Make these easy recipes in minutes and serve chilled on a summer evening or at room temperature if you prefer. Either way these healthy appetizers are packed with vitamins and anti-oxidants which are important to keep your skin looking good and your insides really healthy.
All recipes serve 4 people and are made on individual plates.
Mushroom and Strawberry Appetizers
Ingredients- 8 fresh closed cap mushrooms
- 8 large firm strawberries
- 1 cucumber
- 1 cup Greek or plain yogurt
- Freshly ground black pepper
- Mint leaves to garnish
Method
- Wash the cucumber and slice – not too thinly.
- Place 5 circles of cucumber in a ring on each of the 4 plates.
- Trim stems mushrooms and wipe clean.
- Gently peel, leaving stems intact.
- Slice each mushroom into 4 pieces and put to one side.
- Rinse and dry the strawberries. Remove tops.
- Chop each strawberry into quarters.
- Mix mushrooms and strawberries together and pile within the cucumber circles.
- Sprinkle with a little black pepper and garnish with mint leaves.
- Serve with a dish of plain or greek yogurt and a teaspoon.
Feta, Pomegranate and Watermelon Cooler
Ingredients- 1 cup Feta Cheese cubed or crumbled
- ¼ small watermelon with seeds removed
- 1 cup pomegranate seeds
- 8 Basil leaf tips – the small ones
- Olive oil to drizzle
- Freshly ground Black pepper
Method
- Cut the watermelon into 16 rectangles about half an inch by half an inch by 1.5 inches and pile 4 in the centre of each small plate.
- Cut the feta cheese into cubes, or if it is very crumbly, allow it to crumble and scatter over the watermelon.
- Sprinkle with pomegranate seeds, black pepper and drizzle with olive oil.
- Garnish with basil and serve very cold.
Celery, Apple and Goats Cheese Fans
Ingredients- 1 large firm red apple
- 2 sticks fresh celery
- 1/2 small round goats cheese
- ½ cup toasted pine nuts
- Honey for drizzling
- 1/2 cup apple juice
Method
- Wash and cut apple into 4 quarters.
- Slice apple into 6 sections so that each piece has some red skin.
- Place in a fan shape on one side of each of the plates.
- Trim and chop the celery, keeping some of the green leafy bits to one side.
- Pile celery at the base of the fan of apple slices in a small strip.
- Cut goat’s cheese into 4 wedges.
- Place wedge of goat’s cheese in position for the bottom corner of the fan, creating an overall triangle effect.
- Pour small amount of apple juice over apples.
- Drizzle a wavy line of honey across the apple and drop a blob on the goat’s cheese.
- Sprinkle the pine nuts over the celery and place a sprig of celery leaf at the bottom corner of the cheese.
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