Cold and hot snacks are light dishes that are served before a meal to enhance appetite or for an aperitif. These are sandwiches, tartlets, various mini rolls, pates… A lot depends on their presentation: an original and appetising snack prepares guests for what the feast will be like. Homemade snacks and buffet snacks are usually fresh, cooked or pickled vegetables, mushrooms, meat, fish, sausages, canned meat and fish, eggs or cheese. Festive snacks are especially popular, especially festive snacks for the New Year.
The role of these treats should not be underestimated – served to the table on time, they complement the main dishes; at the same time, despite the simplicity of execution, they can surprise with taste qualities and a bright presentation. Among the variety of possible options, you can find dishes that also relate to snacks, but for the preparation of which you will need free time and knowledge of certain tricks.
Suitable snack recipes are chosen based on compatibility with the main menu and availability of opportunities – this applies to both time and a set of products. You can prepare an appetizing treat from a minimal set of ingredients – there are economy options that will look advantageous at any festive table. At the same time, do not forget about savory delicacies, such as salted red fish, and about exquisite and original dishes, such as dried salmon meat or shrimp in bacon.
Of course, in an office environment, a snack can adequately replace the main course. This is what happens most often. Then the preparation of a delicious snack can be made more refined or vice versa — simpler. You can choose several feeding options: cold and warm. For example, tacos (corn tortillas) with fish and grapefruit sauce, grilled vegetables at home, pickled eggs, mussels in white wine sauce, celery caviar and parmesan lollipops. Hot and cold snacks are perfect for a house party, banquet or picnic in nature. Many dishes are prepared in 15 minutes.
Additionally, you can use tartlets, putting salads or any other filling in them. If you are expecting guests, then snacks are prepared without fail and served with drinks. Then the cook will have to think over the combination of all the snacks served and their number on the table, take care of how to prepare a snack at home. Whatever the reason, we offer you the best snacks, recipe ideas that will help you out even in the most seemingly unpredictable situations.
I want to share a recipe (it’s not mine, I took it online from a very interesting culinary blogger), which I’ve been using for a long time. Everything is very simple: from making pita bread to making sauce.
A very light but hearty salad. Low in calories, ideal for weight loss and fasting. Even if your table is bursting with an abundance of food, there won’t be a single gram left in this salad!
Very tasty sweet and sour cucumbers in Korean with sesame seeds will be an excellent addition to meat or an excellent independent salad. And in the season of cucumbers, they can be harvested as a preparation for the winter.
If cucumbers accidentally got into your refrigerator and got an unsightly appearance (slightly yellowed or wrinkled), fry them, and you will get a great salad.
In fact, nuggets are a chicken fillet dish, it is well known. But why not cook nuggets from another type of meat in the same way as chicken ones are cooked? Pork tenderloin is quite tender and juicy for this. And the most important thing in nuggets is a crispy crust and juicy filling. I took a pork vertebral tenderloin for cooking – a useless muscle and therefore soft, almost without veins. I cooked nuggets in two ways. I will describe both options, but I admit that I liked the second one more.
Hummus is a simple dish made from chickpeas. It is very popular in the Middle East and Asia. But there is one “BUT”. They cook for quite a long time, and it is not always possible to find chickpeas on sale. I suggest replacing the main component and speeding up the process. Instead of chickpeas, we take beans, and the beans are already ready, in cans.
I suggest you try a very simple to prepare, but at the same time a very tasty and hearty snack of Chinese cuisine. The combination of avocado, tofu and beans complements each other very much. And with the addition of spices and soy sauce, the dish will turn out unusual and original.
A very tasty and simple salad. A minimum of components with maximum taste. Peppermint oil (read about it below) I already had everything ready. Therefore, without putting it off, I made a salad and was not disappointed. I give it to you!
