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Small bites: Appetizers & Snacks Recipes

Small bites, finger food, dainty and not so dainty concoctions that are great for starters, munching and snacking.

A meatless main dish for vegetarians or a side dish for omnivores, this warm chickpea and green beans salad is garnished with feta, toasted cashew nuts and basil chiffonade.

Warm Chickpeas and Green Beans Salad

Chinese-style Braised Sea Cucumbers and Shiitake Mushrooms Recipe

Chinese-style Braised Sea Cucumbers and Shiitake Mushrooms

Pinsec frito, in a nutshell, is fried dumplings. The filling can be anything. Minced pork and shrimps mixed with chopped vegetables are traditional but you may use chicken, duck, turkey or even lamb. In fact, you may even ditch the meat and go vegan. Mushrooms make a wonderful dumpling filling.

Alex’s Pinsec Frito (Fried Dumplings)

In this deviled eggs recipe, the more traditional paprika and parsley give way to furikake, the Japanese seasoning that typically consists of dried seaweed, sesame seeds and dried fish.

Deviled Eggs Are Not Evil. They Are Delicious!

The keys to making a delicious cream cheese and cucumber dip are 1) squeeze out the water from and the shredded cucumber and 2) add lime or lemon juice to the mixture to create a complex balance of salty, sweet and tangy. Cayenne is optional but it does wonders.

Cream Cheese and Cucumber Dip

Turon is a sweet spring roll with ripe banana filling

Cheesy turon (banana spring rolls)

Barbecued balon-balonan ng manok, or chicken gizzards, is a popular street food in the Philippines. Along with barbecued chicken feet, pork ears and isaw (intestines), it is a finger food that goes well with beer. I find them too tough though. So, I did a home-cooked version—definitely tastier and oh, so tender too!

Balon–balonan (Gizzard) Barbecue

Crispy and not at all greasy like French toast, making honey butter toast with sesame seeds is a great way to make use of day-old bread. Have it for breakfast or anytime-of-the-day snack.

Honey Butter Toast With Sesame Seeds

Torn oyster mushrooms are mixed with a lightly seasoned batter made with starch and egg, and deep fried. A cross between tempura and crisp potato wedges, these mushroom fries are light and crisp, and just outrageously good.

Mushroom Fries (Battered and Fried Crispy Oyster Mushrooms)

Thin omelets are filling with seasoned ground pork, rolled and steamed. To serve, the Chinese egg rolls are sliced to reveal a beautiful spiral pattern.

Chinese Egg Rolls

A popular snack in Malaysia, these coconut pandan crepes are made with coconut milk and fresh pandan extract. The filling is a mixture of melted palm sugar and freshly grated coconut.

Coconut Pandan Crepes (Kuih Dadar)

A unique and impressive starter course, this grapes and pecan salad is also a wonderful snack that you can easily prepare. Add lots of cheese for the ultimate experience.

Grapes and Pecan Salad

Think spanakopita filling but creamier. Scoop the mixture on top of crispy hash browns and voila! Mini hash browns with cheese spinach!

Mini Hash Browns with Cheesy Spinach

Calamares may be the plural of squid in Spanish but in the Philippines, it is a dish of crispy deep fried battered squid rings. A lovely party finger food.

Filipino Calamares (Crispy Deep Fried Battered Squid)

Candies may be ultra popular during Halloween but you won't miss the sweets with these Halloween pizza bread mummies. Easy and fun to make!

Halloween Pizza Bread Mummies

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