Since I am always on the lookout for new, healthy foods to incorporate into my family’s diet, it was about time that we tried adzuki beans. Adzuki beans (also called aduki beans) are a part of the legume family. They are often found in red bean paste used in Asian cooking and are…
Category: Appetizer
Foolproof Hard-Boiled Eggs – An Experiment
The idea to do an experiment regarding hard boil eggs was actually posed by one of my readers. She wrote: “This past Thanksgiving my daughter’s boyfriend requested traditional deviled eggs be included as one of the appetizers. I have been buying brown, cage free eggs for the last year as I think they…
Simple Sriracha Hot Wings
Hot wings. The quintessential Super Bowl party food and often a favorite snack of the college crowds. Despite their popularity, I have shied away from making them for parties since I didn’t want to slave over a vat of oil. After some kitchen tinkering, my hot wing-free party spreads are now a thing…
Babaganoush
With January 1st comes a re-commitment to New Year’s resolutions, resolutions such as: (1) Eating healthier (2) Trying something new You can accomplish both with the babaganoush I made this week. Babaganoush is a an eggplant based dip with a variety of other spices depending on the origin of the recipe you use….
Holiday Antipasto Platter
In our family, a holiday meal is not complete without an antipasto platter. Growing up, both my husband and I looked forward to our respective family traditional platter – my family’s included black olives that were quickly devoured by all of the cousins, and my in-laws always had pepperoni or salame. Antipasto, or…
Tomatillo Salsa
This week we hosted our church small group and the meal theme was taco bar. I was lucky enough to get to prepare one of my favorite things to make – SALSA. When I started cooking, a variety of salsas was what kicked off my kitchen experimenting. So much so, that people started saying,…
Chile con Queso with Fresh Roasted Chilies and Cashew Cheese
I have been waiting all summer for fresh roasted chilies from my local farmers market. While I could roast peppers myself, you just can’t beat the chilies roasted over coals in a hopper. Last week I was informed that there was only one more week of waiting, so I put my name down…
