Balela Salad (Mediterranean Chickpea Salad) – a Mediterranean salad made with chickpeas, black beans, lots of fresh herbs and lemon juice. Super healthy and great as a dip or side dish. Today my 11 year old and I are flying back to Colorado. We have spent the last week and a half in Wisconsin visiting…
Appetizer Recipes
Copycat Tokyo Joes Chicken Spring Rolls
Copycat Tokyo Joes Chicken Spring Rolls – almost no cooking required to make this easy copy cat recipe for chicken spring rolls. Summer is in full swing!! A couple weeks of camp have happened, friends have visited, trips to the pool, and lots of time outside. I think my son has fully enjoyed the first…
Bacon Cheeseburger Dip
Bacon Cheeseburger Dip – all the flavor of your favorite bacon cheeseburger in an ooey, gooey, cheesy, dip. Great for game day, entertaining or just because! Appetizers are one of my favorite things to bring to parties and plan what to make. Baked Mexican Cheese Dip is pretty much a staple in our house, as…
Green Chili Enchilada Dip
Green Chili Enchilada Dip – Get ready for game day with a creamy, cheesy, green chili enchilada dip recipe! I can’t believe that we are jut 2 weeks away from the biggest food holiday sporting event of the year! It is time to start planning that game day menu! Because, let’s be honest. The big…
Cheesy Green Olive Pinwheels
Cheesy Green Olive Pinwheels – A super easy appetizer that will work for any get together. A creamy cheese filling, rolled in crescent dough and baked! Great to make ahead and have ready! My parents are coming this week! They get here late Friday night, so the end of the week, but still. We haven’t…
Garlic Olive Cheese Bread
Garlic Olive Cheese Bread – take your garlic bread and turn it up a notch! Top it with Garlic & Basil flavored olives and lots of cheese! Second week of school and I already need a break! What is it about school that totally wears a kid out! We started off the school year with…
Shrimp Summer Rolls
Shrimp Summer Rolls with Sesame Soy Dipping Sauce – a super refreshing, cool, crisp and great dinner to have this summer. Works as an appetizer or a meal. Do you know the different between a spring roll and a summer roll? I didn’t, so I looked it up. A summer roll is a Vietnamese dish…
Easy Homemade Salsa
Easy Homemade Salsa – quick and easy salsa you can make in minutes all year round, using ingredients you probably have in your pantry already! What a crazy weekend! It started bright an early on Saturday morning with a game of tennis. The lessons my 10 year old is taking are sure paying off. After…
Canes Sauce Recipe
Canes sauce is known for its crazy good flavor profile. Dip your chicken fingers, potato chips, and even fries. Have you ever been to Raising Cane’s? It is a chain fast food restaurant that only serves chicken fingers. We have one in Fort Collins, and were a little skeptical at first, but it has quickly…
Easy Balsamic Bruschetta
Easy Balsamic Bruschetta – Fresh summer tomatoes make the best bruschetta! Top with single serve balsamic vinaigrette packets, and you can have bruschetta for 1 or many, any night of the week! What a fun weekend, not ready to be back to work yet. I spent the weekend in Denver with a friend for a…
Caramelized Onion Dip
Caramelized Onion Dip – a homemade french onion dip that is so much better than any store bought alternative! Whether it is a cooking during the peak of summer or watching football during the the dead of winter French Onion Dip is a must. Well, any dip is a must. It can be something like…
Piquillo Pepper and Goat Cheese Crostini
Piquillo Pepper and Goat Cheese Crostini – crispy crostini topped with goat cheese, chopped piquillo peppers and drizzled with balsamic vinegar. The perfect easy appetizer for any get together. What a great weekend, I am not really ready for Monday. Saturday we had a garage sale. Now, that is not the most fun thing to…
Vietnamese Egg Rolls
Vietnamese Egg rolls – not your average egg roll, these have a slight twist on the classic Vietnamese style egg roll. I am so excited for today’s post. My friend Tony is helping me out today. Tony is not a blogger, he is an engineer, but he is one heck of a cook. Tony was…
Honey Sriracha Chicken Bites
Sweet and just a little bit spicy, these Honey Sriracha Chicken Bites disappeared lightning fast. Tender, bite size chunks of chicken cook in just minutes and then are tossed with an irresistible sticky glaze. I am so excited for today’s recipe and guest blogger. Mary from Barefeet in the Kitchen is taking over today. I…
Hot Sausage Dip
Hot Sausage Dip – a creamy, cheesy, hot sausage cheese dip that is perfect for any get together. Make ahead and heat in the crock pot for the big game! When I am making dips for a party, I love something that I can make ahead of time and then just have in the crock…
Cheddar Green Olive Dip
Cheddar Green Olive Dip – A creamy, cheesy, salty green olive, dip that is great warm or cold. It doesn’t matter it if is the middle of winter and it is football season or summer and grilling season; dips are a must all year round! It can be something like Artichoke Jalapeno Dip that you…
Carne Asada Fries
Carne Asada Fries – french fries topped with Carne Asada, melted cheese, and guacamole! A dinner that will please even your pickiest eater! Planning dinner can be tough. Especially when you have to do it every night, over and over and over and over….. Really, we never stop having to figure out what we are…
Bacon Cheese Straws
Bacon Cheese Straws – A great appetizer for any get together. Fill puff pastry with bacon and cheese, twist, and bake until you get crispy, cheesy, bacony goodness! I love trying out new cookbooks. I remember even as a kid always thumbing through my moms cooking magazines and books. She subscribed to quite a few…
Leftover Turkey and Stuffing Meatballs
Leftover Turkey and Stuffing Meatballs – Turn leftover stuffing into turkey and stuffing meatballs. Quick, easy, and great the next day. Dip in leftover gravy or cranberry sauce! We are just days away from Thanksgiving. I trust that most people have their menus set at this point. So I am switching gears and giving you…
Chorizo Queso Dip
Chorizo Queso Dip -Lots of gooey, melty cheese with spicy chorizo mixed in is sure to make game time even better! What is better with game day than lots of snacks? Well maybe you want your team to win too. But I am all about the food! And sometimes you just want to mix up…