It’s fresh-baked cheddar crackers in a straw shape, which is fine with me. The crackers are crisp, cheesy, and buttery. Delicious in every way. I did not have a party to bring these to, but they would make a great party appetizer. I made these mainly because I saw them on a popular blog and… Continue reading Homemade Cheese Straws
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Low Fat Baked Onion Rings Recipe
Our family loves these oven-baked onion rings, and we’ve been making them for a long time. Sweet Vidalia onions are coated in flour, then buttermilk, and then crushed potato chips. To spice things up a bit, I add dried herbs to my friend’s recipe along with cayenne pepper. My recommendation is to cut your rings… Continue reading Low Fat Baked Onion Rings Recipe
Homemade Peanut Butter Recipe
It’s straightforward to make your own peanut butter, and everyone should try it. I bought some honey-roasted peanuts soon after seeing this recipe on another blog a while back. Sadly, I didn’t make it. Then, this past weekend, as I was preparing the Udon Noodles with a lime-peanut sauce, I realized that I didn’t have… Continue reading Homemade Peanut Butter Recipe
Healthy Rasberry Smoothie Recipe
As soon as it was picked, I made it a few weeks ago. It was amazing. Veggies and cheese piled on top of a crusty baguette soaked in eggs overnight. My husband and I cut this recipe down to serve two, and it was just right. I followed the recipe fairly closely, except for using… Continue reading Healthy Rasberry Smoothie Recipe
A Refreshing Gazpacho with Grapes
We are not really a gazpacho eating household. I think both of us just don’t really care for cold soup. In addition, most gazpacho’s are tomato based and we do not like tomatoes when they are uncooked and so tomatoey. However, this week’s recipe is a white (or really, green) gazpacho. This is definitely not… Continue reading A Refreshing Gazpacho with Grapes
Roasted Red Pepper Hummus
I think by now hummus is so mainstream that everyone knows how delicious and healthy it can be. That said, not all hummus is created equal. I have had some unbelievable hummus and I have also had some stuff labeled hummus that should be embarrassed by itself. For a while I was content to eat… Continue reading Roasted Red Pepper Hummus
Tortilla Triangles Snack
This is just a quick lunch that I put together for myself on a day off from work, and it turned out delicious. I also think this would be a great hors d’oeurve or appetizer to serve at a party. I had some flour tortillas leftover in the fridge, so I topped it with some… Continue reading Tortilla Triangles Snack
Easy to Make Twice Baked Potatoes
Generally speaking we eat “healthy” low fat meals during the week and throw caution to the wind in a butter-animal-vegetable fat smorgasbord kind of way on the weekends. That said, I am a firm believer that cooks resort far too often to the addition of extraneous fats to carry their flavor(less) meal compositions into the… Continue reading Easy to Make Twice Baked Potatoes
Homemade Caesar Salad Recipe
I am not a big salad eater. I think it is partially because cleaning and chopping lettuce is one of my least favorite things to do in the kitchen. However, I always enjoy a good Caesar salad. We have been making the Caesar salad recipe in this post for years. We found the original on… Continue reading Homemade Caesar Salad Recipe
Warm Spinache and Artichoke Dip
I love spinach artichoke dip, and I have made this recipe a few times before so I knew it was going to be good. I made this at my parent’s house for a family party, and I added some lump crab meat this time. My dad bought a can of colossal crab meat that was… Continue reading Warm Spinache and Artichoke Dip