SLC26-W2 // "Finger Foods"

Hello Everyone!!!

Welcome to Steemit Learning Challenge Season 26 Week 2.I would like to thank all participants who showed their interest and give their wonderful entries. In this week we will explore the Finger Food Appitizers , their spices, their cooking , and a food recipe that is the most popular.

Types Of Appetizers

Last week we have discussed about Introduction of Appetizers ; they are small in portion and savory dishes. They are served before the main course and set the tone for the culinary experience to come. Appetizers enhance the beauty of your table and give a good impression, especially if we talk about gatherings. You can show your innovative creativity by adding different ingredients and presentations; in short, appetizers offer endless opportunities for creativity and experimentation in the kitchen.

There are different types of appetizers like hot , cold, fried ,baked ,savory, finger etc. They may categories on cooking techniques , ingredients and presentation.

Finger Food

From their name Finger Food ,we can understand they are small sized, they are bite sized, delicious and easy to grab food. These foods are perfect appetizers. Some popular Finger Foods are

• Mini quiches
• Mini sandwiches
• Mini tacos
• Sliders
• Deviled eggs
• Stuffed mushrooms
• Caprese skewers
• Mini grilled cheese etc

These finger foods are perfect to enhance your culinary creativity for parties, gatherings, or just a quick snack.

Finger Food Presentation Ideas:

• Use small serving dishes for spread and dips.
• Finger foods should be arranged on a platter or board
• Garnish Appitizers with fresh herbs
• Use toothpicks or skewers for mini sandwiches or wraps.
• To enhance the beauty create a pattern with food on the platter
• It looks good if you use small flags or picks with names of ingredients on table.
• Finger foods should be served on a tiered platter or stand

These are some ideas for presenting appetizers it will help you create a visually appealing and make more attractive your finger food.

Mini Sandwiches,Sliders and Wraps:

There are many ways to make sandwiches, sliders and wraps. Here I'm sharing some examples.

• Cucumber and cream cheese on white bread
• Ham and cheese on a baguette slice
• Chicken Filling with mayoo and veggies.
• Grilled cheese sandwiches
• Egg salad or chicken salad on crackers
• Mini caprese sandwiches .

You can make sandwiches, sliders and wraps by your own creativity and by using ingredients that you like.

Mini Sandwiches

Today I'm sharing delicious recipe of mini chicken sandwiches ,that are attractive and delicious and perfect finger food.

Lets start today's recipe;

Ingredients

Ingredients	quantity
Chicken boiled shredded	1cup
Bread	as required
Mayonnaise	1/2 cup
Salt	as per taste
Blackpepper	1/2 tsp
Egg	optional
Cheese slice	optional
Veggies(Carrot,cucumber, lettuce)	optional

Making :

• Add spices, shredded chicken, and veggies in mayonnaise and mixed it well.

• Cut bread corners and spread mayonnaise or butter on it. Place lettuce then cheese slice then fried egg and cover with another bread slice .

• Spread chicken veggies mixture over bread slice and put 3rd bread slice to cover it. You can add any thing which you like .

• Delicious Mini sandwiches are ready to enjoy.

^{Mini Sandwiches}

Mini Sliders

Ingredients:

Ingredients	quantity
Chicken	150 g
Sliders	as required
Mayonnaise	as required
Salt	as per taste
Blackpepper	1/2 tsp
Cheese slice	optional
Ketchup	as required
Veggies(Carrot,cucumber, lettuce)	as required

Making:

• Add all spices in chicken pieces, i take boiled chicken, you can add these spices to rew chicken and fry it with 2tbsp oil until it tender. Your filling is ready.

• Spread mayonnaise on sliders, add lettuce, cheese, add chicken filling, over it.

* You are free to add ingredients that you want. I added, chicken, lettuce, cheese, cucumber and tomato topped with chilli garlic sauce.

^{Mini Sliders}

Student Task

1- What do you understand by finger food?(1 mark )

2- Make any one finger food from given recipes in detailstep by step withpictures . You can add ingredients of your choice too . (6 marks)

3-Give some other examples of finger food that you like?(1 mark )

4-Some tips for presentation of finger food. (1 mark)

1. One mark for excellent presentation .

Rules and criteria:

✓ The post can be written on your blog or any community.

✓ The title of your post must be: SLC26-W1 // "Introduction Of Appetizers"

✓ Use your own images, plagiarism and use of AI are prohibited, the publication must contain a minimum of 300 words.

✓ Make sure to use the tags #worldofappitizers-s26w2 , #learnwhitsteem #steemexclusive #food and your country tag. (example, #pakistan)

✓ Include a handwritten identification sign next to your food, containing the user name and date .

✓ Invite at least three friends to participate: @lirvic , @shiftitamanna , @sualeha .

✓ Leave the link to your post in the comments section.

✓ Any language is accepted.

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✓ This contest will be open for 7 days starting at 00:00 UTC on Monday, August 18, 2025, 00:00 UTC to Sunday, August 24, 2025, 23:59 UTC.

Rewards:

SC01/SC02 will evaluate posts across all participating teaching teams. Upvotes are not guaranteed for all articles.

At the end of the week, top 6 users will be nominated based on content quality and presentation not on comment count.

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@suboohi