Home party: 5 quick and healthy snack recipes
Text: Karina Sembe
The days are getting longer and the evenings are getting warmer and I want it to be fun. Arranging gatherings on the balcony or outing for the city, a romantic evening or a noisy party, do not deny yourself delicious food, but you don’t always want to spend a lot of time preparing it. We thought about what appetizers would quickly quench your appetite and not hit your health, and chose several recipes for harmless and tasty snacks. If in advance to take care of the preparation of ingredients, the preparation of any snack will take no more than 20-30 minutes. All recipes are designed for 4 servings.
Nachos with Guacamole and Salsa Chips
Try to cook the famous Mexican chips not deep-fried with a huge amount of oil, but in the oven. You can knead the corn dough and make tortillas for chips from scratch, but it will take a lot of time, and there will be no strength left for any fun. For a quick snack, we recommend to buy tortillas in the store.
Ingredients:
Cooking:
Preheat oven to 175 degrees. Put the tortilla pieces on a baking sheet. Mix olive oil and lime juice, sprinkle with the mixture of chips and season them with spices. Bake for about 7 minutes, then turn the baking sheet over, place it in the oven near the edge and bake for another 8 minutes, until the chips become crispy.
Cook the guacamole. Crush the avocado, pour in lemon juice and season with salt. Then add the remaining ingredients and blend in a blender until smooth.
Prepare the tomatoes for salsa: cut in half, salt, season with black pepper and coriander. Redden the tomatoes in the oven for 15 minutes at a temperature of 250 degrees. Fry chili peppers and garlic in a dry frying pan for about 10 minutes, then peel them. Mix all ingredients in a blender.
Rolls in a wheat cake with different fillings
Rolls can be made from wheat tortilla or thin pita bread - technically it is the same flatbread. Make snacks for different tastes, such as turkey and salmon. You can pickle fish yourself or buy ready-made, and for rolls with a turkey, leftover baked poultry or turkey ham will do, if you are unprejudiced about sausage products.
Ingredients:
Cooking:
Brown the tortillas in a pan over medium heat, then wrap the stuffing in them and cut the rolls into several pieces.
Baked Pepper Hummus
Spicy hummus with a sweet taste of pepper is good as a dip and, if necessary, it will come for a full meal. Serve with crispy carrot and celery sticks, chopped greens and pita bread.
Ingredients:
Cooking:
Bake the peppers: Preheat the oven to 250 degrees, put the peppers on a baking sheet, season with salt, pepper and zira, and bake for 20-30 minutes.
Mix all the ingredients for hummus in a blender. To make the consistency homogeneous, periodically remove the mixture from the walls of the bowl.
Peel celery and carrots, cut into thick strips. Chop the greens and serve with vegetables and pita bread on a separate dish.
Chilli Chicken with honey in soy sauce
Some celery sticks with hummus can not be fed, so it does not hurt to stock up on recipes for more substantial snacks. Chicken legs in a spicy-sweet sauce is a healthy and fun-filled alternative to traditional breaded nuggets.
Ingredients:
Cooking:
Mix honey, soy sauce and spices and marinate chicken legs for an hour. Preheat the oven to 200 degrees, put the chicken legs on a baking sheet greased with butter, and bake for 10-15 minutes on each side, occasionally pouring the marinade.
Cereal cubes with bananas and almonds
Given the fact that at the best parties, snacks are eaten indiscriminately and washed down with alcohol, banana muesli in the form of cubes will become a more favorable dessert option than brownies or eclairs. Vegans can safely ignore the egg in the recipe: banana, dates and oatmeal themselves bind all the ingredients well, besides, instead of an egg, you can always add a tablespoon of almond flour, some water and a teaspoon of coconut oil.
Ingredients:
Cooking:
Preheat oven to 180 degrees. Take a rectangular baking dish (a deep pan will do), brush it with sunflower oil and cover with baking paper. Mix oatmeal, dried apricots, apples, raisins, dates, almonds, seeds, sesame and cinnamon.
In a separate bowl, mix the banana, thin and egg. Mix both mixtures and mix thoroughly. Put the mass in the form and evenly distribute. Bake for about 20 minutes. Split the muesli with a sharp knife into equal parts (about 3 x 3 cm) and allow them to cool, then cut into pieces.
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