Category: Snack

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Appetizer Gluten-Free Recipes Snack Tofu Vegan Vegetarian

Quinoa -Crusted Tofu Nuggets

Try these Quinoa-Crusted Tofu Nuggets with some barbecue sauce for a protein-packed, healthy snack!

Ingredients

  • 1 extra-firm tofu
  • 1 cup quinoa, cooked
  • 1 cup southern barbecue sauce
  • ¼ cup corn starch

Directions

  1. Drain the tofu and cut into rectangles.
  2. Dip the tofu in corn starch, barbecue sauce and quinoa.
  3. Place on a sheet pan, drizzle with olive oil and broil for 10 minutes on one side and 5-7 minutes on the other. Serve with more barbecue sauce or ranch dressing for dipping.
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Dessert Recipes Snack Vegan Vegetarian

No Bake Graham Cracker Pudding Dessert

Easy No Bake Graham Cracker Pudding Dessert is a simple and so yummy!

Ingredients

  • 1 box, graham crackers
  • 2 boxes, instant vanilla pudding
  • ¼ cup dark, semi-sweet chocolate chips
  • 1 ½ cups, soy or any planted based milk
  • 2 tsps. olive oil

Directions

  1. Add ½ cup milk to the instant pudding and mix well. Add another ½ cup of milk and continue to mix. Then, if needed, add 2 tablespoons of milk at a time till the pudding reaches its desired consistency.
  2. Layer the graham crackers at the bottom of a 6 cup glass container. Add a layer of pudding. Continue to layer ending with graham crackers on the top.
  3. Melt chocolate in the microwave blasting for 30 seconds at a time till it has melted. Stir in the olive oil.
  4. Spread the melted chocolate on top of the graham crackers and refrigerate for at least ½ hour before serving. Store in the refrigerator for up to a week.
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Cucumber Recipes Sandwiches Snack Strawberries

Tea Sandwiches

Tea sandwiches in six different ways to get your salty-sweet fix!

Ingredients

  • 6 slices multigrain bread
  • 1 box onion and chives cream cheese
  • 1 box strawberry cream cheese
  • 1 radish, sliced thin
  • ¼ cucumber, sliced thin
  • 1 plum tomato, sliced thin
  • 2 strawberries, sliced thin
  • ¼ cup blueberries
  • 1 egg, hard boiled, diced
  • 1 tsp mayonnaise

Directions

Spread three slices of bread with the onion and chives cream cheese, two slices with the strawberry cream cheese and one with mayonnaise. Trim the crusts and cut each slice in two, lenghtwise.

  1. Radish sandwich : Place the radish between two slices with the onion and chives cream cheese.
  2. Cucumber sandwich : Place the cucumber between two slices with the onion and chives cream cheese.
  3. Tomato sandwich : Place the tomatoes between two slices with the onion and chives cream cheese.
  4. Egg salad sandwich: Mix with egg with a teaspoon of mayonnaise and sprinkle with some salt and pepper. Place this between the two slices with the mayonnaise.
  5. Strawberry sandwich : Place the strawberries between two slices with the strawberry cream cheese.
  6. Blueberry sandwich : Place the blueberries between two slices with the strawberry cream cheese.

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Appetizer Avocado Cucumber Gluten-Free Recipes Snack Vegan

Cucumber -Avocado Cups

Make these simple and elegant Cucumber-Avocado Cups for a healthy appetizer or snack!

Ingredients

  • 1 English cucumber
  • ½ avocado, scooped out, mashed
  • ½ cup green onions, minced
  • ½ tsp onion powder
  • ½ tsp garlic powder
  • 2 tsp lime juice
  • ½ tsp black pepper
  • 1/8 tsp salt

Directions

  1. Cut the cucumber into ½ inch round and scoop out the middle without going all the way through.
  2. Add the scooped out cucumber, avocado, onion powder, garlic powder, pepper, salt and mash well. Add lime juice, green onions and mix well.
  3. Pipe/scoop the avocado mixture into the cucumber cups.