The beginning of a meal is often our favorite part. We have so many recipes and good ideas for starters, snacks, and little nibbles in our 2009 archives. There are bacon-wrapped potato bites and chicken nuggets, cheese-stuffed dates and peppers, a creative and beautiful Mediterranean platter, homemade beef jerky, cheese straws, tomato jam, gluten-free chickpea pancake, and much, much more.
Photos above have captions with links to the pictured recipe.
Pickles & Vegetables
• Ortine's Mediterranean Platter, with Spiced Roasted Nuts, Five Bean Salad, Hummus, Oven Toasted Flatbread and Curry Pickled Eggplant
• Lorrie Mae's Amazing Marinated Vegetables
• Veggies Stored In Dip
• Kale Chips
• The Modern Relish Tray
Spreads and Dips
• Pink Pepper Goat Cheese Spread & Olives
• Fava Bean Dip with Roasted Garlic and Yogurt
• Red Pepper Relish
• Oven-Roasted Tomato Jam
• Quick Feta and Olive Spread
Cheese Nibbles
• Peppadews and Goat Cheese
• Tomato and Mozzarella Skewers with Basil Oil
• Bacon Pops! Goat Cheese Pops with Herbs, Pecans, & Bacon
• Vicky Bhogal's Foil-Baked Feta
• Radish, Boursin, and Chive Tartines
Snacks and Bites
• Pretzel Bites
• Homemade Potato Chips with Rosemary
• Crispy, Chewy, Gluten-Free: Socca (Chickpea Pancake)
• Edna Lewis' Old-Fashioned Cheese Straws
• Homemade Beef (or Turkey or Fish) Jerky
Sweet Starters
• Stuffed Figs with Honey-Balsamic Syrup
• How To Make Candied Salted Bacon
• Fig Salami
• Milk and Honey Peanut Butter Balls
• Crunchy Granola Bars
Party Snacks That Double As Dinner
• Bacon-Wrapped Potato Bites with Spicy Sour Cream Dipping Sauce
• S.T.'s Tex-Mex Bacon-Wrapped Chicken Nuggets
• Dolmas (Stuffed Grape Leaves)
• Spicy Meat-Filled Phyllo Cigars
• Anchovies with Breadcrumbs & Scallions
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Welcome to The Kitchn's end-of-year roundup! We are rounding up some of our favorite (and your favorite) posts from the last year, including lots of recipes. We are also shaking out our reader mailbag, and giving you a few more great guest posts from our friends.
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