My Father-In-Law Bill has a great garden and has been harvesting tomatoes for the past couple of weeks. He utilized the fresh tomatoes to make a great homemade bruschetta. It is a delicious recipe with extremely fresh ingredients. It is a must try. So here is Bill’s first guest post. Take it away Bill. Bruschetta [...]
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Tags: appetizer, basil, bruschetta, easy, garden, Garlic, tomatoes 
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Dana and I are getting ready for Easter and we wanted to dye some eggs. Then we discovered that it was going to take a huge pan to hard boil all of the eggs that we wanted to dye. So we looked for an alternative. It just so happens that this alternative is the easiest [...]
While I was New York I accompanied Dana’s Father to a nice market. This market has a small wheel of Camembert cheese on sale for half off. Yeah, I could not pass up on the offer. So I thought about making a wheel of Camembert wrapped in puff pastry. Then Dana’s dad said that he had some [...]
Posted in All, Appetizers Tags: asparagus, Camembert, cheese, delicious, easy, puff pastry, puffs 3 Comments »
I was recently asked by Kettle Brand Chips to create an original recipe chip dip for one of their different varieties of Kettle Brand Chips. This task allowed me to indulge myself in the flavors that I love. As a new father, my wife and I don’t get to go out as much as we [...]
Posted in All, Appetizers Tags: bacon, blue cheese, chip dip, chips, dip, gift card, kettle chip, kettle chips, kettlechips, sweepstakes, tomato, visa, wedge 103 Comments »
The other day I picked up a Jalapeno rack and was extremely excited to try it out. In my excited state, I totally forgot that that February is not the best time to find jalapenos. However, after a long search I found some fresh jalapenos. There are a ton of companies that make jalapeno racks. [...]
Posted in All, Appetizers Tags: ABT, appetizer, atomic, cheddar cheese, cream cheese, grilled, jalapeno rack, Jalapenos, Sausage, smoked, stuffed 9 Comments »
The other day I was cleaning the garage and found a deep fryer that Dana and I received as a wedding present. It was perfect timing, as the Big game is approaching and I received a question on how to make homemade boneless buffalo wings. I have made wings in the past, but never boneless [...]
Posted in All, Appetizers, Buffalo, Chicken, Recipes Tags: awesome, boneless, boneless wings, buffalo, buffalo wings, deep fried, deep fryer, homemade, oil, scratch, wings 6 Comments »
Ever since I was a kid, the Holidays meant it was time for horderves/appetizers. Since everyone is coming and going, my Mom would always have a table full of them. For this reason I am always on the lookout for new and interesting ideas. I stumbled upon a single picture that excited my taste buds. It was a picture [...]
Posted in All, Appetizers, Bacon, Bread, cheese, Recipes, Sourdough Tags: appetizer, bacon, Bread, cheddar, crack bread, horderves, pull bread, ranch, sour dough 8 Comments »
It is officially football season. There is no better football snack than Hot Wings. I have been on a little hot wing kick lately. I have been eating them at least once a week. Mostly while watching football. Although your average hot wings are delicious, they are not the healthiest thing around. So I decided [...]
Posted in All, Appetizers, Chicken, hot wing sauces, Recipes Tags: grilled, grilled hot wings, grilled wings, Hot Sauce, Hot Wings, sauce, wing sauce, wings 3 Comments »
Every holiday, special occasion or just get together my Mom makes veggie dip. It is delicious and easy to make. The only thing that I always forget is that you have to make it at least 24 hours before you want to use it. That way all of the ingredients have a chance to mingle [...]
Posted in All, Appetizers, Dips, Recipes Tags: appetizer, beau monde, dill weed, mayo, mayonnaise, onion, sour cream, vegetable dip, veggie dip 5 Comments »
The other day, Dana and I were walking through the store and she wanted Egg Salad Sandwiches. However, she wanted them on small cocktail bread. She said it was something that her Grandma would always make. Who was I to say no. So, we made little egg salad sliders. I made a few open faced sliders and [...]
Last week I made Chipotle Peach Chicken. It was awesome and as soon as I tasted the barbecue sauce I realized that it would be an amazing hot wing sauce. So I fine tuned it and made some wings. I must admit that it was awesome. The wings have a little heat on the front [...]
Posted in Appetizers, Chicken, hot wing sauces, Recipes Tags: chipotle, hot wing sauce, Hot Wings, peach, preserves 6 Comments »
A couple of weeks ago I was emailed by a reader to try Green Bean Fries, like the ones at T.G.I. Friday’s. So I went to the source and tried them. They were good, but mine might have been sitting around for a while as they were a little mushy. So I got home, plugged [...]
Posted in Appetizers, Beans, Recipes Tags: appetizer, deep fried green beans, deep fryer, fries, green bean fries, green beans 23 Comments »I love nachos!!! Yep, three exclamation points. Besides being delicious they are quick and easy to make. Take a few tortillas, cover with your favorite ingredients, and then coat with cheese. Melt and serve. Howe easy can that be. My favorite type of Nachos are Chicken Nachos. Top with some sour cream and you [...]
Posted in Appetizers, Chicken, Mexican, Recipes Tags: Chicken, chicken nachos, Mexican, nachos 3 Comments »
