Creamy Basil Pesto. Pizza Dip. Roasted Garlic & White Bean Hummus. After eating approximately 1.2 million of these little suckers, I finally got around to posting a healthy recipe!
How about that?! #Amazing If you have been following my blog for a while, then you probably know that I am a garlic freak. I LOVE the stuff. Warm & Spicy Black Bean Dip. I always have black beans in my cupboard.
Always. Its like the staple we can never get rid. Ever since Gord and I got married, we always seem to have beans taking up space in our cupboards. I think it has something to do with my husbands addiction love of beans and rice. {After spending months and months in Brazil, the food grows on you, I guess.} So, after finding yet another can of black beans in my cupboard, I decided to make a dip because {1} I was hungry {2} mexican food sounded good and {3} we had black beans–go figure!
No Time to Bake? 23 Homemade Breads to Fit Any Schedule. Previous image Next image Whether you have an hour or a whole day, you can count on having fresh bread.
Fresh-baked bread is a special treat, a delicious treasure of a home-cooked meal. But we know how hard it can be to tackle bread. Some days you have a whole day to devote to the kneading, rising, and tending of a loaf of artisan bread. Pepperoni Pizza Monkey Bread. How do you make bread even better?
You stuff it with pepperoni and cheese. Then, you bake it in a bundt pan that allows you to pull off little chunks and dip them in pizza sauce. This is the perfect thing to bring to a party (and I did, where it disappeared quickly!) Or to eat during a football game. Easy Pizza Dough and Cheesy Bread.
Fail-Proof Pizza Dough and Cheesy Garlic Bread Sticks {just like in restaurants!}
Are you all addicted to pizza as much as I am? I’m addicted to a lot of things, but pizza would be close to the top of my list. It’s just so addicting! I can’t help myself. Hasselback Garlic Cheesy Bread. Hasselback Garlic Cheesy Bread First thing: this Calphalon Giveaway ends on Friday!
Enter enter enter! Second thing: this bread is the bomb. Last week, I got some evil Kerrygold Samples in the mail. Basically, it was a box filled with cheese and butter. Aw, shucks. What is a girl to do? To prevent myself from inhaling it all in a 24 hour period, I put some in the freezer, but then immediately thought of this bread I’ve been wanting to make. They hang out in my booty. Garlic Cheddar Biscuits. TGIF, friends.
Hope that you all have had a lovely week, and that a relaxing weekend lies ahead. I’m looking forward to some friend’s-birthday-celebrating, farmers-marketing, coffee-(friends)-dating, cake-baking, church-enjoying, and sleeping-inning here in my little corner of the world this weekend. OH, and the thing I’m perhaps most excited about — choir-directing. Garlic Parmesan Pull-Apart Bread. I once made the driest pancake in the world.
I can see you sitting at home, staring at your computer screen, and scoffing at my bold statement. Driest pancake in the world? Yeah, right. How would you even know? But this is the truth, my friends. Let me share my story with you. Parmesan Garlic Bread: Last week was a busy week filled with a field trip to the zoo sandwiched by 3 twelve hour shifts.
By Friday I was extremely happy for the weekend to arrive. Although Pat worked late, we still barbecued dinner and relaxed with a few adult beverages after tucking in our girls. No knead bread. My mom came across this recipe a year or two ago in a NY Times article and I have made it at least 50 times since. It ALWAYS gets rave reviews, and I just smirk because I know the truth. It’s 4 ingredients and it takes about 4 minutes to whip together and a 4 year old could make it with no problem at all. No one ever believes me when I say it’s this easy. They always say, “Yeah, right. You have your own food blog.
The trick to this bread is simply remembering to start it 14-20 hours in advance (I prefer less to more – sometimes after the dough sits too long, it gets tired and falls flat). Top 10 Grilled Cheese Sandwiches. Once you have mastered the basics and you can make a perfect grilled cheese sandwich every time, there is no need to fear getting bored as there are near endless things that you can do with grilled cheese sandwiches. You can start by changing up the basics by trying different breads and cheeses and then you can move on to adding condiments like mustard and meats like ham. 15 Creative Grilled Cheese Sandwiches. Hey there!
Have you downloaded the latest version of Springpad yet? To learn about the updates in Springpad 3.0, check out this blog post: “The New Springpad Makes It Fun and Easy to Share.” With the two simple core ingredients of bread and cheese, the grilled cheese sandwich innately lends itself to added bells and whistles. Meat, veggies, chocolate, fruit… there’s not much you couldn’t throw in with melted cheese between two pan-fried slices of bread. Many of us associate the grilled cheese with childhood lunches and tomato soup, but there’s an army of creative chefs out there keeping the American staple alive and relevant for grown-ups.
Jalapeno Popper Grilled Cheese. Roasted Red Pepper Grilled Cheese. April is national grilled cheese sandwich month and I have been enjoying grilled cheese sandwiches all month long. Italian Grilled Cheese. The Mushroom Melt. Mushroom Parmesan Egg Sandwich. Cheesy Chicken, Bacon and Avocado Quesadillas. Minestrone. January 2nd, 2010 · 11 Comments Phew… the holidays are over. Broccoli Cheddar Soup. Comfort in a bowl. That is what this soup should be called. As Sugarcrafter, where I got the recipe, stated, I love the broccoli cheedar soup at Panera Bread. Lasagna Soup. Lasagna Soup This Lasagna Soup is truly like lasagna in a bowl. Chunky veg soup.
Baked Chicken Nuggets. Chunks of all white meat chicken breasts coated in breadcrumbs and parmesan cheese then baked until golden. An easy chicken recipe your whole family will love. What can be more kid friendly than chicken nuggets, even the pickiest kids like them. Chicken Pot Pie. Growing up, chicken potpie meant a Swanson’s frozen dinner, pulled hot from the oven before my parents escaped for a night of freedom. White Chicken Enchiladas. Crispy Southwest Chicken Wraps. Thai Chicken Bites. Quinoa cakes with a lemon-garlic aioli sauce. Bacon & Eggs in Toast Cups.
Sweet and Salty Roasted Chickpeas. Scalloped potatoes. Garlicky Baked Fries. Oven fried onion rings. Oven-Fried Onion Rings with Dipping Sauce. Avocado Fries with Spicy Roast Garlic Dip. Baked Zucchini "Fries" Hasselback Potatoes. Perfect Mashed Potatoes. Cheesy Broccoli, Cauliflower & Pasta Bake. AM Northwest and Cheesy Taco Pasta. Meat, Mushroom and Spinach Lasagna. Lasagne Cupcakes. Three Cheese Baked Ziti. Baked Mac and Cheese. Bacon and Cheddar Macaroni & Cheese.
Slow-Baked Mac and Cheese. Buffalo chicken mac and cheese.