Quick and Easy Appetizers Quick easy appetizers are a simple way to impress your guests. They are easy to make and do not require much preparation time. Should a guest drop in unexpectedly, they are an easy solution. If your fridge is well stocked, then you will have no problem making something delicious in record time. The most famous quick easy appetizer recipes include vegetable soup recipe and different chutneys like baked brie with curried chutney or apple mint chutney. Fried Swiss Cheese, flaming cheese, zippy cheese straws and Parmesan puffs and many more, can be easily prepared as long as you have cheese in your refrigerator. Dips and spreads are also easily made. Recipes that require freezing can also be considered in this category of starter dishes. They can be made in advance and all you have to do is pull them out of your fridge and there you are with an fast and simple starter course. Chicken and meat can also be used to prepare quick easy appetizers. These may include, prosciutto roulades, salami crescents, chicken almond puffs, little chicken burger and many others. Various types of canapes that are very attractive and tasty can also be easily made within a limited period of time. they include, cucumber canopies, tuna cheese canapes,tomato and cheese canopies and many others. These can be varied according to your taste. Fast and simple starter dishes are quite welcome in this modern times where everything is moving fast. You can be in an out of the kitchen in a dash and your mission of preparing a tasty first course dish is accomplished. You will have more time and energy at your disposal to entertain your guest or do other things.
Barley Vegetable Chowder Ingredients 4 cups fat-free beef stock 4 cups water 1/2 cup pearl barley 1 each celery root, turnip, rutabaga, carrot, parsnip, and onion, peeled and cut into 1/2- inch chunks 1 cup chopped green cabbage 2 tomatoes, chopped, or 1 can (16 oz.) diced tomatoes 1 bay leaf 1/4 tsp. salt 1/2 tsp. dried sage 1/2 tsp. dried thyme 1/4 tsp. coarse ground black pepper Preparation Instructions: 1 Pour beef stock and water into a large soup pot. Bring to boil over high heat. 2 Add barley. Reduce heat, cover and simmer until barley is tender, about 20 minutes. 3 Add remaining ingredients. Increase heat and bring to a boil. Reduce heat, cover and simmer until vegetables are tender, about 30 minutes. Discard bay leaf. Serve.