Tag: appetizer
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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. …
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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…
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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…
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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…
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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.