Course: Appetizers & Snacks

Warming Celery & Potato Soup

Celery may not sound like an exciting flavor for a comforting soup, but this recipe will change your mind!  Smooth, silky, and oh-so-flavorful, celery will...

Chocolate-Covered Bacon: Worlds Collide

It all began innocently enough.  You were sitting at breakfast one morning, and that crispy, salty, meaty bacon was calling to you.  You reached across...

Turkey Cuban Sliders

I know, I know.  It’s turkey–again.  But stay with me, folks.  I promise that this additional ode to “what to do with leftover turkey“ will...

Garlic Bread Roasted Tomato Bruschetta

Garlic.  Ain’t no havin’ too much of it in my book.  I once read a quote that said: “Tomatoes and oregano make it Italian; wine...

BBQ Grilled Shrimp

I grew up eating all manner of fish from the Midwest.  Bass, perch, pickerel, smelt–I ate them all, and all year ’round, too.  My dad...

Easy Summer Tomato Flatbread

Yes, I’m still on my too-many-tomatoes kick.  And you get to benefit from that! Reach for a tube of frozen pizza dough and some fresh...

Summer Bounty Pesto Zucchini Flatbread

Got zucchini overflowing from your garden? Add pesto and pizza dough, and POOF! You’ve got delicious & light Summer Bounty Pesto Zucchini Flatbread!  Hoo boy,...

Attack of the Summer Tomatoes! Grilled Green Tomatoes

So many great foods make seasonal appearances in the summer, but none more versatile than the Summer Tomato. Colors, shapes, sizes, and variations on flavor...

Craveable Cowboy Caviar

Not a fan of traditional caviar, with the tell-tale strong, salty overtones? Have no fear!  This easy, non-fish-egg version of an otherwise pricey delicacy will...

Merguez Ground Goat Meatballs

Merguez Ground Goat Meatballs are a fantastic way to enjoy the flavors of Northern African cuisine at home.  Goat is a wonderful protein that is...