Total time: 50 min • Prep: 20 min • Cook: 15 min • Serves: 18 • Difficulty: Easy

Slice-and-bake precooked polenta makes a wonderful, simple base for upscale, beautiful-looking appetizers that you'll love serving for a crowd. In case you've never shopped for polenta before, the pre-packaged kind is available in a 16-ounce tube in the refrigerator section of your supermarket. Be sure to select a variety labeled fat-free. The canapés also feature slices of fresh mozzarella cheese, basil leaves, cherry tomatoes, and convenient store-bought balsamic glaze. It's all of your favorite flavors of a traditional caprese salad but in convenient bite-sized, delectable treat form. You and all of your guests simply won't be able to resist them.