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Cheese Sticks with Olives

Cheese sticks with olives

Fond of eating cheese? Try cheese with olives.

What you need? Cheese sticks cut into 2 inches, black or green olives, salt, lemon, chopped cilantro

Preparation:

  • Cut cheese into 2 inches and you should be able to insert the cheese sticks inside the olive pits. Apply lemon juice with salt and garnish with cilantro. You can serve this as a starter in the party or can have as snack.
  • One can mix cheese with carrots, pomegranate, apple cubes, pepper powder and salt.

Author: Sumana Rao | Posted on: January 29, 2016
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Sweet Potato Chat

Sweet potato chaat

Are you afraid to eat sweet potatoes? Sweet potatoes have lot of health benefits. Still if you are afraid of having sweet potato alone try this chaat.

What you need?

Raw Sweet potato-2, one cucumber, chilli powder ¼ tsp, Chat masala ¼ tsp, Lemon juice 2-3 tsp, pomegranate one cup, Cilantro chopped 2 tsp. Salt, pepper powder,

Preparation:

  • Boil sweet potato and cut into small cubes. Peel cucumber skin and cut into cubes.
  • Combine chopped sweet potato, cucumber, pomegranate, chilli powder, chat masala, cilantro, salt and lemon juice in a bowl.
  • If you prefer add coriander (cilantro) chutney and mix well before serving.

Image credit: https://www.pinterest.com/pin/110127153377347517/


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Pita shells with vegetables

Pita shells with vegetables

Try this one definitely for evening snack or for the party as a starter.

What you need? Pita shells, cut onions, cucumber pieces, carrots, chopped cilantro, green chilli, spiced corns, tomatoes, cheese and cumin powder.

Preparation:

  • Place pita shells in a plate
  • Add all ingredients – onions, tomatoes, cucumber pieces, carrots, green chilli, spiced corns, cumin powder and place cheese at the top. One can serve without cheese. If you prefer adding cheese then place it on top.
  • Microwave the contents only for few seconds so that, cheese will melt slightly. Serve this as soon as the cheese melts.

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Crackers with peanut butter and banana slices

Crackers with peanut butter and banana slices

This healthy snack is not only filling and tasty, it is packed full of nutrients that make ideal brain food for the kids.

What you need? Crackers – stone ground or preferably with less salt, tomatoes, cilantro hummus or peanut butter, cucumbers, banana slice, green chutney, corns, thin slices of pepper jack cheese.

Preparation:

  • Place a cracker
  • Place cucumber
  • Place banana slice
  • Apply peanut butter or cilantro hummus
  • Place tomatoes
  • Apply green chutney
  • Keep few corns
  • Place a slice of cheese
  • Serve as snack

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Bread slices with healthy hummus & vegetables

Bread slices with healthy hummus and vegetables

What you need?

Whole wheat or white bread slices,  box of hummus, carrot slices, cabbage, onion rings, tomatoes, green chillies, coriander – mint chutney, tomato ketchup.

Preparation:

  • Cut each bread slice to half
  • Apply green chutney
  • Place sliced vegetables- carrots, cabbage, onions, tomatoes, green chillis
  • Apply hummus
  • Add little tomato ketchup
  • Place another bread slice
  • Serve as snack or starter

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Sev Cucumber Chat: A chaat salad

Sev-Cucumber Chat: A chaat salad

Sev is something like Indian spicy or salty chickpea flour noodles. It is rich with calories. Instead of having just sev, have sev with healthy vegetables. 

Add these ingredients: Add 2 cups fresh curd, one sev packet, cucumber slices or make cups of cucumber by removing seeds, 1 cup moong sprouts or 1/3 cup uncooked green moong, 1 small finely chopped onion, 1 green chilli (finely chopped), 2 tbsp fresh coriander (finely chopped), ½ tsp chaat masala,  ½ tsp cumin powder, one cup of pomegranate,  ¼ tsp black pepper powder, salt as per taste.

Preparation:

  • Hang the curd in a muslin cloth for half an hour to drain excess water. Remove the thick curd from the cloth and transfer to a bowl.
  • Mix moong sprouts, chickpes, pomegranate, onion, fresh cilantro, green chilli, pepper and salt.
  • Spread the cucumber slices on a serving dish. Ladle spoonfuls of the mixture on the slices.
  • On top of this add little sev.

Garnish with chaat masala, cumin powder and fresh coriander. Serve immediately.


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Popcorn with onions & vegetables

To popcorn add carrots, onions & chilli

Fond of watching movie at home with popcorn? Try this any combination for healthy fiber rich popcorn.

  • Cut carrots, tomatoes, baby spinach, onions long and add popcorn to the mix and add little chilli powder and salt.
  • Grate carrots and add chopped onion along with cilantro
  • Add sprouted moong to popcorn, add little salt and chilli powder for taste
  • Add chilli powder, hing and chopped onions to popcorn and have.

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Add vegetables & little spice to Nachos

Add vegetables & little spice to Nachos

It is going to be a big game in February – you will have nachos for the super bowl party. Why can’t your try something different this time?

What you need?

Cut onions, tomatoes and add little chilli powder or pepper powder.

Preparation:

Place little amount of cut vegetables on the nachos and a little pepper jack cheese.  Microwave this content for 20-25 seconds and serve.

If you like you can also add cut cucumber, cilantro, corns, sprouted moong on the nachos along with other vegetables. Fiber rich transformed nachos presents healthy and friendly food to stomach.


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