Crunchy Oven-Fried Cheese Ravioli. Oh Monday… you look good.
I’ve made no bones about it: growing up, pasta was just not my thing. Combined with my utter distaste for all tomato sauce, noodles never ever did it for me. My mom religiously made pasta every Thursday night (it’s still happening) and you could often find me up in my room hungry and throwing the tantrum of the century… every single week. Wish I grew out of that, but… I threw a massive tantrum last Sunday night when my husband refused to watch the Golden Globes with me and gossip about celebrities. He’s no fun. Some things never change? Occasionally my mom would toss some gnocchi or ravioli into the mix to appease me, but I would still choose to pout and be generally bratty in that… adorable 13-year old way. Baked or Fried Pizza Balls.
Pickle roll-ups. It seemed fitting that I make this quick and scrumptious appetizer when Ebby came to visit last month.
I introduced her to The Pickle Roll-Up in college and we often found ourselves feasting on them in our dorm room after a trip to Hy-Vee to get supplies. We never shared them with anyone! If you have never tried these, I can honestly say you are missing out. The salty-sweet combination is so simple yet so very tasty. They are easy, guest-pleasing appetizers that are great for parties or football games or any type of gathering. Lay four stacks of two corned beef slices on a cutting board or cutting mat. Roll the corned beef slices around the pickles. Cut each pickle roll into four equal slices and serve on a plate. Make Bacon Pops!! (recipe tutorial)
Bourbon Cocktail Meatballs. Hubby LOVES a great cocktail meatball!
If he could enjoy these little nuggets of joy everyday, I am sure he would. Recently on Pinterest, one of my social media addictions (smile), I came across this recipe and immediately pinned to make and share on my weekly series – Friday Night Bites. I essentially doubled the sauce recipe, altered a few measurements and added a bit of garlic powder.
We had plans last weekend to get together with one of our neighbors for wine and appetizers. Buffalo Chicken Bites. One of my favorite guilty pleasures is buffalo wings, especially dipped in blue cheese dressing.
Recipe for Cheesy Bacon Bombs. I was sitting around one day just thinking about how nice it would be to pop a hot, gooey, cheesy, bacon wrapped little dough puff into my mouth, yep, that’s what I was doing…sadly it’s true.
Bacon Wrapped Cream Cheese Jalapeno Bites. It isn’t often that my husband, Jon, is influenced by a food in such a way that he feels the need to recreate it.
These Jalapeno Bites are an exception. He came home one day from work, raving about an appetizer his friend Adam brought in. Cream cheese filled jalapenos. Bacon Pops! Goat Cheese Pops with Herbs, Pecans, & Bacon. Previous image Next image Oh yes.
All the cuteness of a cake pop, all the fun of an easy appetizer, and it's all wrapped up in bacon. These little bacon and goat cheese pops were inspired by these very popular cake pops, Elizabeth's wonderful bacon-wrapped potato bites, and these goat cheese balls from Neiman-Marcus. (We love the apple-serving idea; we incorporated it into this recipe, in fact.) Our Best BitesOur Best Bites. We sometimes call this “Inside-Out” pizza too.
They’re garlicky, cheesy little pizza dough balls filled with all of the yummy toppings you’d put on a pizza. To eat, just pop one off and dunk it in marinara sauce. Don’t you love finger food? And don’t you love dunking things? I suppose regular pizza is finger food as well, but for some reason this is way more fun. Hmm…looks like I forgot garlic in this picture. Stuffed Pizza Rolls (I don’t really measure, so you get what you get here!) 1 roll refrigerated pizza dough* (or make your own) marinara/pizza sauce (click here to make your own) 2 T grated Parmesan cheese (sorry, I don’t know how to make that) 1 T olive oil or melted butter 1/2 t garlic powder 1 t dried Italian seasoning mozzerella cheese Pizza toppings of your choice: ie, ham and pineapple, pepperoni slices, sausage, etc. *You can use regular pizza dough, or thin crust. Preheat oven to heat specified on pizza dough package. Unroll your pizza dough onto a lightly floured surface. Spinach Crepe Spirals with Cream Cheese, Pine Nuts, Sun-Dried Tomatoes, Garlic and Lemon Zest.
Recently I was invited to an early Thanksgiving event and I needed to bring a dish for the buffet.
I wanted to make something that could be put together the night before, because I am barely coherent in the morning and I needed to leave my house at 10AM. These Spinach Crepe Spirals are perfect, because I could make the crepes the day before, spread with filling, roll them up, wrap in plastic wrap and refrigerate over night. The next morning just slice and place on a serving tray, and you’re good to go. Plus you get to eat the trimmed ends while you work. What a deal. Beer-Battered Fried Pickles. I’m fairly certain there is nothing more satisfying to eat than a fried pickle.
The sad part is that it took me 29 years to discover this. Falafels/Chickpea fritters « of spices and pisces. A thought has been bugging me for a while, are we losing the balance? Losing balance to live a healthy yet happy life? Probably yes.