| If you are having a dinner party, you might be | | | | starter, unless you are having a seafood themed |
| wondering about starter recipes. You probably | | | | evening! |
| already have the main course in mind and, | | | | A Few Easy Starter Ideas |
| whether that is going to be beef, chicken, | | | | A soup or a salad makes a good starter and |
| something Chinese, fondue or something else, | | | | there are lots of types of soups and salads to |
| how do you choose which starter recipe to | | | | choose from. There are hot soups, warm ones |
| make? Actually it is not that hard to find | | | | and chilled ones and there are all different kinds of |
| something delicious. | | | | salads too. |
| With a dinner party, the idea of a starter is to | | | | You can make a simple soup or an easy, basic |
| whet the appetites of your guests. You do not | | | | salad and this makes a perfectly adequate starter. |
| want to fill them up because that would spoilt | | | | Another easy option is garlic bread. Cut a |
| their appetite for their main course but you want | | | | baguette loaf into pieces, crush some garlic into |
| to give them something tasty, appealing and the | | | | some oil and spread the mixture over the bread, |
| right amount of food to whet their appetite and | | | | adding some finely chopped fresh parsley to the |
| make them want more, without filling them up | | | | mixture. Put it under the grill until it is golden |
| too much. | | | | brown and serve that. |
| Contrasting the Starter Recipe with the Main | | | | There are plenty of easy recipes for starters and |
| Course | | | | you might want to make a classic recipe or |
| When thinking about starter recipes ideas for | | | | something a little more unusual. Try to find out in |
| dinner parties, you can break the different | | | | advance if your guests have any preferences or |
| starters down into categories. Do you want to | | | | allergies, so you can choose something they will |
| serve a hot starter recipe or a cold one? Do you | | | | love. |
| want to serve meat, fish or vegetarian starters? | | | | Bacon Wrapped Starter Ideas |
| If you are serving chicken as the main course, for | | | | You can wrap bacon around banana chunks, dates |
| example, what about making a fish or seafood | | | | or prawns and deep fry them for a couple of |
| starter? If you are serving roast beef for the | | | | minutes until the filling is hot and the bacon is crisp |
| main course, you could serve a chicken starter | | | | and golden brown. Grilling works for this too and |
| recipe or something with fish. If you are making | | | | these are starters which will smell incredibly good. |
| vegetarian food, you can serve a vegetarian | | | | To make bacon-stuffed dates, which are really |
| starter. | | | | tasty, you need to remove the stones from a |
| Try to contrast the different courses. As much | | | | pack of dates, stuff blue cheese into them and |
| as your guests might love the chicken main | | | | wrap bacon around them. Use toothpicks to |
| course which you have been making, they will not | | | | secure them and deep fry them or put them |
| want a chicken starter recipe before it. If you are | | | | under the grill until the bacon is crisp. This is a |
| serving lobster for the main course, you should | | | | really delicious recipe for a starter. |
| choose something other than seafood for the | | | | |