7 italian cook appetizers Recipes

heads fresh cauliflower, washed and cut into bite-size pieces (or 1 head cauliflower and 1 head broccoli, if desired), grape tomatoes or 1 pint cherry tomatoes, washed, button mushrooms, drained, baby carrots, washed (and scraped , if necessary), pitted california black olives (kalamata olives can also be used) (optional), red onion, sliced, italian salad dressing (or your favourite bottled vinaigrette salad dressing), cooked shrimp, peeled but with tails left on, hard-boiled eggs, peeled and halved, fresh ground black pepper , to taste

italian bread (boboli), olive oil or 1 tbsp cooking oil, garlic clove, chopped finely, pepper, tomato, peeled, seeded and chopped, crumbled gorgonzola or 1/3 cup blue cheese or 1/3 cup feta cheese, snipped fresh rosemary or 1 tbsp oregano or 1 tbsp basil or 1 tsp dried rosemary or 1 tsp dried oregano or 1 tsp dried basil, crushed of any of the above spices, fresh rosemary (optional) or oregano sprigs (optional) or basil sprig (optional)

cooked rice, cooked crumbled italian or turkey sausage, pepperoni (cubed into small pieces), mozzerella cheese (cubed small), eggs beaten well, grated cheese, well drained roasted peppers cut into small pieces

refrigerated crescent rolls, deli salami, thinly sliced, provolone cheese, thinly sliced, deli cooked ham, thinly sliced, eggs, parmesan cheese, grated, roasted red peppers, drained

olive oil, frozen spinach, chopped garlic, red onion , choped, seasoned salt, garlic pepper, crumbled, cooked bacon , or diced ham, sliced black olives, drained, cream cheese, sour cream, mayo, env. dry ranch dressing or dry italian dressing mix, flour tortillas