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.
I love starting out the day with delicious little bites of food. It just gets me going to open the day with wonderful tastes and flavors. Recently I tried the souffles at Panera Bread and thought them to be quite yummy. So yummy, that I …
Summer is finally here and I love sandwiches in the summer. They can go anywhere. On a hike…to watch jazz in the park…by the pool…on a road trip…so many places. It’s the portability! I love portable food. Not to mention the versatility of sandwiches. You …
Hubby and I found some delightful smoked salmon and young garlic at the Fort Collins farmer’s market the other day. I love smoked salmon done in small batches by someone local over the type that is commercially done. It just tastes so much better and brings …
We LOVE tamales in our home. There’s something about the flavors of sweet corn masa pared with pork or some other type of braised meat that is HEAVENLY. Sometimes I even include a few veggies into the mix but today is all about chicken tamales …
We love tapas! Lovely little bites or small plates of food that just explode with multiple flavors when you pop them in your mouth. Tapas can be made of anything, they’re just complete bites of food, kinda like horderves. Tapas are served in Spain at …
Playing around Foodgawker the other day, I came across a blog from the Rusted Ladle that made and used a natural dye for Easter eggs. I was immediately in love because they had managed to create these gorgeous beautiful blue eggs all without using chemical …
It’s springtime and one of my favorite springtime dishes is new potatoes with fresh garden peas. The freshness of these two together just reminds me of spring and newness. It makes me miss home at times because here in Denver, I am just starting to plant …
I’ve probably mentioned this before but I love muffins for breakfast in the mornings. Especially ones that are moist and not dried out and filled with yummy combinations of fruit (and of course I won’t turn down chocolate if it’s involved). I was originally going …
My hubby and I are at it again. We’ve been trying out veggies that we have hated for years due to how they were prepared for us as children. This summer we started out working on the dreaded beets. I grew them in our garden …
In the honor of football starting this week, I have decided to share my rib recipe. If there’s one thing that my husband likes just as much as his chicken wings, it’s ribs. I love ribs as well but I’m really picky about them. Probably …