Embracing the abundance of summer vegetables led to a delightful culinary adventure with fresh carrots. The resulting Roasted Smokey Carrot Dip, featuring Spanish smoked paprika, offers a rich, smoky flavor. This versatile dip pairs well with various accompaniments, making it a perfect choice for entertaining. The recipe yields approximately 2 cups and can be refrigerated for up to a week.
Tag: Salsa and Dips
Crudite Platters – Roasted Veggie Chips / Bagna Cauda / Feta & Rosemary Dip
Summer’s bounty of fresh produce can be transformed into delicious Crudité Platters – a fancy way of saying “I’m serving a variety of vegetables for you today.” Get creative with roasted veggies, flavorful dips, and surprising additions like bacon-wrapped cabbage. Impress your friends with a “can’t get enough” crowd-pleaser. Happy Vegetables!
Mango Avocado Salsa Salad w/Corn & Black Beans
Bring on different types of greens and combine that with a tropical summer feel (and maybe a light tropical cocktail), and you have yourself a salad that eats like a meal. Or omit the greens and add chips and queso for a new kind of nacho spread. Either way, this Mango Avocado Salsa w/corn &…
Strawberry Tomato Salsa
This was the first meal invented from the 2021 CSA and it started the season off right. So, very ripe strawberries paired with equally vibrant tomatoes created a sweet, but savory topping for grilled balsamic marinaded chicken. I’m not sure if it was the long winter, the anticipation of fresh local produce or just the…
Tropical Salsa w/SS Ricotta Spread and Baguette
This summer has been a hot one, full of humidity, sunshine, and the opportunity to sit outside on a Sunday morning enjoying the breeze and birds chirping. It is SUMMER! The reason why all midwesterners persevere thru long winters – to enjoy these months of sunshine and green grass. That season change as the world…
Ricotta Spread with Home Made Ricotta
I took a day off from work recently with the thought of relaxing and doing almost nothing. From the moment I woke up, I did whatever I wanted – long walk with the dog, coffee on the coach, watching master classes, flipping channels, etc. The lack of the ‘have to do’s’ left me open to…
Pineapple Avacado Salsa
You may start to see a theme right now in the recipes that I am posting. That theme would be SPRING!!! It is time for every last bit of snow to be gone and the outdoors to be nice and warm. I want to sit on my patio with a glass of wine while my…
Super Simple Salsa
There are so many types of salsa when you walk into any grocery store. I could be overwhelming if you don’t know what type you are hungry for. That is where this recipe is fun – because you make it yourself. You can take out some of the heat if you don’t want or add…
Grilled Pineapple Salsa
Pineapple is always and sweet and healthy way to sweeten up any dish, whether breakfast, lunch or dinner….and this salsa could play a part of any one of those three meals. Originally made for my birthday, it was later requested at further family functions because it combines just the right amount of heat and sweet…
Homemade Guacamole
Homemade Guacamole Ingredients: 1/4 Cup Diced Onion 1/2 Cup Diced Tomato 2 Ripe Avocados (you know they are ripe, when you push them and they’re somewhat smooshy … and yes, smooshy is the technical term) 2 Tsp Minced Garlic 1/4 tsp Garlic Powder 1-2 Lime(s), Juiced Salt & Pepper to taste Preparation: Here’s the hard…
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