"Canape"

In the Middle East, "Canape" is a popular light dish. 

So here you are, if you have people coming over and you don't feel like cooking, you can prepare various kinds of canapes. I will help you with some ideas, but you can always use your creativity for new toppings.

Canape can also be served as an appetizer before your main course.
Very easy to prepare at home and of course cheaper than buying them ready made.
Canapes are always delicious and they look very attractive on the serving dish!

Ingredients:

1 Baguette (French Bread) for each kind of topping.

Tuna topping:
2 small tuna cans (200gm/each) + 1 1/4 tbsp butter + salt & pepper.
1/4 tomato cut into small cubes for decorating.

Eggs topping:
4 boiled eggs + 2 tbsp butter + 3 tsp mustard + salt & pepper.

Some sliced black olives for decorating.

Blue Cheese topping:

125 blue cheese (about 1 piece) + 1 tbsp butter.

1/4 green pepper cut into small cubes for decorating.

Smoked Salmon topping:

Thin sliced smoked salmon (Lox) + lemon.

Small pieces of regular onions for decorating.

Directions:

1. Cut the bread into thin slices, about 1/2 inch or 1 cm thick.
2. For the "Tuna", mix the ingredients in a kitchen machine then spread on each slice. Cut the tomatoes into small cubes and put on top in the center for decoration.
3. For "Eggs", again mix the ingredients in the kitchen machine and spread on the slices. Decorate with black olive slices.
4. For "Blue cheese", same as previous steps, and decorate with small cubes of green pepper.
5. For "Smoked Salmon", squeeze lemon on all the smoked salmon slices.
6. Then put one slice or even half, depending on it's size and thickness, over the bread slice.
7. Cut an onion into very thin slices and then cut them into halves or more. Then decorate the salmon with the onions. Onions give a very good flavor to the salmon.

Enjoy these delicious varieties and try to invent others!
Have Fun dear readers.