If you like soft pretzels, you’ll absolutely love these Easy Pretzel Bites with Raspberry Honey Mustard Dip. The Pretzel Bites themselves use ready-made refrigerated French bread dough, and take no time at all to make. The Raspberry Honey Mustard Dip uses four simple ingredients and produces an amazing dipping sauce to accompany these tasty morsels….
Grandé Fruit Bowl
Grandé Fruit Bowl is cool, light, refreshing and healthy for these hot summer days. It makes use of the abundance of fresh fruit, and is a perfect appetizer, salad, dessert, or snack for any occasion. For the extra special adult occasions, I infuse the fruit with a mixture of dry white wine and Grand Marnier….
Wonton Jalapeño Popper Bites
If you like jalapeño poppers, you’ll absolutely love Wonton Jalapeño Popper Bites. The wonton wraps are stuffed with an amazing filling and baked to crispy perfection. They’re super easy to make, and can be eaten hot, warm, or cold. What’s even better is that they can be made ahead of time, and reheated for 5…
Instant Pot Pulled Chicken Sliders
Pulled Chicken Sliders are quick and easy to make in your Instant Pot. The pulled chicken is cooked in and then tossed with a spicy, flavorful barbecue sauce, and heaped onto soft slider buns. What’s not eaten makes delicious leftovers.
Tarte Normande aux Pommes (Julia Child’s Custard Apple Tart)
Julia Child’s Tarte Normande aux Pommes, a.k.a. Custard Apple Tart from Mastering the Art of French Cooking is amazing. Unlike many desserts, this tart is not overly sweet. It is, however, quite delicious and has the perfect blend of apples and custard.
Patriotic Pretzel Flowers
Patriotic Pretzel Flowers are the perfect treat for the upcoming 4th of July celebrations. They use three simple ingredients and are super easy to make. What’s even better is that their crunchy, salty, sweet taste is amazing. When stored in an airtight container these adorable Patriotic Pretzel Flowers stay fresh for a week, if they last…
Tasty Southern Pimento Cheese
Tasty Southern Pimento Cheese will take you back to your childhood days in the South. It’s about as Southern as things come, and uses only 5 ingredients. Tasty Southern Pimento Cheese takes minutes to make, and is amazingly versatile. Spread it on crackers, serve it as a dip with corn chips, toast it on bread,…
Easy Cheesy Zucchini Bites
Easy Cheesy Zucchini Bites are loaded with grated zucchini, bread crumbs, and cheddar cheese. They’re the perfect appetizer eaten plain, or dipped in ketchup or spicy marinara. The mixture can be made ahead of time, and baked when you need them. Also, the leftovers, are just as good when they’ve been refrigerated and reheated. Did…
Oatmeal Spice Shortbread
Oatmeal Spice Shortbread is the perfect marriage of the nutty texture of oats, and the crumbly texture of shortbread. This is a variation of my incredible Pecan Shortbread. The cookies are delicately flavored with a hint of cinnamon and healthy oats. In addition, I couldn’t make these delicious cookies without the addition of toasted pecans.
Cornish Pasties
Genuine Cornish Pasties (rhymes with”Nasties”) are a meat pie filled with uncooked beef, potatoes, turnip or rutabaga (a.k.a. swede), and onion, seasoned with salt and pepper. Typically, the filing is encased in a shortbread type crust. These Cornish Pasties differ in that I use pork tenderloin in place of the beef and add carrots. I’ve…