Recipe: Baked Cauliflower Bites Baked Cauliflower Bites is a delicious, crispy starter or appetizer dish. Instead of frying the batter coated cauliflower florets, bake them to make them healthier and less oily. Serve them with any sauce of your choice. Granted, the deep fried ones taste so much crispier than baked ones. But, I like…
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Continue ReadingRecipe: Baked Breaded Mushrooms Baked Breaded Mushrooms are simply a healthier version of the traditional recipe. Generally, breaded mushrooms served as a starter option are deep fried. Also, they are first coated in egg and then breadcrumbs. My version of breaded mushrooms are not only baked but also has no eggs. The first coating is…
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Continue ReadingRecipe: Mini Taco Salad Cups Mini Taco Salad Cups make a great appetizer/starter dish for parties. Best part is that you don’t need a fork. They are so cute and attractive. Add any salad of your choice to the taco cups. Use up leftover chile. Add any topping of your choice, sour cream, guacamole, lime…
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Continue ReadingRecipe: Baked Turmeric Tostones Baked Turmeric Tostones make an awesomely healthy snack to nibble on for your in between meals hunger pangs. Or serve it as finger food for parties. Whenever I get some green plantains, I like to make baked tostones as opposed to the deep fried ones. Well, fried ones do taste really…
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Continue ReadingRecipe: Cranberry Brie Bites Cranberry Brie Bites are super easy to make, perfect as holiday appetizer or bites and versatile. Right from the type of pastry to the filling, one can opt to use what they have at hand or customize it their family’s liking. And did I mention they taste really good even when…
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Continue ReadingRecipe: Za’atar Swirls Za’atar Swirls are flaky, flavourful, delicious and easy to make snack or appetizer. Basically you need puff pastry and za’atar and you’re good to go. Bake them for parties or gatherings . I have made them into small pies but you can easily shape them into bigger ones to enjoy as a…
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Continue ReadingRecipe: Vegetable Cutlets Vegetable Cutlets is a popular deep fried snack in India. It is usually made of cooked and mashed vegetables with some spices. The mixture is shaped into discs or heart shapes, coated with breadcrumbs and fried. It is usually served with some chutney and /or tomato ketchup. To make the vegetable cutlets…
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Continue ReadingRecipe: Veggie Taquitos These homemade baked veggie taquitos filled with cheese and vegetables makes an excellent appetizer dish or to enjoy as a main meal. Protein rich, filling and so delicious, these little tacos rolled up not only look cute but can be easily enjoyed without the filling falling off all over the place. What…
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Continue ReadingRecipe: Peach & Mozzarella Flatbread Peach & Mozzarella Flatbread is a summer time fast appetizer. So easy to make, all you need is some ready made naan, some fresh peaches, mozzarella and an appetizer is ready within 20 minutes. Alternately, enjoy it as a main meal with some salad. Sharing This Recipe With…
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Continue ReadingRecipe: Vegetarian Nachos Vegetarian Nachos is an easy throw together kind of dish to serve as starters for your party or enjoy it as a meal during the lazy weekend as it is loaded with veggie and beans. If I am making it as a meal to take care of tortilla chips craving, I prefer…