Appetizer Recipes

Chive and Sour Cream Biscuit Recipe

November 12, 2010
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With less than two weeks away from Thanksgiving Day, I can’t help but wonder what your menu looks like… Besides the bird we all have a couple of special things we make, or someone else makes that we are really looking forward to this time of year. Is it grandma’s apple pie or mom’s sugar cookies [...]

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Fruity Peach and Mango Salsa Recipe

November 2, 2010
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” Salsa ” the king of Spanish and Mexican cuisine, fast and easy to prepare, loaded with flavor and just perfect for a lazy Sunday. I love lazy Sundays, sometimes that means staying in bed until noon and sometimes it means walking around the lake with my dog after a quick stop at the Coffee [...]

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Roasted Butternut Squash and Apple Soup

October 26, 2010
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Oh, Butternut Squash ! A sweet fruit with a nutty taste and orange flesh that grows on a vine, one of my favorite winter delicacies next to blood oranges. In Italy, one of the most popular ways to use butternut squash is is in a risotto, which is gonna be next on my menu for [...]

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Cherry Tomato Crostini Recipe

October 12, 2010
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What is a crostini ? How about bruschetta ? Oh the confusion …! It is very simple actually: crostinis are just cute, miniature versions of bruschetta. Bruschetta is a grilled slice of bread rubbed with garlic and brushed with olive oil, or topped with your favorite things. It’s a rustic open-faced sandwich, one of my [...]

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Crab Cakes Recipe

September 29, 2010
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I received an e-mail from Whole Foods on Thursday telling me their King Crab was on sale for 50% off the entire weekend!  So ever since then I’ve been dreaming about crab cakes and on Sunday I finally made it to the seafood counter. Now the King Crabs are usually sold frozen because they come [...]

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Home Made Guacamole

September 15, 2010
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Guacamole, the avocado based dip that starts with perfectly ripe avocado fruit, mashed with some simple spices to create the heavenly creamy dip we all love so much.  A pinch of sea salt, some onion and Chili pepper, a nice drizzle of lime or lemon juice it’s all it takes to make your own perfect [...]

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Crispy Wings In a Lemon Garlic Butter Sauce

September 14, 2010
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I love chicken wings ! Maybe that’s because as a little kid I was the one who always, i mean always ended up with the wings.  Grandpa and grandma would get the breast, my mom would take the back and my dad and brother got the legs. Chicken wings are still the rage as appetizers [...]

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A Mexican Fiesta

September 14, 2010
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Once a week I like to have a Mexican feast in my own backyard.  I love tacos and nachos and rice and beans, and guacamole and sour cream, and lots and lots of cheese.  On many days I would grab a bag of tortillas from the grocery store and crisp up some taco shells that [...]

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Calamari

September 11, 2010
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I love, love, love calamari.  I find that there are only 2 secrets to good Calamari:  buy the freshest squid you can find and do not cook it for more than 2 minutes. Unless you live in a port city and know a couple of friendly fishmongers, you are probably going to get your squid [...]

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