Tag: appetizer

  • Mushroom & Artichoke Pastry Cups

    I have been working on my “use my cookbooks” goal a bit more this month, and doing pretty well.  This simple and incredible meal came from a cookbook, and I just HAD to share.  These awesome little pastry cups are filled with sautéed mushrooms, garlic, chives, and marinated artichoke hearts and stuffed into puff pastry. …

  • Sun Dried Tomato + Cream Cheese Crackers

    Let me introduce one of the most basic recipes I will ever post on this blog.  It is one of my all-time favorite snacks that I’ve been eating since before I can remember. Growing up, my family was big on slowly snacking throughout holidays instead of big meals.  On Thanksgiving, we’d have snacks until dinner…

  • Pumpkin Cashew Dip 2 Ways: Savory & Sweet

    Pumpkin everything time! I didn’t think I put out enough pumpkin recipe last year.  I am going to remedy that this year.  A lot. First up was the pumpkin bisque I posted on the first official day of fall.  Now some fun dips! Last week for a quick breakfast, I mixed a spoonful of canned…

  • Fix My Pics: Rosemary Polenta “Fries”

    Welcome to the first in a new series I’m doing called Fix My Pics!  This is a long-term project I plan to work on in which I will replace some nasty, yellow, out-of-focus, poorly-cropped, can’t-believe-I-used-the-flash photos in old posts with new my-DSLR-is-so-fancy-and-now-I-know-what-kind-of-lighting-I-need pictures.  Did that make sense?  Maybe only to my fellow crazies.  How bout…

  • Baked & Stuffed Artichokes

      Artichoke season is starting!  I cannot tell you how absurdly excited I am.  This is my favorite time of the year. Not because of the beautiful trees turning green and flowers blooming and long days so I can finally go outside and do fun things. Because of the artichokes.