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This compilation of healthy appetizers, including everything from low-fat to low-carb to baked versions, is perfect for any occasion!
Healthy and Flavorful Starters!
Appetizers can be light and still totally delicious! Around here, healthy means delicious produce, lean proteins, and smarter cooking methods like baking and air-frying.
This collection gathers our favorite healthy appetizers, such as colorful veggie trays and burrata boards, fresh salsas and hummus, plus lean-protein bites and crispy baked zucchini. Most recipes come together fast, scale easily for parties, and pair perfectly with sparkling drinks.
Mix a couple of dips with a veggie board, add one warm baked bite, and you’ve got a crowd-pleasing spread that won’t weigh you down. Ready to plan your plate?
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Top 10 Most Loved Healthy Appetizers
A tasty collection of our most-loved healthy bites that are light, fresh, and always crowd-pleasers!
1 How to Make a Charcuterie Board
How to Make a Charcuterie Board
Total Time: 20 minutesminutes
We all love to graze during parties. Learn how to make a charcuterie board and fill it with all of your favorites!
These delicious Veggie Tortilla Roll Ups are made from a rolled tortilla filled with Ranch Veggie dip, and chopped veggies, making them the perfect bite-sized party appetizer!
This Recipe Is Inspired By One Of Our Favorite Disneyland Foods – Bacon Wrapped Asparagus Skewers From Bengal Barbecue! These Skewers Only Require 4 Ingredients And Take Less Than 10 Minutes On The Grill!
This compilation of healthy appetizers, including everything from low-fat to low-carb to baked versions, is perfect for any occasion!
Servings: 8
Prep: 10 minutesmins
Cook: 5 minutesmins
Total: 15 minutesmins
Ingredients
2cucumbers
½cupcherry tomatoes,chopped
1cupchicken,chopped, cooked
olives
⅓cupfeta cheese
salt
pepper
cilantro,chopped
Greek dressing
Instructions
In a bowl, mic cherry tomatoes, chopped chicken, olives, feta cheese, greek dressing, salt and pepper.
Peel cucumbers partially, leaving think stripes of skin going down the entire length of the cucumber. Trim the ends of the cucumbers and cut each cucumber into 1 – 1½ inch thick slices. Scoop out the center of each slice with a melon baller or spoon, leaving a shell of flesh.
Scoop about 1 tablespoon of the chicken mixture into the cucumber cups. Garnish with additional cilantro and feta, if desired. ENJOY!
Kristyn Merkley is a published cookbook author, wife, mom of six, and major food enthusiast! For the past 15 years, she has been sharing foolproof, family-friendly recipes—each one tested in her kitchen—that anyone can master. As a seasoned recipe creator, she loves making cooking simple, stress-free, and totally doable for everyone!
Great ideas. I will definitely use some of these options in the future. There are some appetizers on here however like buffalo wings and charcuterie boards that definitely aren’t healthy so I wouldn’t advertise them as such.
Great ideas. I will definitely use some of these options in the future. There are some appetizers on here however like buffalo wings and charcuterie boards that definitely aren’t healthy so I wouldn’t advertise them as such.