Holiday Appetizers, 4 Ways

Hello everyone, so I have a big cold atm, I can't upload anything since I can't speak properly (I have a man voice hahaha) so I'll write the blog post. December has been a weird month for me, I quitted my job this month because of several reasons and now I'm focusing on other things like my YouTube channels and I'm starting a programming course on January... so as you can see I've been busy haha. I'm full of ideas and project I hope I can figure a way to do everything I'm planning xD Anyway, I thought I would be able to upload this video before Christmas but it was impossible but better late than never, right? So let’s go to the recipe!!!

Bread with toppings

Ingredients

• Bread
• Topping of your choice

Process

• Using a stencil or a cookie cutter, cut the shape that you want from a piece of bread (you can use any type of bread).
• To decorate them just use your imagination, I used some mashed avocado, cheese and tomatoes to decorate the trees. Cream cheese for the snow flakes and some cilantro sprigs. For the boots I made two versions one sweet and salty with jam and cheese and other salty using chopped tomatoes and cheese. These festive appetizers are really simple to make and look nice and you can use the idea for a baby shower or another special occasion.

Artichoke and Spinach Dip

Ingredients

• 1 Small Onion
• 5 Artichoke Hearts
• 150 gr Spinach

Process

• Chop the onion and the artichoke hearts in tiny pieces and the spinach roughly.
• Stir fry the onion, once it is translucent add the artichoke and spinach, stir everything together and cook until the spinach has soften.
• Add the Greek yogurt and stir, finally add the mozzarella and the parmesan cheese.
• This dip is actually pretty healthy it has a lot of veggies, and I didn't use any cream, I tried to keep it on the low fat range.

Jam and cheese pinwheels

Ingredients

• Puff Pastry
• Jam
• Cheese

Process

• Cut a sheet of puff pastry into smaller squares (I made mine of 15 by 15 cm squares but they were hard to work with, so I suggest you to make them bigger).
• In the center of the squares put a piece of brie cheese, then make four cuts from the corners to almost the center. Then grab one of the sides of the triangles and place it in the center, on top of the brie piece (since mine where little I had to put a toothpick in the center to keep the shape).
• And that's how you make a pinwheel, then put them in the oven, just follow the instructions of the package.
• Let the pinwheels cool down and finally add some jam on top.
• This appetizer is really cute and also delicious, the combination of cheeses and jams is endless, I used tomato jam and it matches perfectly with the brie, although If I had known I would have used an stronger cheese in this case, since there is more dough than cheese, so the brie flavor gets a little bit lost, but they were good anyway.

Plantain and Guacamole

Ingredients

• Plantain
• Guacamole
• Cilantro leaves

Process

• Cut the tips and then make a cut along the plantain, then remove the skin with your hands
• Cut the plantain into pieces of 2 centimeters long.
• In a saucepan add a drizzle of vegetable oil, and fry the plantain until it is soft.
• Flip them over so they can cook evenly.
• Once they are still warm smash them softly with something flat.
• After smashing them all, place some of your favorite recipe of guacamole on top, then just to make it fancier add a cilantro leave, and that’s it.