4 Vegetarian Foods to Try In Your Next Cocktail Party

If you're just an invited guest, you need not to worry on what you should bring. The host will usually sponsor the food for you. However, if you're the guest, you may want to consider carefully what dish you can pair with a cocktail drink.

If you're invited to a vegan cocktail party in which you have to bring a certain dish for everyone to enjoy, you have to get creative and think of dishes that everyone would enjoy. If you don't have any ideas as to what vegan dish you should bring to the party, don't worry. Here are some ideas for you to try out:

Vegan Bibingka Topped with Coconut Cream

Bibingka is a Filipino rice cake that's a famous snack and comfort food all year 'round. The cake has an amazing spongy texture with a crispy toasted edge. Its sweet taste is comforting for anyone who eats it.

Nowadays, bibingka is topped with sweet and savory nibbles and some melted chocolates in between.

For a vegetarian version, you can always make cream out of coconut. You can make your own coconut cream by following these simple steps:

 Place the coconut milk inside the freezer and let it freeze for at least an hour;

 After an hour, check the cream. It should be separated from the oil. You may want only the cream part which has a persistent thickness; and

 Separate the cream and if your bibingka cakes are cooled down, top a generous amount.

 

Beer-battered Kangkong

Kangkong, or also known as morning glory, is a leafy vegetable with crunchy stems to boot which makes it a great beer-battered dish. You can find kangkong at any supermarket or at any wet markets. You may even see them in a lot of Filipino food recipes such as stir-fries and sautéed favorites.

You don't have to complicate things when making this dish, as a matter of fact it's really easy to prepare.

Just chop the kangkong, dip it in a batter and fry them away. You can have the choice of serving it with various dipping sauces or eat as it is.

Pili Nut Cheese (with Crackers on the side)

Cheese and crackers have always been a popular cocktail food. However, with the rise of yummy vegan nut cheeses, it's possible to enjoy a vegetarian version of it too. Better that you use raw pili nuts due to them being rich and fatty - more than that of macadamia nuts. Pili nuts are commonly too sweet. If you want less the sweetness, it's best to serve them raw and in its cheese form.

Vegatarian Chicharon

Chicharon is a well-loved finger food by all Filipinos that's made from fried pork rinds. It's usually enjoyed as a food best paired with an ice-cold beer. They also love to dip it in different condiments such as spiced vinegar and is also a popular Filipino noodle topping.

However, if you're cutting down on the pork, you can always make your very own vegetarian version out of white fungus. An ingredient used in most Chinese cuisines, it has a lot of medicinal benefits. For one it helps you control your cholesterol and boosts your immune system in fighting off certain types of cancer.

The perfect finger food for the health conscious.

This new year, keep your health in check with these simple yet healthy vegetarian Philippine recipes for your cocktail parties. Having good health is one of life's greatest treasures; cherish it and enjoy your life to the fullest!

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