Our best recipes for a healthy aperitif

Running out of inspiration for an aperitif? Discover our recipes to share this moment of conviviality with healthy foods, without chips or industrial biscuits.

Homemade spreads and sauces

To replace industrial sauces, choose a homemade spread, with recipes that rely on raw ingredients. Spread on crackers or for dipping vegetables.

  • Hummus with fresh herbs
  • Lupine hummus
  • Hummus (classic)
  • Avocado mayonnaise
  • Silken tofu spread
  • Baba ganoush
  • Tapenade
  • Salmon rillettes
  • Sardine cream
  • Eggplant caviar
  • Cucumber raita
  • Tomato-Basil Dips
  • Greek Ktipiti
  • Mayonnaise

Crackers, biscuits and breads to share

To accompany your spreads, forget about store-bought aperitif biscuits, with these homemade crackers and breads.

  • Seed crackers
  • Crackers for fasting
  • Gluten-free crackers
  • Chia and oat aperitif cookies
  • Red lentil bread
  • Coconut flour and flaxseed bread
  • Ketogenic Gingerbread

Cakes, pizzas, pies to share and small appetizers

When the aperitif continues and turns into a dinner, more substantial recipes take over. Savory cakes, tarts and small bites allow you to compose a varied and satisfying buffet.

  • Leek, Roquefort & walnut cake
  • Savory rhubarb cake
  • Sausage cake
  • Feta saganaki
  • Eggplant pizza
  • Sun vegetable tart
  • Karantita
  • Cannelés aperitif

Drinks

To accompany these recipes without giving in to sodas or excess alcohol, here is a selection of cold drinks to hydrate and stock up on vitamins, while keeping the festive spirit.

  • Lime, ginger and mint cocktail
  • Low-carb sangria
  • Kombucha
  • Carrot gazpacho
  • Cucumber gazpacho
  • Green Smoothie
  • Frosted blueberry, matcha and mint smoothie

Read also: Spreads for the aperitif: make the right choice (subscribers)

  • Historical

  • on 07/07/2026

    Publication by Marie-Céline Ray


    Science journalist

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