Quick & Easy Snack Recipes

[minisoji]

Roasted Edamame

Ingredients

* 1 tsp Garlic Powder
* 1 tsp Chili Powder
* 1 tsp Onion Powder
* 1 tsp Black Pepper
* 1 tsp Paprika
* 1 tbsp Olive Oil
* ½ tsp Kosher Salt
* 1/8 tbsp Cayenne Pepper
* 2 cups Edamame (a type of soybean)


Method

* Take a small bowl and add all the mentioned ingredients in it.
* Continue to mix the ingredients, till the time they are nicely coated with olive oil.
* Roast the soybeans in a baking dish for 15 minutes, without covering it.
* Stir the beans till they become brown in color.
* Your roasted Edamame is ready to be served!!


Banana Coffee Smoothie

Ingredients

* 2 Ripe Bananas
* 300 ml Milk
* 200 g Coffee Yogurt
* 100 g Grounded Cinnamon
* 1 pinch Grounded Nutmeg


Method

* Put the bananas, chocolate yogurt, nutmeg, cinnamon and milk in a blender. Blend the mixture, until it becomes smooth.
* Refrigerate the smoothie for an hour, to make it ready to serve.


Strawberry Wafer Snack With Sweet Cream

Ingredients
3 Wafers (about 2-3 inches in diameter)
2 tbsp Mascarpone
4 tbsp Icing Sugar
3 tbsp Double Cream
12 Strawberries (halved)
4 tbsp Raspberry Sauce
Fresh Mint

Method

* Take a bowl and put the mascarpone, one tbsp of icing sugar and the double cream together in it.
* Take 6 halved-strawberries and place a little of the mascarpone mixture in the centre, using one of the wafers, and place the strawberries standing up with the cut side facing out. Repeat the process with another wafer.
* Put lots of icing sugar on the last wafer and mark the top in a diamond pattern, with the help of a hot metal skewer. Position the marked wafer on the top of the stack.
* Spoon the raspberry sauce in the centre of a dish and place the wafer tower in the middle. Garnish with the remaining strawberries, cut in half, around the edge of the plate and on the top of the tower.


Salsa (For Kids)

Ingredients

* 1 Small Onion
* 1 Garlic Clove
* 3 Hothouse Tomatoes
* 1 or more Green Chili
* Salt to taste


Method

* Chop all the ingredients and blend them in a mixer, until they become smooth.
* Add salt in the mixture and serve it with chips. Kids are surely going to love it!

[romanojames]

Can I reduce the amount of cayene pepper here?Not a big fan of this ingredients and seems I am developing an allergy on this one.But the recipe sounds cool.thanks!