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Thai Chicken Salad with Peanut Dressing

May 31, 2012 By Julie 18 Comments

With Memorial Day officially in the tail lights, it’s time to begin ushering in the warm weather season. The boys have one week of school left and then we  turn off the alarm clocks and turn on the lazy days of summer. Well… maybe not so lazy if you’re in this family. We’re taking a week to recover and then it’s full steam ahead with camps, travels and summer school programs. This year we’ll be coasting everywhere from Delaware to Hilton Head to Minneapolis and back again. I’m actually going to be attempting my first overnight drive cross country with all three boys and no husband in tow for moral support (and associated heavy lifting). Wish me lots and lots of luck; I’ll be fortunate to make it out in one piece.

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Filed Under: Appetizers, Chicken, cookbook review, Food, Main Course, Other, Salads Tagged With: Cooking Light, gluten free, Healthy, salads, summer

Shrimp-tastic Quesadillas

May 21, 2012 By Julie 10 Comments

I must admit, since creating the chicken wraps from the Sargento recipe site a couple weeks back, I’ve found myself surfing back there on occasion, looking for more quick and tasty dinner time ideas.   Last night the return trip arose from a desire to use up some leftover cooked shrimp from  a low country boil eaten the night before.  I popped over to take a gander and right on the front page, staring straight at me as if to say, “eat me you sassy, hungry home cook you”, was a simple and straightforward recipe for chipotle shrimp quesadillas.

Bingo.

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Filed Under: Appetizers, Food, Main Course, Other, Seafood, Snacks, Sponored Posts Tagged With: Chipotle, Mexican, Motherhood, Sargento

The Sargento Thin to Win Challenge

May 8, 2012 By Julie 7 Comments

If you know me at all, then you’ll know I like to be quick and efficient in the kitchen.  Don’t get me wrong, I enjoy a slow and perfected weekend meal as much as the next mom chef, but during the week that’s just not always possible.   What I’ve discovered, however, is that if I take the time to make a bit extra of whatever dish it is that I’m cooking up on a Sunday when the time allots, I’ll reap the rewards later in the week when eating is a much more rushed experience.

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Filed Under: Chicken, Food, Main Course, One Dish Meals, Other, Sponored Posts Tagged With: avocado, cheese, lunch, Sargento, wrap

Mexi-Slaw: An Exotic Dish to Honor Adventurous Spirits

April 30, 2012 By Julie 11 Comments

Every time I put together a Mexican dish, I can’t help but think of my Aunt and Uncle living down in Baja Mexico doing exactly what they were meant to be doing.

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Filed Under: Appetizers, Food, Other, Salads, Sides, Sponored Posts, Veggies Tagged With: coleslaw, kitchencookoff, mayoless, MSN

Cheesy Bacon Bean Dip

January 19, 2012 By Julie 15 Comments

Football lovers rejoice! The Super Bowl is almost here. I don’t know about you, but I look forward to the big game. On top of the fact that its arrival ushers out the long, cold month of January (it’s only 31 days, but I swear it feels twice that long), I also find that it provides me with an excuse to create some seriously satiating appetizers.

I’ve been toying with the idea of a bean dip for some time now. While there’s always freedom to experiment with flavors, a couple of requirements were necessary for this endeavor straight out of the gate:

  • It had to be hot because, let’s be honest, hot dip rocks.
  • It had to be cheesy because, well, I myself am a bit cheesy (this girl does love her Wisconsin dairy).
  • Last, but most definitely not least, it needed to be crudité worthy, therefore satisfying my veggie intake needs for the day.

Well, get ready, because I achieved all three goals and scored a two-point conversion in the process with the bonus addition of protein-charged beans to the mix. The final result is flavorful football fare that will leave you and your guests filled and content.

Kick off your Super Bowl party right by cooking up a couple slices of fresh-cut bacon. When the bacon is crisp and hot, remove it from the pan and chop. Reserving a teaspoon or two of the grease, slide your heat dial to medium and drop in a bit of diced onion and fresh garlic.

Sear it up for a minute or two and then toss in a can of rinsed and drained cannellini beans.

Swirl around the pan for a couple moments allowing them the opportunity to heat up.  Dial the heat back down to medium low and stir in a bit of sour cream (light is ok), mayo, and one of the two chopped bacon slices.  Transfer the hot mixture to a food processor and spin until smooth.

Finally, drop in a few handfuls of pepper jack cheese, a pinch or two of Parmesan and a few choice flavor enhancers including oregano, Worcestershire and hot pepper (to taste).  Add salt if needed and sprinkle the remaining chopped bacon and a little green onion over the top.

Even if your team doesn’t make it to the big game this year, you can be assured that between the clever commercials and the over-abundance of pigskin-dedicated fare, you’ll finish the evening with a satiated appetite and, if you’re lucky, a coveted Super Bowl win.

And if not, there’s always next year.

This post is being shared over at MSN’s Kitchen Cookoff.  Be sure to drop by and show a little love!

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Cheesy Bacon Bean Dip

Yield: About 2 Cups of Dip

Total Time: 25 min

Ingredients:

2 Slices Bacon
1/4 Onion Chopped
2 Cloves Garlic, Minced
1 15 Oz. Cannellini Beans, Rinsed and Drained
1/2 Cup Chicken Broth
1/2 Cup Sour Cream
1 Tablespoon Mayonnaise
3/4 Cup Shredded Pepper Jack
3 Tbsp Parmesan Cheese
1 tsp Worcestershire
1/4 tsp Oregano
A Few Drops Hot Pepper, to Taste
Optional Garnish: 1 Green Onion, Chopped

Directions:

Cook up the two bacon slices until crisped and brown. Pull out and chop.

Reserve a teaspoon or two of the grease and on medium heat, brown up the onion and garlic.

Add in the beans and stir around for a minute or two to heat them up.

Turn the heat down to medium low and add in the broth, sour cream, mayo and one of the chopped bacon slices.

Transfer the mixture to a food processor and blend until smooth.

Pour back into the pan and add in the cheeses, Worcestershire, oregano and hot pepper. Add salt if needed.

Garnish with the remaining bacon and a chopped green onion. Serve with crudités and pita chips and/or a hunky loaf of fresh baked bread.

Filed Under: Appetizers, Food, Other, Snacks, Sponored Posts Tagged With: appetizer, Bacon, beans, cheese, crudite, dip, kitchencookoff, MSN

The Best of the Best and a New Years Wish

December 30, 2011 By Julie 14 Comments

What an unforgettable food filled year it’s been!  We marinated meats and slurped up soups.  We concocted a few crazy condiments and baked up some seriously beautiful loaves of bread.  Best of all we feasted on mounds of decadent and downright dazzling desserts.  When the flour settled and the dishes were all cleared, what we found ourselves left with was a virtual cookbook chocked full of ravishing recipes, the likes of which my family would have never seen if it weren’t for this always appetizing never boring journey through the world of food blogging.

In the spirit of the upcoming New Year, I thought it might be fun to recap a few of the top dishes from the past 12 months.   The new year promises to be one filled with many more savory sides, appealing appetizers and mouthwatering mains.  Thank you so much for following along with me on this sometimes experimental, always 100% edible adventure.  You all are the ship that guides me; I wouldn’t be here without my fellow foodie friends (yep, I’m talking about you).

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Filed Under: Everything Else, Food, Other Tagged With: New Years, recipe round up

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