Snacks and Standbys Reviews

Snacks and standbys - here is a review that could be expertly written by my 13 year old son, who is constantly hungry, and pretty independent when it comes to cooking. He makes about half the meals (all cooking from scratch) that we eat at home, and when he gets as far as university, he will never go hungry or be destined to spend 3 years of his ...  Read the complete review

Thinking back to my childhood in Italy, I can remember there often being evenings when my mother was coming home late from work, my dad had quickly left to go work a second shift, and there was seemingly nothing to eat in the cupboards. Yet within a half hour my mother had appeared, and rustled up a meal for herself and four hungry kids. All of ...  Read the complete review

I tend to be a constant grazer, at work I tend to graze on fruit or vegetable sticks (how exciting!!) and then by the time I get to work I just fancy something tasty and filling! I go through phases, for weeks and weeks I will snack on the same thing over and over, then I will suddenly go off it and won't eat it for months! At the moment I'm into ...  Read the complete review

I have an illness which affects my stomach, my immune system, and (rather unfortunately as I love food) my appetite. Therefore, I often need reminding or encouraged to eat, or to eat a 'proper' amount of food, the right type of food, or indeed, any food at all that isn't yoghurt! For this reason, I often cook snacks or smaller meals ...  Read the complete review

The Credit Crunch has really helped me to learn a lot of basics of cooking, here are a few cheap and easy dips, i've learned how to make as I can't see the point in paying for them at the moment, all are easy to make and require a food processor just for speed and ease of use, obviously give it a good clean before using it again ...  Read the complete review

These are two very simple vegetarian recipes that can very easily and quickly be cooked and prepared. The ingredients of each recipe are aimed at serving 4 people. All the snacks require easily available everyday ingredients. They are also very tasty. Why not try one today? ~~ Saucy salad ~~ Ingredients: 4 oz brown rice ...  Read the complete review

I have loved samosa's ever since I was a little kid and every time my mum makes them I still to this day jump for joy as they are no doubt my fav snack! They are a little tricky to prepare especially folding the samosa into a cone but with everything in life practice makes perfect! And you will have some great fun in the ...  Read the complete review

A tortilla chip is a snack food made from corn tortillas (but you can buy ones made from maize) which are cut into wedges and then fried or baked. Use these chips for dipping in salsa or your favourite tortilla dip. My way is very easy to make and healthier than frying the chips or buying them. Makes:- One tortilla is enough for ...  Read the complete review

Batata Vada -These are well seasoned potato mixture balls covered in batter, very popular snack food normally found in Mumbai, but can be found all over India now. It is simple to make and very popular amongst family and friends. Not one batata vada is left over after they are made as they are everyone's favourite. I like these lemon flavoured ...  Read the complete review

Whilst searching for somewhere to put my pork chilli recipe yesterday (I put it in the healthy category in the end if you'd like to check it out!) I came across this one - Snacks and Standbys. That got me thinking about what foods we have in our house for when "there's nothing to eat" and we need a proper meal, or what we have when we ...  Read the complete review