Good food feeds the soul
The best part of any meal is often what comes before it. These appetizers, snacks, and small bites are inspired by the tapas culture of Spain, the petiscos of Portugal, and the Southern spreads I grew up with — food meant for sharing, grazing, and lingering over.
With Hubby working out-of-town for about three months now, we have lived out of a hotel room more than living at home. We have a fridge and microwave, so eating out or sandwiches, salads, microwave food and takeout have been the story for food. I have …
Flipping through the cookie recipes and I keep seeing ones for Thumbprint Cookies. I have never made them before, so I figured “why not?” I like sugar cookies and I love jam! I say sugar cookies because the cookie dough for these cookies is so …
The holidays would not be complete without sugar cookies, so day 11 is just that. I went the simple route and decorated with colored sugar but iced ones are wonderful as well. And the decorating is so much fun for the whole family. Pop out …
Day 10 of the Baker’s Dozen Cookie Challenge is savory with Lemon, Fennel and Olive Oil Shortbread Cookies. I enjoy savory cookies and think they are really underused. Not all cookies have to be sweet to be enjoyable. Toasting the fennel seeds brings the oils …
The holidays are not complete without some form of gingerbread cookies, so Day 9 of the challenge is Chocolate Gingerbread. I love ginger and chocolate combined with loads of warm sweet and savory spices. YUMMMMY! Of course, you can cut gingerbread into any shape you …
Day 8 of the Baker’s Dozen Cookie Challenge and it is my last gluten-free cookie to share with you. I have finally used up the bag of flour and not buying another one until I have used down some of the regular flour I purchased …
Day 7 of the challenge. I am a week in and have 6 more cookies to go. Phewwww, I do not think I realized how challenging it would be to make so many types of cookies around the same time frame. My neighbor down the …
Day 6 of the Baker’s Dozen Cookie Challenge and it is gluten-Free Ginger Cookies. It was going to be Mexican Wedding Cookie day but they just did not turn out right. It was sad to see them lying in the trash but that is the …
It’s Day 5 of the Baker’s Dozen Cookie Challenge I set myself up for and I have to admit to already getting tired of cookies. Surprising since I have only made five types but generally when I make cookies it is no more than one …
Day 4 of the Baker’s Dozen Cookie Challenge and it is Sun-dried Tomato and Rosemary Shortbread Cookies. A mixture of savory ingredients in a sweet cookie, uses some of the beautiful Sicilian sun-dried cherry tomatoes we brought back from Italy. The tomatoes are more like …