Light snacks can serve as an aperitif in front of the main course, as they are more likely to cause a feeling of hunger than a feeling of fullness. In addition, snacks are ideal in cases where you want to eat, but do not want to overeat.
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Light snacks include all types of snacks popular in America, such as nuts, sweet dragees, crackers, popcorn, chips, sauces, crackers, as well as fruit and vegetable snacks. The preparation of snacks does not require any special culinary skills, nor the expenditure of a large amount of time, as the products undergo quick and uncomplicated culinary processing.
As a rule, the composition of snacks does not include the presence of rarely consumed foods or complex ingredients. All possible multi-component pastes and delicacies are cold and hot appetizers.
Typically, light snacks are served with beer, chilled homemade lemonade, mineral water, juices, alcoholic and fruit smoothies, iced tea or coffee.
To prepare an Italian-style appetizer with tomatoes and basil, you will need the following ingredients:
- basil greens;
- tomatoes 400 g;
- feta cheese 300 g
Cooking method
Separate the pulp of tomatoes from seeds and finely chop into cubes, add finely chopped feta cheese to them. Finely chop the basil greens, add to the mixture of tomatoes with cheese and mix thoroughly. Serve with unleavened cakes, crackers or thinly sliced baguette.