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Starters and Snacks

Garlic and Parmesan Pull-Apart Bread

February 8, 2024 by Tania 17 Comments

a golden loaf of pull apart bread

This is garlic bread with a twist. If you have never made bread then this is your time! A Garlic and Parmesan Pull-Apart bread is popular with everyone. Serve it warm straight from the oven and watch it disappear. Why make Pull-apart Bread This is a good place to start if you have never made…

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Filed Under: Breads, RECIPES, Special Flours, Starters and Snacks Tagged With: bread, bread from scratch, garlic bread, garlic butter, how to make garlic bread, how to use yeast, how tomake bread at home, make garlic bread from scratch, pull apart bread

Mini Tostadas with Pork and Blackbeans

January 19, 2021 by Tania 4 Comments

Mini Tostadas with blackbeans and avocados

These Mini Tostadas with Pork and Blackbeans are a sensation. Why? Well, they are easy to make and super tasty with crunchy bases and cheese jalapeno tops. They are great for sharing with drinks or as a simple starter I know parties are out. That doesn’t stop you having these at brunch with a couple…

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Filed Under: Holiday, RECIPES, Small Bites/ Party Food, Starters and Snacks Tagged With: canapes, mini tostadas, small food, snacks with dr=inks, starters, tostadas

Baby Corn Pikelets, Smoked Salmon and sour cream

December 27, 2020 by Tania 2 Comments

Little corn pikelets with smoked salmon

These baby corn pikelets are the cutest. They make a great starter with Smoked salmon or smashed avocado. The best thing is if you make them bigger they also make a perfect breakfast! These very cute baby corn pikelets or pancakes are always a hit. They are soft, but can carry delicious things on their…

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Filed Under: Breakfast, Brunch, RECIPES, Small Bites/ Party Food, Starters and Snacks Tagged With: a can of corn, baby corn cakes, cooking with corn, easy appetisers, easy canapes, easy starters, pikelets, small snacks

Prawn Cocktails with black vinegar sesame dressing

December 21, 2020 by Tania 1 Comment

Prawn Cocktails with Black Vinegar and sesame

Prawns were meant to be smothered in creamy sauce and eaten as an entree (appetiser). These Prawn Cocktails with black vinegar and sesame make the perfect quick and easy starter. I am not a fan of Prawns in their shells. I don’t like to tuck into Prawns on a hot day. Sticky Prawny smelling hands…

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Filed Under: Asian, Dressings, RECIPES, Salad, Seafood, Starters and Snacks Tagged With: appetiser, black vinegar, cocktail, easy starters, eating prawns, entree, Prawns, seafood entrees, starters

Tiropita. Baked feta in filo with honey and lemon

April 1, 2020 by Tania 6 Comments

'Feta baked in filo till golden and served with honey

This is a twist on one of my favourite Greek dishes. Fried cheese with honey. This baked feta in filo with honey and lemon is often called a Tiropita or cheese pie. It is very quick to make but wow is it good! If you are looking for a quick starter (made in a small…

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Filed Under: Cheese, RECIPES, Starters and Snacks Tagged With: baked cheese, easy recipes, easystarters, feta, Greek inspired dishes, sheared dishes, the grecian pyrveyor, tiropita

Potato Bacon Lollipops

December 10, 2018 by Tania 5 Comments

Snap Potatoes in bacon with sour cream

Potatoes are the universal currency against hunger. These little Potato Bacon Lollipops make the best fill up snacking food I can think of. What could be better than a little bacon wrapped roasted potato? Now these are good if you have ravenous teenagers. I have a friend who doesn’t like potatoes. Straight up doesn’t like…

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Filed Under: Gluten Free, RECIPES, Small Bites/ Party Food, Starters and Snacks Tagged With: bacon, canapes, eating at parties, Party food, party time, potatoes, small food, teenager food

Pizza Meatball Dip. Simple, Amazing

March 14, 2017 by Tania 16 Comments

Pizza ball dip

I have got something special for you here. I mean really, who wouldn’t want a Pizza Meatball Dip? Cheesy hot pizza-tasting meatballs will have you wondering why you never thought of this before. Better still it’s easy. I wanted to make you something really easy to make when you have a few people over, or…

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Filed Under: Dips, One pot cooking, RECIPES, Starters and Snacks Tagged With: 15 minute cooking, cheese, cheese meatball dip, cooking with cheese, cooking with pork, dip, Easy food, family food, family recipes, football food, meatball, meatballs, One pot meals, Pizza, video recipes

Smoked Eggplant with Yoghurt Sauce and Pinenuts

February 26, 2017 by Tania 23 Comments

Smoked Eggplant with yoghurt

This Smoked Eggplant with Yoghurt Sauce and crunchy Pinenuts is one of my favourite side dishes. I’ve been craving this Smoked Eggplant with Yoghurt Sauce and Pinenuts  for weeks. Part of the reason I made it was a visit to my favourite store in Glebe, The Galluzzo family Greengrocers. It was possibly the first store…

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Filed Under: Dips, RECIPES, Side dishes, Starters and Snacks, Vegetables and Vegetarian Tagged With: #freshawards, appetisers, dips, fresh, fresh produce, fruit, fruiteres, gleb, gluten free entree, Greengrocers, smaoked eeplant entree, smoked eggplant, sydney markets, vegetables, vegetarian dip, yoghurt sauce

