Tag: appetizer

  • Herbed Veggie Dip

    Herbed Veggie Dip

    49er fan or a KC fan. It honestly matters not to me…I’m all about the food. Here’s a great dip that is fresh, green and great with veggies for a healthier option. (But, I’ve got a few other recipes today that are totally delicious and bad for you!)

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  • Happy New Year Hummus (Eat your black-eyed peas!)

    Happy New Year Hummus (Eat your black-eyed peas!)

    How many days of good luck will you have after eating this hummus? An infinite number (because it’s full of black eyed peas)! Here’s to a wonderful 2020!

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  • A New Old-Fashioned, an appetizer and Buttermilk Graffiti

    A New Old-Fashioned, an appetizer and Buttermilk Graffiti

    I’m highlighting Chef Edward Lee today. Buttermilk Graffiti is the featured book for Cook the Books. Here’s a berry delightful and thymely cocktail along with a mushroom “hummus.”

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  • Food ‘n Flix:  Part One for Spinning Plates, a simple guacamole

    Food ‘n Flix: Part One for Spinning Plates, a simple guacamole

    Spinning Plates is the Food ‘n Flix April feature. I decided to do three recipes and three different posts to celebrate. Today’s post is a simple guacamole for a humble family restaurant. (It’s also doing double duty for I Heart Cooking Clubs.

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  • Baked Sun-Dried Tomato Dip

    Baked Sun-Dried Tomato Dip

    A restaurant favorite appetizer and a new recipe. This is a great dip with a Mediterranean flair. (It’s also pretty darn quick and easy.)

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  • Tortilla Dusted Jalapeno Dip

    Tortilla Dusted Jalapeno Dip

    Super Bowl LIII My Super Bowl posts tend to be completed in advance, sometimes as much as a year.  (That was true with last year’s post of Spicy Onion Dip, posted for Super Bowl LII but actually made and eaten for Super Bowl LI.) This is again the case for another spicy dip, Tortilla Dusted…

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  • Baked Brie and Book Club for Food ‘n Flix

    Baked Brie and Book Club for Food ‘n Flix

    Welcome to my first Food ‘n Flix post for 2019.  Evelyne from CulturEatz is hosting Book Club, probably the most recent movie that’s been featured at Food ‘n Flix for a long time.   (You can read her announcement post here.) I love the female cast: Diane Keaton.  I have a love/hate relationship with her.  Kay…

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  • Marinated Mushrooms and a book review for In This Ground by Beth Castrodale

    Marinated Mushrooms and a book review for In This Ground by Beth Castrodale

    In This Ground is my absolutely favorite book of 2019! Read on to see how mushrooms fit in with the plot and theme of the novel by Beth Castrodale on this TLC Book Tour.

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  • Roasted Clementine Bruschetta for IHCC

    Roasted Clementine Bruschetta for IHCC

    Here’s a totally different and unusual (and quick) appetizer to whip up before you watch your own favorite team in upcoming bowl games. We just happen to be watching the Orange Bowl tonight. (Get it?)

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  • “In My Kitchen” December 2018 (and Smoky Black Bean and Corn Spread)

    “In My Kitchen” December 2018 (and Smoky Black Bean and Corn Spread)

    For December’s “In My Kitchen” we have some citrus, cheese, cookbooks, jalapeno jelly and a great appetizer recipe for the holidays! Also, there’s a preview of things to come for EE’s holiday posts.

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