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Spicy Shrimp Toasts with Lemon Garlic Butter – Is it an Appetizer or an Entree…You decide!
Succulent, quick sauteed Shrimp with a light Cajun Spice served on toasted French Bread with a luxurious drizzle of Lemon Garlic Butter are seriously delicious.
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Peach, Pecan, and Ricotta Crostini with Honey and Basil tastes like Summer should, all in one bite.
If you are that person like me who patiently waits for the local peaches to FINALLY come in season, this is the recipe for you.
There is absolutely nothing like that perfectly ripe, succulent and sweet, juice dribbling down your chin peach. When you take that little slice of summer perfection and place it on creamy ricotta which has been spread on a crisp crostini, dizzle with honey, sprinkle with toasted pecans, and garnish with fresh basil……oh my!
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Oh Shrimp Dumplings, how I adore you! The perfect medley of mouth watering shrimp, cabbage, green onion, ginger, sesame oil, and garlic all magically wrapped up in a delightful dough steamed to tender perfection with a crispy edge. Dipped in a salty-sweet soy sauce, it’s a little bite of heaven.
Is it wrong to admit that sometimes the motivation behind making Shrimp Dumplings is simply that I love them so much that I want them for dinner? Not as an appetizer, but sometimes that is ALL I wanted for dinner.
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Grilled Goat Cheese Bruschetta is toasted on the barbecue grill, smeared with creamy Goat Cheese, and topped with a bright, flavorful Tomato, Kalamata Olive, and Herb Salad.
Whether you enjoy it as antipasto or along side a succulent piece of grilled chicken, you won’t want to miss this Grill Season treat that takes Bruschetta to the next level!
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These Shrimp Cakes with Corn Salad and Roasted Red Pepper Sauce are so delicious!
In my last post, Asian Shrimp Cakes with Mango Chutney and Honey Sriracha Sauce, I described the very entertaining dilemma of how to get a crispy cake full of fantastic, seafood flavor with a tender, flavor packed interior when crab is just not available. The answer is SHRIMP!
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Asian Shrimp Cakes with Mango Chutney and Honey Sriracha Sauce are so bright and flavorful, you will want to make these again and again!
It’s funny sometimes how a recipe can come about. I really had a hankering for crab cakes. Well, crab is definitely rather limited in the Midwest unless you want to buy it in a can and who wants to do that? So the question became how to get that perfect bite of seafood cake that is crisp on the outside and bursting with fresh seafood flavor on the inside. …
This Crunchy Apple and Bacon Salad with Candied Pecans is seriously scrumptious!
One of the things I love about this Crunchy Apple and Bacon Salad with Candied Pecans is that it can be made year round. Don’t get me wrong, I absolutely love finding my dinner inspiration from a trip to the farmer’s market. But what do you do in the dead of winter when you are craving a huge bowl of something fresh and just bursting with flavor?
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There is not a more iconic game day food, in my opinion, than wings and these Sticky Honey Sriracha Wings are a definite win!
We love wings at my house. During BBQ season, we have what we call ‘Wing Fest’. Completely overload the BBQ grill with a ton of wings so there will be plenty of leftovers, and toss them in a variety of sauces. While it can be hard to compete with traditional Buffalo, Sticky Honey Sriracha Wings is a total favorite and the name says it all. A sticky, sweet, spicy heat with an Asian twist.
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How to Roast Garlic and why you absolutely should.
Maybe a better question, is why wouldn’t you want to? Roasting garlic is such a simple process. It takes a spicy, pungent, but oh so delicious flavor and transforms it into a sweet, caramelized, mild and soft little bite of heaven.
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Oven Baked Sweet Potato Fries & Garlic Aioli!
Baked Sweet Potato Fries are a somewhat new addiction for our family, but definitely have been a very frequent dinner guest in recent months. The perfectly seasoned, crispy and caramelized outside and tender inside of the sweet potato fry dipped into a cool, smooth garlicky aoili is simply scrumptious.
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