light meal

The cheese on top of this soup changes from canton to canton. Expect Gruyere in French cantons, Emmentaler if you are in one of the German cantons, and Parmesan in Italian ones.

Broccoli and cauliflower are included in the list of healthy food and this salad gets the best of both vegetables.

Preferred fillings are Italian prosciutto or salami with provolone cheese. Bologna o pepperoni are sometimes added and cheddar cheese used instead of provolone.

Serve with almond red sauce and jalapeño cream sauce. Prepare the sauces and reserve while cooking chimichangas. Traditional Mexican garnish such as shredded lettuce and cheese, sour cream, guacamole also go well with chimichangas.

This sloppy Joe recipe uses ketchup, not tomato sauce, and it is the quickest one to prepare. So quick and easy, once you try this one you will wonder how you ever bought the sauce ready made before.

Gambas al ajillo are very popular as tapas. The shrimp used for this recipe should not be excessively large. The kind of chili used for this in Spain is known as guindilla, a Spanish hot red chili of the thin and long varieties, usually dried.

The dough for the sausage rolls would probably be made with flour, butter, eggs, water and salt, kneaded and left to rise. Chilled pizza dough, however, is a good enough substitute.

No sauce, no wine; this is a variation of the menestra Monterrey recipe; we use the same technique.