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Asian-Ispired Chicken Salad

Recipe by: Jill Lopez

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This is a crunchy, wonderfully satisfying salad that is fab with grilled chicken leftover from yesterday's barbecue. The dressing is sweet and sour, mingling brown sugar with soy sauce and rice vinegar. Fried rice noddles add the crunch.

Asian-style Noodle Soup

Recipe by: Angie

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In Asia, there are different kinds of 'noodle soup'. This one is a great comfort food on a cold day, but also light and healthy. Quantities are arbitrary - adjust to own taste. Very important to add the shallots as they give the fragrance and flavour. Instead of egg noodles, sometimes I use macaroni. If you are adventurous, eat with chopped hot chilli pepper or add some dried chilli flakes to make the soup spicy.

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Baby BLTs

Recipe by: CATMANIACS

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These little nibbles feature cherry tomatoes stuffed with a cool mixture of mayo, bacon and spring onion. They look great arranged on a platter of rocket.

Baked Pitta Triangles

Recipe by: Dawn

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These crunchy wholemeal baked pitta chips make a lovely accompaniment to houmous, baba ganoush or any dip.

Basic Dumplings

Recipe by: Teresa

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A basic recipe to which you can add your own choice of fresh herbs. Use in soups and rich stews.

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Basic Houmous

Recipe by: TAZF18

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This basic recipe for houmous is quick and easy - you'll have no reason to buy it from the supermarket again!

Basil Pesto Houmous

Recipe by: fantastic dan

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This easy houmous recipe is a delicious twist on the traditional. Serve with crudites as a party nibble, or use to fill veggie sandwiches.

Beetroot Houmous

Recipe by: KIMBERLEE

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Classic houmous made with chickpeas, onion, tahini, garlic, lemon, cumin and olive oil - then flavoured and coloured with beetroot.

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Blue cheese and apple salad

Recipe by: Maggie Pannell

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Sweet, crisp, juicy apples and tart blue cheese are a combination made in heaven and are absolutely delicious in this simple, zesty starter.

Caramelised Chicken Wings

Recipe by: Sandy

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Roasted chicken wings with a sticky, sweet coating. Serve with rice and broccoli as a main, or on its own as a starter or party nibble.

Cheese soufflé

Recipe by: Maggie Pannell

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Individual soufflés make a stunning start to a meal. Try to use a well-flavoured cheese to get the maximum impact.

Cheese Straws

Recipe by: Leigh

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This is a favourite nibble and canapé year-round, but especially welcome at Christmas and New Year's parties.

Cheesy Courgette Slices

Recipe by: Lynda

Reviews(4)

Simple but so delicious. Melted mature Cheddar cheese provides a wonderful, simple topping for the sautéed courgette slices. Serve with crusty bread or pitta.

Chicken liver pâté

Recipe by: Maggie Pannell

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Chicken livers are so economical, but you'd never know it when you taste this rich and delicious pâté. It feels like the ultimate indulgence, spread on elegant toasts.

Chicken livers sautéed with sage

Recipe by: Azmina Govindji

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Chicken livers can be found fresh or frozen in most supermarkets and are an extremely economical standby ingredient to have in the freezer. The addition of a few well-chosen flavouring ingredients, like the fresh sage and balsamic vinegar used here, can transform the livers into something rather special.

Chilled borscht

Recipe by: Maggie Pannell

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Ruby-red and intensely flavoured, this soup looks stunning swirled with sour cream. Serve as a starter or light lunch with slices of rye bread.

Chinese Tea Leaf Eggs

Recipe by: SOYGIRL2

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One of my favourite dishes when I head back home; it combines hard-boiled eggs with the subtle flavour of anise and the deep brown hues of black tea and soy. The cracked patterns from the broken shells make these quite attractive! I eat these sliced in quarters and chilled as a side dish, starter or snack. Recipe courtesy of Mum.

Classic Bruschetta

Recipe by: MATTC1

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Fresh tomatoes and basil served on grilled ciabatta.

Cream Cheese Blintzes

Recipe by: Michele Murray

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These cream cheese blintzes are a wonderful party nibble or canape. Utilising white bread, they're also easy to make! They can be frozen in an airtight container before baking - then all you'll have to do is pop them in the oven straight from the freezer!