02 Friday Apr 2021
Posted in love to cook, seafood
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bell peppers, butter, celery, chicken broth, crawfish, flour, onion, scallions
When you have family from New Orleans come into town during Crawfish season, it can only mean one thing! We’re having a Crawfish Boil!! And what a glorious boil we had. But in the end, that 40 pound sack of crawfish was more than we could eat in one sitting and that’s how Crawfish Étouffée came to be.
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01 Thursday Apr 2021
Posted in adventures in chocolate, cocktails & coffees, desserts, love to cook, sauces, vegetarian
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Fresh Raspberry Purée or Raspberry Coulis is such a lovely way to add a finishing touch to a dessert or elevate a bowl of ice cream or swirl into a frozen cocktail.
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31 Wednesday Mar 2021
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Is it just me or do you agree that Meatballs are a Fabulously FUN Food? I think if I were going to have a Food Truck (and you know we’ve all secretly wanted to own a food truck), I’d make it all about the meatballs ~ Mobile Meatballs (ooo or maybe Meatball Madness). The possibilities are endless.
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31 Wednesday Mar 2021
Posted in chicken & turkey, gluten free, international, love to cook, Mediterranean, salads
I adore the flavors in these Greek Chicken Meatballs. Lemon and feta and fresh spinach and herbs all playing so nicely together. Ground chicken is such a wonderful canvas for painting big bold flavors and that’s exactly what we’ve done on this Greek Meze platter.
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30 Tuesday Mar 2021
Posted in breads, breakfast & brunch, casseroles & comfort food, love to cook
Since breakfast is my favorite meal of the day it was only fitting that before March Meatball Madness came to a conclusion that we come up with a Breakfast Meatball. I stumbled on this idea quite by accident.
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29 Monday Mar 2021
Posted in appetizers, gluten free, healthy choices, love to cook, Share the Love, vegetarian
Through all of this March Meatball Madness I have received several requests through social media (some subtle, some not) to share more vegetarian options. This veggie loving lady is happy to oblige! With these Eggplant Meatballs you’ll never even miss the meat.
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29 Monday Mar 2021
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The Negroni Cocktail is classically made with equal parts Gin, Italian Sweet Vermouth and Compari (or similar Italian bitter like Cappelletti), stirred (not shaken) over ice, and served with a twist or slice of orange. It’s well known for it’s lovely color and perhaps less known for it’s colorful history.
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28 Sunday Mar 2021
Posted in beef, pork, lamb, burgers & sandwiches, love to cook
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bacon, coleslaw, ground pork, Hawaiian Red Sea salt, Hawaiian sweet rolls, liquid smoke, pineapple, spicy mayo
These smoky Kalua Pork Meatball Sliders are a play on the classic Hawaiian luau favorite ~ Kalua Pork. The meatball alone is slightly salty, a little smoky, very juicy and oh so delicious. Not going to lie, several meatballs never found their way to the Hawaiian sweet rolls, they were that good.
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27 Saturday Mar 2021
Posted in love to cook, pasta, salads, side dishes
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In Hawaii the plate lunch is their most popular dish. Yes, the poke bowl is a close competitor, but every road side stand, food truck, and hole-in-the-wall restaurant offers a plate lunch. Classically your ‘plate’ will include a protein, then they add two scoops of white rice and a generous serving of Hawaiian Macaroni Salad. It’s a carb lovers dream!
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26 Friday Mar 2021
Posted in love to cook, Share the Love, soups, stews, chili
Italian Wedding Soup is one dish I could not give up. It has to be the flavor packed tiny meatballs….no actually it’s the fresh spinach leaves and miniature pasta all bathing in wonderful homemade chicken broth…oh wait I’m certain it’s the final swirl of egg and salty Parmesan cheese that makes this soup near the top of my comfort food list.
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