Make Your Evening Snack a Lip-Smacking Affair

No matter how much you love your job, office can be highly tiring at times. Long meetings, pitches, boss’ ranting, client screaming – everything seems to take a toll. And after the backlash of a long day, comes the evening when you don’t feel like going out, meeting someone or even be around any human for long. At this time your kitchen and the ingredients available become your BFF! Here are a few things you can make at home to unwind the long day, happily!

1.       Sandwiches or Subs – This is certainly one the best options and is quite filling too. Plus you have the independence to own the dish in a unique way! You can either prepare a healthy sub or sandwich using fresh veggies, jalapenos or olives, or a sinfully delicious one with chicken tikka or aloo and pea patty, veggies, with cheese slices and sauce.

2.       Caramel Popcorn – Tune in your favourite sitcom or switch on a movie, pull up a blanket and munch on caramel popcorn or salted popcorn. You can easily make them at home, or buy them from a supermarket chain.

3.       Salad – For all those who keep a tab on their diet, salads is the perfect choice. Toss your favourite veggies with croutons and choicest dressings such as southwest, barbecue or honey mustard salad dressing, healthy snack it ready!

4.       Bun Omelette – A rather buttery, more of a guilty pleasure snack, this is another lip-smacking pick. Bun omelette on the side of filtered coffee is two worlds meeting together to give you the best of a dining experience. You can also spread some jam in the middle, and VOILA!

5.       Pizzas – Pizzas are the answer to everything, who cares what the question is! An Italian beauty in its true form, pizzas with shredded mozzarella, capsicums, onions, baby corn, olives and pizza sauce in India are pure love! It is definitely the best way to unwind a long day.

Real simple party appetizers!

Impromptu get-togethers and meets ups are the best kind of time! Quality time spent with our loved ones, what more do we need? Not caring about the décor much, such unplanned parties are always all about the food.

I personally love hogging on quick snacks that are easy to make and eat. For kids and my in-laws, it always gets a little tricky as to what I should make or bake. Cakes, drinks like mojitos and wine are common and can be attained from any store. The real work dawns when dishes have to be prepared for whatever amount of people coming over.

Here’s my take of the real simple party appetizers that all of us love gorging. Have a look-
•Cheese Quesadillas: Super easy to make, this cheesy dish has always been a crowd puller. Here is the recipe- Get tortillas and cheese. Heat the broiler and place the tortillas on the baking sheet. Sandwich cheese in between another layer of tortillas. Bake it until it is golden brown and sprinkle some seasonings over it. Cut it into desirable triangle shapes and serve it the salsa sauce. Tomato and onion sauce would do too.

•Chickpea and Mint Crostini: This fresh salad recipe is absolutely a hit for all ages. Quick delightful vibrant looking salad, there is nothing extra ordinary that is required to make it. Here is the recipe- Boil chickpeas or put them overnight in water. Add juicy pomegranate seeds and chopped mint for an exciting and renewed topping! If you please, you can try pouring in the healthy honey mustard salad dressing all over it for a quick pungent taste.

•Bread pizzas: Who doesn’t like pizzas? This flat bread pleases one and all. Miniature versions of pizza, use wheat/ white bread instead of the big dough bread and add the desired toppings. Get a good pizza sauce in India like Veeba sauces to add a delightful taste to your little pizza bread!