Buffalo Chicken & Blue Cheese Stuffed Mushrooms
After I made those Buffalo Chicken Wontons, I seriously could not believe there could be any better buffalo chicken appetizer recipe possible. But then I had the idea to try that same creamy spicy...
View ArticleCreamy Mushroom Soup
A simple mushroom soup that’s wonderfully creamy and delightful and warm. I had an “aha” moment when I made my Bacon Mushroom Baked Potato Soup … at the point where I had puree’d the mushrooms &...
View ArticleEasy Cheesy BLT Spirals
I didn’t quite intend these to look so “St. Patrick’s Day”-ish, but I love the way they turned out. The parsley looks so “shamrock”-ish on top, doesn’t it? You see, it just so happened I had some of...
View ArticleMint Chocolate Cheesecake Brownies
Adapted from RecipeGirl Last Monday night we had a little goodbye party for our Monday night yoga class. It was the last in a long series of these classes taught by Roscha, one of my very favorite yoga...
View ArticleTequila Rose Strawberry Cream Truffles
Oh you guys, it’s getting close to time for our semi-annual Wine & Design event and I’ve got a bazillion yummies lined up for it! I’ve been chocolatizing everything in sight lately, it seems. But...
View ArticleBacon Cheddar Chive Mini-Cheeseballs
I am in party mode this week, my friends, preparing for our semi-annual event that I do with my artist friends. We have a grand time drinking wine and talking with all the people to come look...
View ArticleSpinach Mushroom Ravioli w/Mushroom Cream Sauce
Ricotta cheese, mushrooms, spinach, asiago cheese, pesto and herbs make a soft creamy filling for these delicate little pillows of pasta, which I topped with a super-dreamy cream sauce with cream...
View ArticleWild Mushroom & Sausage White Pizza
with Rachael Ray’s Pizza Crust (adapted for the bread machine) Have you ever had a white pizza? The first time I encountered a white pizza, I have to admit I was a little befuddled. Growing up in...
View ArticleMini Chocolate Cheesecake Cookie Cups
These little cookie cups are really quite easy to put together, and they are fancy and decadent and satisfying too. The cheesecake mixture requires no baking and it’s very chocolatey and creamy good. I...
View ArticleCrab Rangoon Dip
Adapted from Damn Delicious A hot, creamy, cheesy crab dip with an Asian flair. This is a wish dip. I love it when I get to grant wishes. This was a recipe that a good friend of mine at work really...
View ArticleSkinny-licious Buffalo Chicken Dip
Creamy, cheesy, with a little bit of a spicy buffalo kick, loaded with chicken and a bit of blue cheese, this buffalo chicken dip has it all. And here’s the best part: you don’t have to feel guilty...
View ArticleCreamy Cauli Potato Soup
Over the holidays, I participated in a Project Zero challenge. The challenge was not to gain any weight over the holidays. I totally stressed over it … I didn’t have a scale at home and the one at the...
View ArticleAsparagus Crab Bisque
with Asiago cheese and fresh dill This soup happened by accident. I was looking for some green beans in my freezer and pulled out a package that looked like green beans, but as I thawed it, I realized...
View ArticleGarlic Herb Sundried Tomato Cheese Spread
Last weekend I did the food for my good friends’ new yoga studio’s open house. I do not normally do catering, but this job I volunteered for because I love my sweet yoga friends SO much and I know this...
View ArticleCilantro Avocado Sweet Pea Dip
Adapted from Magnolia Days It’s only two days until St. Patrick’s Day and I think we need more GREEN things in our lives, but oh please, let’s celebrate nature’s version of green (not the food-coloring...
View ArticlePretty Peanut Butter Cup Truffles
Sometimes when someone tastes something I’ve made and makes a comment, it sticks in my mind forever. So it was with this recipe… I remember one of my friends coming up to me and saying, “Oh my gosh,...
View ArticleCreamy Carrot Cauliflower Soup
An easy vegetarian soup that’s pleasing to the eye and the palate. I’ve really been reveling in the joys of cauliflower lately and all the wonderful ways you can use it to lighten up your diet. This...
View ArticleSpring Crab & Asparagus Dip
I took a break from dips … I don’t know how it happened, or why. Perhaps it was that marathon health kick I went on when I was trying to get skinny. (It worked, by the way! I’m officially back to my...
View ArticleSpicy Devil Creole Shrimp Dip
It’s a shrimp dip with that creole bayou twist! I made this dip for our “dip day” at work … they supplied the chips, we were supposed to bring the dips. We had lots of wonderful dips. I truly loved...
View ArticleBacon Walnut Blue Cheese Stuffed Mushrooms
Creamy blue cheese with crunchy walnuts and smoky bacon, with a bit of cream cheese, garlic, onion, spinach and sweet pepper, all snuggled into a warm mushroom … now there’s a bite-sized dream come...
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