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 [...]
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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 7 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 13 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 »I am continuing with Holiday Appetizer Week. This time we are changing things up a bit. When it comes to bite size food, people usually forget about dessert. Granted most desserts are finger food, but not many are bite size. So I decided to make little bite sized squares of fudge. Fudge is the perfect [...]
Posted in Appetizers, Dessert, Recipes Tags: chocolate, chocolate fudge, dessert, fudge with nuts, homemade fudge, perfect treat for santa No Comments »I am continuing with Holiday Appetizer Week. With all of the snow in DC, Tucker and I have been cooped up in the house. So, I wanted something warm and delicious to eat. Nothing says warm and delicious like Beef. When I used to work as a caterer we served mini beef wellingtons as an [...]
Posted in Appetizers Tags: Appetizers, beef wellington, mini beef wellington, puff pastry, Tenderloin 2 Comments »Around the holidays my family usually gets together for dinner, but before we eat we usually have appetizers. So this week I wanted to showcase some great appetizers. Today is the simplest appetizer of all. It just happens that it might be the most delicious too. These lasted about 2 minutes. Yep, they are good.
Posted in Appetizers Tags: Appetizers, bacon, bacon wrapped pineapple, easy appetizers, pineapple 3 Comments »I am a big fan of brie. So when I went to the store and they had wheels of brie on sale, I knew I was going to have to pick some up. Warmed brie is excellent, so I decided to wrap it up in some puff pastry. This is a great appetizer and it [...]
Posted in Appetizers Tags: brie, pastry wrapped brie, puff pastry, puff pastry wrapped brie 3 Comments »I am a huge fan of potato skins. The other day I made bbq chicken potato skins. While making them I realized that potato skins are the perfect vessel for Thanksgiving leftovers. Fill the skin with your leftovers and your are there. I must say that these are some of the most delicious potato skins [...]
Posted in Appetizers, Events, Thanksgiving Tags: leftovers, potato skins, thanksgiving leftovers, thanksgiving potato skins 2 Comments »
