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.
Today I want to share with you a recipe for an unusual cake, easy to prepare, which even a novice hostess can handle, a minimum of products, maximum pleasure. The dough of three components, without eggs, is very tender. In the process of cooking, it turns out with a golden crust. The filling of two types of onions will drive even those who do not like onions crazy. In the process of cooking, the top of the pie with smoked sausage cheese is covered with a beautiful crust and exudes such an aroma that all the neighbors run together. The husband came home from work, asked from the threshold: “And what is it that smells so delicious here?” Having tried this pie once, you will cook it again and again.
I want to share with you a recipe for an amazingly delicious, summer, crispy salad of seasonal vegetables with fried garlic squid and a light, spicy dressing!
Our family loves salads, which have a lot of greens. This is especially true in the spring. Therefore, we have to constantly invent something new to diversify the menu. I offer you a quick and delicious salad for the whole family.
Based on the fact that “pesto” in Italian is “ground”, who prevents us from cooking something similar to the original, but with an autumn plot? Let it be a la pesto! There will be a lot of delicious things in our sauce, it will be very rich in content. In addition, it is very versatile to use and easy to prepare.
It so happened that for 3 weeks I was with my family in beautiful and still warm Greece. This is not my first visit, and moussaka is my old love. But this time I have a 5-month-old daughter with me, and it’s almost impossible to go to taverns and eat this magical dish. Well, we don’t like restaurants here); So I decided to cook moussaka at home. I didn’t find a similar recipe on the website. It is based on a recipe from the Greek forum and slightly adapted. Share the result.
Simple, but at the same time very tasty salad in French. It is prepared easily and quickly, from improvised products. Both adults and children like it. From the series “Guests on the threshold”.
It’s time to make pies stuffed with seasonal vegetables — for gatherings over warm tea with friends or for dinner on a cool weekend. I suggest cooking delicious, hearty and easy-to-prepare pies. The pies have a wonderful taste with the “aroma of autumn”. Filling with seasonal vegetables and with the addition of sausage and cheese.