Hummus, Crispy Lamb, toasted flat bread

September 11, 2016 by Tania 22 Comments

Hummus, Crispy Lamb

This has to be one of my favourite ways to eat hummus. This Hummus, Crispy Lamb toasted flat bread is just perfect as a snack or appetiser. It’s a real Middle Eastern favourite known as Hummus b’lahmeh and I love it. I like to really crisp up the Lamb and I add other roasted seeds to the…

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Filed Under: Dips, RECIPES, Starters and Snacks Tagged With: best snacks to make, crispy lamb, crispy lamb and hummus, entrees for a crowd, hummus, Tahini, what can I make for a party

Roasted Zucchini Chips , Smoky Chilli Sour Cream

June 23, 2016 by Tania 25 Comments

Zucchini Chips

Roasted Zucchini Chips How to make Roasted Zucchini Chips , Smoky Chilli Sour Cream I love Zucchini’s. They’re so versatile. Do you have a garden where you harvest a half a ton of them in the summer?. Well this recipe will probably suit you. Zucchini’s  have had some fame recently with all those zoodles being…

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Filed Under: RECIPES, Side dishes, Small Bites/ Party Food, Starters and Snacks, Vegetables and Vegetarian Tagged With: appetisers, canapes, chips, cooking with zucchinis, easy party food, entrees, Party food, roasted zucchini chips, Roasted zucchinis, side dishes, Snacks, vegetarian appetisers, Zucchinis

Tuna Poke Bowls, easy , quick, delicious!

March 8, 2016 by Tania 19 Comments

Tuna Poke Bowls

The hottest bowl in town… Poke. I have Very Easy Tuna Poke Bowls. You will love ! Poke Bowls are here. It’s made it to Australia and is quickly becoming as popular here as it is in the US. Judging by our love of sushi and sashimi it is going to be avaiable on a street corner near…

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Filed Under: Asian, Brunch, Gluten Free, One pot cooking, RECIPES, Rice, Pasta and Grains, Salad, Seafood, Starters and Snacks Tagged With: Good snacks, Hawaiian food, New food, Poke, poke bowl, Poke in Melbourne, poke in Sydney, Tuna, Tuna Poke Bowl

How to make Tuna Poke Bowls Video

March 2, 2016 by Tania Leave a Comment

Get the recipe here: Very Easy Tuna Poke Bowls

Filed Under: Brunch, RECIPES, Rice, Pasta and Grains, Salad, Seafood, Starters and Snacks, video Tagged With: How to make Tuna Poke Bowls Video, Poke, Tuna Poke Bowls

Purple Wheat Bread, Goat cheese and Truffled honey

February 29, 2016 by Tania 34 Comments

Purple Wheat Bread

Purple Wheat Bread with Goat Cheese and Truffled Honey It was most necessary for my In My Kitchen March to contain purple for I have only just emerged from the purple haze that Prince left behind in Australia at the end of February. It was an experience I will never forget. I was shocked to…

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Filed Under: Breads, Breakfast, Brunch, Interesting ingredients, RECIPES, Sandwiches and Snacks, Special Flours, Starters and Snacks

Smoked Ocean Trout, Beetroot Hummus and Lemon Kale Salad

February 26, 2016 by Tania 11 Comments

Smoked Ocean Trout Salad

Smoked Ocean Trout loves this beetroot hummus and lemon kale and so will you. This is a great recipe that makes a simple starter Do you have a little book of restaurants and cafes you’d love to visit in your city or in other cities too? I do.  I look at the pictures and read…

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Filed Under: Gluten Free, RECIPES, Salad, Seafood, Side dishes, Starters and Snacks Tagged With: #petunamoment, appetisers, beetroot hummus, fish crackling, Hot smoked fish, kale, Petuna, Petuna Ocean Trout, Preserved Lemons, Salad, Seafood, starters, using beetroot powder

How to Make Pancake Doughnuts

February 7, 2016 by Tania 21 Comments

Pancake Doughnuts

They taste like doughnuts. Look like doughnuts. But take as long as cutting a loaf of bread. The easiest make at home doughnuts in the world. Pancake Doughnuts! I haven’t ever done any kind of  Shrove Tuesday post and, this isn’t really your typical pancake post. I am not sure if you know what Shrove…

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Filed Under: Breakfast, Brunch, Desserts, RECIPES, Starters and Snacks Tagged With: breakfast, brunch, doughnut recipes, Doughnuts, doughnuts without the waiting, how to make doughnuts out of bread, Pancake Doughnuts, quick doughnuts, Recipes, Shrove Tuesday, Snacks

Quick Cheese Loaf: The Australian Grand Dairy Awards

February 3, 2016 by Tania 12 Comments

Quick Cheese Loaf

The Australian Grand Champion dairy awards are announced today! I have 3 of the winners here. Do you want to see?  I also have a wonderful Quick Cheese loaf so skip to the end for that. What would you say if someone asked you to take a hamper of cheese home and eat it with…

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Filed Under: Breads, Breakfast, Cheese, RECIPES, Starters and Snacks Tagged With: bay of Fires Cheddar, Cheddar bread, cheese, cooking with cheddar, dairy Australia, Dairy Awards 2016, Grand Chanpion Cheeses 2016, Heidi dairy Gruyere, King Island, recipe

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Tania Cusack Hi, I'm Tania and this is My Kitchen Stories. I share all kinds of recipes here. Most recipes are quick and easy, just perfect for families. BUT, you could also find vegan, cakes and desserts too. Come and have a look around Read More
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