Homemade pickled cucumbers with garlic, dill seed and red or black pepper. Although there is no sugar used in this recipe, you can add a tablespoon of sugar for each jar if you like your pickles sweet