After a day visiting Dingle we had dinner in Castlemaine (Caisleán na Mainge) and the next day set out to visit the city of Limerick (Luimneach). My recipe in this post is for Ham, Cheese & Onion Toasties! This post may contain affiliate links. When we returned from our drive on Slea Head in Dingle to […]
Cheesy Garlic Pull-Apart Bread
This is a great snack to share with friends, full of buttery, garlicky flavor and melted cheeeeese! Pull-apart breads and monkey bread recipes are plentiful indeed! And with good reason: Little balls of bread dough drenched in the sweet or savory sauce of ones choice bake up in a convenient and easy-to-disassemble (pull-apart) form! And […]
Savory Shredded Pork Sliders for a Crowd
These tasty pork sliders are made with shredded, seasoned pork on slider rolls, and you can bake up a big batch to make everyone happy! Based on a church supper style pan of sandwiches, this recipe is meant to feed a crowd. The sandwiches are all laid out in a rectangular baking pan, all the fillings […]
Spicy Meatball Bites
These spicy meatballs are a family favorite: perhaps because they’re bacon-wrapped! These little bites were created as my second entry for our great Meatball Showdown! We came together with friends to have a little meatball cook-off, and needless to say it was a delicious afternoon! The spicy meatballs have become quite popular since the Meatball […]
Haley’s Garlic & Lime Guacamole
This is my daughter Haley’s recipe for a superb guacamole! She throws this dip together pretty quickly as a snack, with plenty of tortilla chips of course. All I have to do is leave some avocados and limes on the kitchen table… she cannot resist the lure of the lovely greens. Though this is a […]
Sweet Tooth Snack Mix
A sweet snack mix made of cereal, nuts, chocolate and even sprinkles! It’ll make you smile and definitely satisfy your sweet tooth! This is snack mix made with my daughter in mind. She is away at college and, college is about a lot of extremes: extremely intense classes, extremely late nights, and extreme stress. No wonder […]
Pico de Gallo Salsa
The simplest salsa, but one of the best: loads of spicy, fresh flavor that begs for crisp and salty tortilla chips! What a perfect time of year for fresh vegetables. It’s when veggie non-enthusiasts (sounds better than veggie haters) really feel the pressure to convert, to join the throngs of burlap shopping bag-toting consumers at […]
Sweet Spicy Meatballs
There is something about a meatball that says, “Party!” Except of course if it rolls off the table and out through the door (after a particularly powerful nasal episode.) And sometimes hearing “meatballs” means it’s cloudy out and about to storm in a very unusual but tasty way. (I never saw the Bill Murray movie […]
Chopped Taco Salad with Peppers, Beef & Sweet Corn
The salad is a hearty blend of fresh peppers, tomatoes, and corn plus seasoned ground beef and shredded cheese. Catalina dressing may sound like an unlikely sauce for this salad, but trust me – it is so delicious in combination with the taco-spiced meat and the crisp veggies. This dish has been a favorite of […]
Spicy Cheddar Beer Queso Dip
This Spicy Cheddar Beer Queso is a cross between two delightful, cheesy treats: traditional, smooth and spicy queso dip and the flavorful hearty snack that is Welsh Rarebit. ( I love calling it Welsh Rabbit but but I guess that’s a little silly. Still I would have been tickled to have named this recipe a […]
Roasted Potato Canapes with Bacon Jam & Parmesan
Crisp and thin slices of roasted potato hold sweet-savory bacon jam! *This post may contain affiliate links.* For a recent gathering of friends I brought a little appetizer made with a freshly cooked batch of bacon jam. About a week earlier I had declared to my friend Chris that I would be making an amazing appetizer […]
How To Create a Beautiful Party Cheese Board
Build a gorgeous cheese board filled with a variety of ingredients, flavors and textures that will be the most beautiful dish on the appetizer table! This post may contain affiliate links. Cheese boards are one of my favorite creations to bring to a party! They are stunning and full of delicious offerings that guests love […]