Category: appetizers

  • Handmade All Beef Meatballs

    Handmade All Beef Meatballs

    Hi!! Let’s do an Italian day, shall we? I’ve had this on my list of things to make, oh, I’d say a few months … just never got around to it, you know? Until one Saturday … a cold and windy Saturday here in NW Indiana. Actually, almost a perfect Fall day, but, eh, not…

  • Chicken and Waffle Bites

    Chicken and Waffle Bites

    I recently went to Colorado for a Celebration of Life of a good friend. Not quite the way I wanted to visit the Boulder area but glad I went! The family had the event catered and one of the things they were passing around was the Chicken and Waffles on little picks. They were a…

  • Naked Crispy Chicken Wings

    Naked Crispy Chicken Wings

    Yup, sauceless, nothing but seasoning (salt, pepper, garlic and onion powder) and baked to deliciousness! Yup, baked. Not fried. At all. You probably saw the Crispy Lemon Chicken Wings I posted recently. These are pretty much the same thing EXCEPT no lemon or garlic is involved. We both had a little stomach bug for a…

  • Crispy Lemon Chicken Wings

    Crispy Lemon Chicken Wings

    For years, and I MEAN YEARS, I wouldn’t go anywhere near chicken wings! Chicken Bones! Chicken Skin! And then …. I tried some delicious deep fried (in that turkey fryer contraption) that Mark and John made one weekend and fell in love with wings … Mind you, I’m VERY picky when I order them: well…

  • Taco Smash Burgers

    Taco Smash Burgers

    Smash burgers take on a whole new taste when they are Taco Smash Burgers!

  • Easy Pantry Salsa

    Easy Pantry Salsa

    Super easy salsa using items you probably on hand already!

  • Universal Balsamic Vinaigrette

    Easy universally acceptable balsamic vinaigrette that can be used for so many things !

  • Balsamic Marinated Tomatoes

    We went to a local Italian café a few weeks back and had this delicious tomato salad that they called “Insalata Salad” … sounded fancy but delicious so we coughed up the $16 and ordered it. Yeah, it WAS an appetizer and it was pretty damn good. Then I said, wait! I knew I had…