7 VERY EASY BASIC TURKISH MEZE RECIPES | Different Appetizer Recipes You Can Make in 5 Minutes 🍴

feta cheese

🥗Healthier: ricotta cheese

💰Cheaper: cottage cheese

Ricotta provides a similar texture with fewer calories.

stuffed grape leaves

🥗Healthier: zucchini rolls

💰Cheaper: cabbage rolls

Zucchini rolls are lighter and easier to prepare.

hummus

🥗Healthier: avocado dip

💰Cheaper: bean dip

Avocado dip is creamy and nutritious.

pita bread

🥗Healthier: whole grain bread

💰Cheaper: tortillas

Whole grain bread offers more fiber.

Make a couple of holes on 2 eggplants to ensure that they are not going to explode while cooking.

Put the eggplants on stove directly to the fire, flipping them to cook every side evenly.

After cooking, place them in a bowl and cover to make them sweat, which helps remove the skin easily.

Once rested, slice the eggplants from top to bottom and scrape the inside with a spoon.

Add 1 clove of garlic and mash them until mixed and smooth.

Add 1 tablespoon of olive oil, 2 pinches of salt, and lemon juice to taste.

Wash 1.5 cups dried black eyed peas and drain them.

Put them into a pressure cooker with water at least 3-4 cm higher than the peas.

Add a pinch of salt and cook on low pressure for about 15 minutes after the lid is locked.

After cooking, drain the peas and add a generous amount of extra virgin olive oil, salt to taste, and squeeze a lemon juice.

Mix the black eyed peas until done.

Put 6 heaping tablespoons of labneh on a plate and make a crater in the center with the back of a spoon.

Melt a heaping tablespoon of butter in a pan and slice 2 dried chili peppers to add to the pan, toasting them for half a minute.

Add a heaping teaspoon of chili powder and mix, angling the pan to create a foamy butter.

Pour the chili butter on top of the labneh.

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