What is the centre of attraction of any party? Yes, you are right; it is the food. And the first and the most important part of the menu is the appetizer. No one can deny or undermine its importance. Let it be a three-course or a five-course meal, a meal cannot start without an appetizer being served at the beginning.

But why is the appetizer such an important part of any meal? Let us start by understanding its meaning. It is a small dish of food or a drink taken before the main course of the meal is served. This dish of food or drink helps in stimulating or increasing one’s appetite. In simple words, it makes you ready for the main dish. Appetizers are also known as starters or canapés or the first course of the meal.

With the holiday season round the corner, there will be many reasons for family reunions and get-togethers. For every such occasion, there will be a grand preparation of food items. As a usual practice, each member of the family will prepare some part of the meal but you would want everyone to be praising the dish cooked by you.


Have you ever tried to take up the appetizer – or as the Danish chefs call it forretter - as your specialty dish? Yes, it is a bit risky as the dish needs to be perfectly cooked and prepared and it should create the magic that it is expected to create. But there is always that first time for everything. Let this holiday season be the time when you become the expert of this most important part of the meal. But for that, you need to know of some foods that are great in taste yet easy to cook. Zucchini is one such food, which is both tasty and can be easily cooked.

Let us look at the ingredients needed for preparing a Zucchini Appetizer.

• Three cups of thinly sliced zucchini
• One cup of biscuit baking mix
• Half a cup of finely chopped onion
• Half a cup of grated Parmesan cheese
• One tablespoon parsley
• Half a teaspoon of salt
• Half a teaspoon of pepper
• Half a cup of vegetable oil
• Four eggs, slightly beaten
• One finely chopped garlic clove

Now that you have all the ingredients required for this dish, let us look at the steps of preparing it.

• Prepare a baking pan that is 13x9x2 inch in size and keep it ready.
• Preheat your oven to three hundred and fifty degrees Fahrenheit.
• Take a large bowl and mix the zucchini, chopped onions, baking mix, Parmesan cheese, salt, parsley, pepper, eggs, oil and garlic. Blend everything well till it is combined properly.
• Once the mixture is prepared, spread it evenly onto the bottom of the baking sheet and carefully place it in the preheated oven.
• Bake it for around forty minutes or until it gets a nice golden brown color.
• Remove it from the oven and allow it to cool properly before you cut it into small bite-size squares.

Your Zucchini Appetizer is ready to be served at parties or family get-togethers. Cook it and be the star cook of the party and be praised for your tasty appetizer ideas.