A Starter that Won't End Your Appetite: Salmon and Courgette Bites

Smoked Salmon and Courgette/Zuchinni Bites

When at a dinner party, it's very easy to over-eat the nibbly bits at the beginning and before you know it whoops-look-what-happened-by-accident-I'm-full-and-we-haven't even-begun. We've all been there.

So what to do?

Having not-so-havy nibblies at the start is a great way to work up the appetite whilst avoiding too much pressure on the old waistline. Plus, it's a convenient way to sneak one (or more!) of your 5-a-day in.

My current fave: smoked salmon and courgette/zuchinni bites. Bite for bite compared with chips and dips they have a third the calories, double the protein and less than half the fat. Boom.

To Create these Bite-Sized Gems:

Makes ~10 bites

1 courgette/zuchinni

1 tube cream cheese (philadelphia garlic and herb is good to give a bit of extra flavour)

1 pack smoked salmon

Pepper, rocket and lemon to garnish

The How-To:

1. Slice the courgette/zuchinni into 1cm thick slices

2. Grill for approx 5 minutes, until slightly soft

3. Remove from grill and scoop a teaspoon of cream cheese onto each slice

4. Pop a little wedge of salmon on the top

5. Squeeze over some lemon juice, and a sprinkling of ground black pepper

6. Serve

	One Salmon + Courgette Bite	Equivalent Size chips + dip*
Calories	46 calories	148 calories
Protein	4.2g	1.94g
Carbohydrate	0.6g	13.5g
- of which sugars	0.6g	1.02g
Fat	2.9g	7.57g
- of which saturated fat	0.9g	1.25g
Salt	0.45g	0.53g

* Doritos original flavour + sour cream and chive dip