Easy Appetizers

Do you tire of serving the same foods every time you host a party or are asked to bring an appetizer or snack to a friend or relatives party? Below are some recipes that may help you come up with something new for your next party. All of these recipes are easy, tasty, and they are also suitable for any diabetics who may be among your group of family or friends. Choose from Southwestern Chicken Dip, a variation of the Velveeta Cheese dips; Triscuit Cottage Snacks, also with a Southwestern Flavor due to the salsa, or the Pineapple Yogurt Dip. Or just make them all, they are sure to be a hit.

SOUTHWESTERN CHICKEN DIP

1 lb Velveeta Cheese Product, cut-up

1 can (10-oz) diced tomatoes with green chilies, drained

1 pkg (6-oz) Southwestern Seasoned or Grilled Chicken Breast Strips, cut-up

1/4 cup chopped green onion

1 tsp ground cumin, optional

Mix all ingredients in a large microwavable bowl. Microwave on high for 6 to 7 minutes or until cheese is melted, stirring every 3 minutes.

Serve with tortilla chips or assorted cut-up vegetables.

TRISCUIT COTTAGE SNACKS

12 Triscuit Reduced Fat Crackers

1/4 cup low-fat cottage cheese

1/4 cup thick, chunky salsa,

1 tbsp chopped green onion, if desired

1 tbsp grated cheese, if desired

Drain the cottage cheese in a small strainer or on paper towels to reduce most of the moisture.

Top each cracker with a teaspoon of the cottage cheese. Top the cottage cheese with a teaspoon of the salsa. Sprinkle with chopped green onion and/or grated cheese, if desired. Serve right away. This is not a snack to leave setting out for hours.

PINEAPPLE YOGURT DIP

1 pkg (8-oz) reduced-fat cream cheese, softened

1 container (8-oz) fat-free plain or vanilla yogurt

1 can (8-oz) crushed pineapple in its own juice, well drained

1/2 cup Splenda granular (or your favorite sweetener--amt adjusted)

Process cream cheese, yogurt, pineapple, and Splenda in a food processor or blender until smooth, scraping down sides as needed. Spoon the mixture into a serving dish. Serve with assorted fresh fruits and/or graham-type crackers.

Enjoy!

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There are a number of mouth-watering and easy to make recipes that people can have during breakfast. One such popular dish is the banana bread recipe whose origin lies in Australia. It is quite tasty and does not need much time to prepare. Both children and adults can enjoy this dish during breakfast.

It is also quite popular in continents like North America. But the residents of Australia are really fond of it. The benefit of the dish is that it is filling as well as appetizing. As a matter of fact, the bread used in North America is thicker than the bread used in Australia. Not everybody knows the right way to prepare banana bread recipe. It has an irresistible sweet taste and flavor that make people crave for it. It can be eaten with coffee or tea.

The banana bread recipe became popular in USA in the early part of the 20th century and it was found in various recipe books in that time. Baking at home gained popularity in the 1960s and people tried making banana bread at home instead of going to the cafes.

It is quite easy to make banana bread at home. The main ingredient to make this recipe is banana. This needs to be mashed properly. The bread making process also necessitates fermentation of the main ingredient. Earlier yeast was used in making bread but for banana bread recipe baking soda is used. The thick batter that will turn into the bread should be kept in a thick rectangular pan. Generally egg is used for making banana bread but the vegetarian people can use yogurt or tofu.

At first a person needs to mix sugar with butter until the mixture becomes fluffy and light. Thereafter, the mashed bananas need to be added to the mix and stirred so that all the ingredients blend well together. Next, one needs to add the vanilla extract. The eggs need to be beaten in a separate bowl. When it is done, the egg needs to be added to the banana batter. The dry ingredients in the recipe need to be added to the egg mixed batter thereafter.

One need a 9x5 inch sized rectangular baking tray for baking the banana batter properly. The baking tray needs to be well greased with butter. The optimum baking temperature for the banana bread recipe is 350F. One should ideally bake the batter for one hour and should check the progress of baking in the time with the help of a toothpick. After the baking is done one can keep the banana bread on a wire rack. This will make it cool down. The bread can then be sliced with knife and served with tea.

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When it comes to having breakfast, pancakes are the first thing that come to mind. Delicious, nutritious, sweet and packed with energy, pancakes have all of these things, plus they are great tasting. Traditional pancakes are too thick and cannot be rolled with other ingredients. But, what if you can make thin pancakes? Imagine the possibilities? well... the good news is that, you can make thin pancakes quite easily, by following these easy steps. 

How to prepare Thin Pancakes?

First of all you will need to separate the two eggs yolks from the egg white, by crack opening the egg on top of a filter with a container underneath it. You can use a tradition tea filter, which will effectively separate the egg yolk.
Add a 1/4 salt to the egg white, then beat them until they are stiff, you may want to use a portable blender for this one.
Once done, add 70 grams of sugar to the egg yolks, and then use a manual whisk to mix up the sugar and eggs.
Now add 200 milliliters of milk to the mixture of egg yolks and sugar, again mix them well by using a tradition whisk. 
Once done mixing, add 110 grams of sieved flour into the mixture of egg yolk and sugar, now mix it well.
Put the mixture through a sieved filter, to check to see if you have any clumps formed up, if so, stir the clumps up using a whisk.
Add two soup spoons of RUM, that's right you heard it right RUM (optional if you don't want to put alcohol in your food).
Now add the stifled egg white with the mixture, and mix well using a whisk.

Add some salad oil in a small tea plate, or any small bowl, now take a piece of tissue paper, fold it up neatly and place it in the oil, wait, till it the tissue paper soaks up all the oil.
Now take a frying pan, pick up the tissue papers and spread it all around the frying pan. 
Pour the pancake batter into the frying pan, and spread the batter into the frying pan by tilting it evenly, so that the batter spreads evenly in the frying pan. 
Fry the pancake using medium to low heat, so that you don't over cook them.

Remember: don't forget to flip them over, so that they could cook more evenly.

Enjoy!

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