Category: Appetizer

Foods served in lieu of meal or before the main course.

Why not Make your Own Velveeta Cheese Velveeta doesn’t taste like I remember! Looking for options, I set out to make my own so you can use your favorite cheese blend. We always had Velveeta…

At some point in my teens I hand copied my mother’s recipe box, the internet made cards almost obsolete. My recipe box still sits on the shelf in plain sight, I’m slowing digitizing family favorites.…

Fussy Eater Fix: Pick your Vegetable and Protein for this Quiche This Crustless Quiche recipe is perfect when multi-tasking breakfast. Once blended, pour the egg mix over vegetables and protein mixture of choice. Once in…

 Mango Banana Ricotta Cream with Protein After a busy day working in the gardens we settled in to prepare our evening meal. My husband, the king of subliminal hints, mentioned a ricotta cream with grilled…

Seven Layer Dip with Endive An appetizer that is both visually appetizing and flavorful, sure to be a hit at your next gathering. Quick to make, loaded with vegetables, and uses endive scoops around the…

Grilled Pineapple Ricotta Cream We were watching the cooking show, when Giada De Laurentiis came on. Suddenly she puts together a quick and easy dessert recipe called Ricotta Cappuccino, it looked great. We had ricotta,…

Stuffed Artichokes This is a recipe I copied from “The Italian Woman’s Club” 1970 edition, I  have always had good luck with this version of stuffed artichokes and it gets good reviews by friends and…

Chocolate Shakeology Date Ball Cookie This is the Chocolate Shakeology Date Nut no bake cookies/bar that I featured earlier. It tastes like the Lara Jocalat bars..  What better way to get your kids to eat…

Homemade meatballs This recipe for meatballs comes from a 1960’s grange cookbook and was titled Polpettes. I have used many many times and is always a huge favorite. It’s posted in it’s original form from…

Chocolate Date Nut no bake cookies/bar This is a bar/cookie that tastes like the Lara Jocalat bars.. Try these and your family will love them. What better way to get your kids to eat fruit…