Chicken wings are always a great appetizer and these wings are glazed with a spicy chipotle chile sauce for a Tex-Mex take on chicken wings. Have I told you how much I love the electric pressure cooker. For a busy family on the run all the time, it should be an essential kitchen tool. You…
Appetizers
Caramelized Onion Crostini With Mushrooms
‘Tis the season for parties and celebration so I made a caramelized onion crostini with mushrooms because you can never have too many appetizer recipes. Lately, I’ve been making caramelized onions a lot, simply because they are easy and secondly, they add so much flavor. They are perfect with meats, and great when mixed in…
Smoked Salmon Appetizer with Arugula
Today I’m sharing a smoked salmon appetizer. Smoked salmon is one of the easiest and tastiest appetizer ingredients there is. You could be eating this today for a before meal treat! Mary Jo and I are finally back in Florida. We came back down early this year to check out the hurricane damage. Luckily, only…
Oven Baked Breaded Butterfly Shrimp
Breaded butterfly shrimp that’s oven baked makes for lots fewer calories than fried and has a nice crunch. Have the shrimp with your favorite cocktail sauce or drizzled with fresh lemon juice. It’s a wonderful appetizer or a main dish. Coastal Seafoods in Minneapolis has 20% off shrimp on Monday’s. No better time to have…
Feta Greek Style Quesadillas
Here’s a re-creation of Greek style quesadillas we had recently at Chankaska Creek Ranch and Winery in Kasota Minnesota. They called theirs a flatbread. I’m calling it delicious! This is the kind of appetizer to make for an informal gathering. You know the type where everyone kind of hangs around in the kitchen talking and…
Top 8 Most Popular Appetizers
I’ve been going through some old posts and updating photos and text and realized, there’s been a lot of appetizers in the past 4 years. So I followed up on this by searching for the most popular and viewed in the past year. So this is a review of the Top 8 Most Popular Appetizers…
Shrimp Cocktail with Pickled Daikon Radish
Who doesn’t like a great appetizer? Especially when ordinary gets kicked up about a hundred times like this shrimp cocktail with pickled daikon radish. It’s an unusual combination sure to excite your taste buds. Eat this shrimp cocktail by wrapping the shrimp with a little fresh basil, then a wrap of the pickled daikon and…
Caribbean Salt Cod Fritters
Caribbean salt cod fritters are not something I’ve thought of making. I’m sharing a recipe post and turns out, salted codfish is not that hard to find and makes a great appetizer. This recipe is courtesy of Chef Mireille from The Schizo Chef.com. She cooks multi-cultural dishes, lives in New York, and is in the…
Couscous Patties with Smoked Prosciutto
Here’s a recipe just in time for the Holidays and bowl games; Couscous patties with smoked prosciutto (speck). The recipe comes from a food blogger in Slovania and I can’t recall how I happened upon it, probably Pinterest, but it seemed fascinating. She is a lawyer in Slovania and her web site is Ursalicious.com. So…
Gravad Lax with Mustard-Dill Sauce
Gravad lax, (or gravlax), is salmon that is cured with salt, sugar and dill weed. I’ve never made it before, but I’m involved with a food blogger group on Facebook that was formed in order to share another blogger’s recipe each month. I was selected to try a recipe from Marvin, TheCulinaryTaste.com, of Rotterdam, Netherlands and his gravad lax…