Yogurt
- Dark honey and almonds
- Tzatziki, garlic and salt
- Fresh fruit
- Turbinado sugar
Cottage Cheese
- Za'atar, a spice mixture from the Middle East
- Jello, lettuce and fruit
- Bran
- Olives, salt and pepper
Peanut Butter
- Bananas and honey on whole wheat toast
- Fruit and apples
- Spread into celery stalks
- Graham crackers
- With bacon on sandwiches
Sour Cream
- Minced Garlic and a squeeze of lemon
- Clam dip
- Baked potato with chives, salt and pepper
- Empanadas
Hummus
- Baby carrots and chili sauce
- Pita (heated), lemon and extra virgin olive oil
- Pita chips
- Lavash bread
- Flavored with black olives or sundried tomatoes in the blender or food processor
Cheese
- Pepper jack in a quesadilla
- Blue cheeses with pears or apples
- Goat cheese with olive spread
- Manchego with quince
- Cream cheese with bagels
- Cheddar with apples
- On crackers with marmalade
- Cheddar in omelets
Dried Fruit
- Dates with chicken liver pate
- Dried cranberries in oatmeal cookies
- Stirred into yogurt
Crackers
- Dips
- Sandwiches on crackers with meats, cheeses, and other foods
- With mozzarella melted on top
- With sardines, capers, roasted peppers, or dijon mustard
- With tuna salad, curry powder, and sweet relish on top
Popcorn
- Tossed with melted butter or olive oil
- Dusted with spice blends or Italian seasoning
Crudite Vegetables
- Dipped in Hummus, yogurt with garlic and curry powder
- Radishes with butter and salt
- Jicama with lime juice and chili powder
- With blue cheese dip
- Anchovy sauce (bagna cauda)
- Serve them in ice water
Canned Beans
- Add to quesadillas
- Make into bean dip: Puree with olive paste, roll into a tortilla and cut into pinwheels
- Sauté with onion, chili pepper, garlic, olive oil, broth, and top with sour cream and hot sauce
- Make pork and beans with ham or franks
- Spread toasts with refried beans (or make your own)
Avocado
- Slice onto a whole wheat English muffin, add lemon and salt
- Toss in an omelet
- Make guacamole
- Add to salads ? diced with lime juice, onion, tomato
- Halve and pit, then add your favorite salad dressing in the hole
- Halve it, put tequila in the hole, add salt and a lime wedge
- Sprinkle with hot sauce, add salt and lime juice
Tortillas
- Grilled on a burner
- Substitute for bread
- Spread with bean dip
- Make into soft tacos: Roll up leftover chicken, diced avocado, hot sauce, etc.
- Make into quesadillas with pickled jalapenos, cheese and sliced onion
Pita Bread
- Hummus
- Za'atar pitas with feta cheese and tomatoes
- Halve it, spray with olive oil, add celery salt, then broil or grill it
- Make into spicy chips with cumin, hot pepper and salt
Spicy Olives
- With a glass of wine
- In a quick pasta sauce
- With cream cheese on bread
- Warmed in a skillet
- Make tapenade in the food processor
- Garnish a martini
Frozen Samosas
- Fry and serve with chutney
