This is the easiest, grandest recipea you've ever even heard of.

Essentially it's just all the freshest ingredients of summer thrown into a bowl and served up on a great cracker or toasty bread.

It's the perfect snack, light lunch, or appetizer and is insanely easy to make.

Get to it people. Deliciousness awaits. This is summer in a bite.

Recipea:
Serves 3, roughly 10-15 crackers/small toasts
Prep time: 5 minutes

Ingredients:
1 large avocado, chopped
1/2 cup cherry tomatoes (about 10-15)
1/2 cup chopped cucumber (about half of a cucumber)
1/2 cup chopped fresh basil
1/4 of a lemon

Fresh ground salt and pepper to taste

Directions:
Toss all the chopped ingredients in a bowl, add salt and fresh ground pepper, top with a squeeze of lemon, and dish up. It's literally that easy.

SO. ADDICTIVE.

Try to eat just a few of these, I dare you.

These crispy flavourful little dudes are so delicious and are a perfect on-the-go snack, party appetizer, or salad topper.

No more than 5 mins to prep and you're on your way to crunchytown.

My top tip? Make 2 cans. You'll eat a whole can's worth before they even cool completely. You'll want to have some on hand for later, believe me.

Recipea:
Makes 2 cans of chickpeas
Prep Time: 5 mins / Cooking Time: 40 mins

2 cans of chickpeas
3 tablespoons of BBQ seasoning (you could also use cumin & smoked paprika, taco seasoning, jerk seasoning, curry powder, etc - whatever flavour you like)
2 teaspoons olive oil

Preheat oven to 180 degrees celsius.
Strain chickpeas and run them under water.
Place on towel, cover with another towel, and pat dry to remove moisture.
Place on large baking sheet (make sure to give them lots of room - if you only have medium/small baking sheets, spread out over 2 sheets).
Add olive oil and spices and shake to ensure that all chickpeas are well coated.
Bake for 40 minutes, stirring every 10 minutes. The chickpeas should be hard and crunchy and all the moisture should be out. Test taste one or two of the bigger ones. If they are chewy at all, throw them all back in the oven for another 10 mins.
Remove and let cool on the baking sheet.
Store in an air tight container... if there are even any left.

My mom's famous super simple, super flavourful bruschetta.

This recipea always wins - from pizza night to appetizers on New Years Eve. Takes all of 5 minutes to throw together and the longer you let it sit in the fridge to let all that garlic goodness soak into every little tomater, the better.


Recipea:

1.5 cups of chopped fresh cherry or roma tomatoes
1/4 cup chopped basil
2 garlic cloves
1 tablespoon balsamic vinegar
2 tablespoons olive oil
2 teaspoons of ground pepper
1 teaspoon of ground sea salt

Chop the tomatoes, basil, and garlic and add to a bowl.
Add oil, vinegar, salt, and pepper and stir until well combined.
Cover and set in the fridge for at least an hour - overnight is even better.

Serve with warm crusty bread or crackers, or sprinkle on top of your pizza :]

 Enjoy!