Quick cook appetizers means minimal preparation with some cooking. You won’t be spending hours in the kitchen rolling out dough or some such nonsense… You should be able to pull all these together within 20 minutes of active time in the kitchen. Some require a bit more cooking time, but that part is hands-off. So [...]
Non-Cook Appetizers are those which can be ready for serving with minimal preparation and no baking, roasting, sauteeing, warming, broiling, microwaving, fricasseeing… Because it just takes too much time to fricassee an appetizer when you’re getting ready for a party.
1. The Stand-by Tray: Cheese, Crackers, Olives, Nuts
It’s a stand-by because it’s tasty, it’s classy, [...]
I’m so sorry to have been away so long! I am hoping to get back into the swing of this blogging thing come November. Got a new baby. got bronchitis. Got a fractured rib. Got a 3 year old demanding things of me. got an escape? BASEBALL!
Yes, it’s play-off time! being a New Englander who [...]
It’s peak corn season around these parts and honestly, it’s hard for me to stop myself from eating like, 3 ears a day. Because I totally could. I love that Butter and Sugar variety. It’s like candy–truly. This combined with my late-pregnancy “could eat around the clock” situation means that I’m in real danger [...]
At this time of year there are lots of options for getting out there and picking your own fruits. I remember when I was a kid going raspberry picking was the coolest thing. There was something fun about searching around for the ripest, ready fruits and picking them as fast as I could. It was [...]
So, maybe you’re a gardener and you’ve got a cucumber bounty on your hands. Many do this time of year. It’s nice to put them on salads or maybe make a salad out of them, but another fantastic use for cukes is a chilly soup. It’s so refreshing on a hot day to have [...]
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Posted by Annie Mueller
August 7, 2007 | 1 Comment
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I like tofu a whole lot, so, I thought, maybe there was a chance my kid would, too. Turns out I was right. But he only likes it one way—battered and fried. What’d I expect, right? Well, at least he’ll eat the stuff.
Here’s what you do—
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Posted by Annie Mueller
August 3, 2007 | 1 Comment
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I love zucchini. I do. It’s one of the easiest veggies out there. It’s happy with a quick slop of olive oil and being tossed on the grill. It can be chopped into salads, grated into quesadillas, added to corn chowder. The opportunities are endless! However, even this zucchini-loving gal needs new ideas for the [...]
We’re talking salsa this week, but it seems that wherever salsa goes, guac goes too. It can’t be denied that the 2 are an excellent pair—great with tortilla chips, on the side of quesadillas or burritos they elevate any mexi dish to the higher reaches of yum in no time.
Here is a basic, but great [...]
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Posted by Annie Mueller
July 26, 2007 | 1 Comment
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We never had much of the tropical fruit experience when I was growing up. Never had mango, papaya, kiwi or even pineapple much. Because of this I was always a little suspicious of tropical fruits. Except anything Tropicana. Yeah, I know that doesn’t count, but to a 13 year old in suburban Massachusetts, it’s somewhat [...]
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