appetizer

You. Yeah, you….

April 22, 2013 by Peabody · 24 Comments

Years ago there was a woman on Oprah. I don’t remember who and I don’t remember what she was even on there for but she was trying to convince women that they should wear sexy underwear every day. That they should not be just for date nights and that they would help you feel pretty every day. I have no idea why but at that moment in time that spoke to me and the next thing you know I had tossed out every pair of granny panties I owned. I’ve never bought an ugly pair of undies since because you know if I die in some tragic accident at least the firefighter when ripping off my underwear to save me is like…hey those are nice. ;) The same should go for clothing. I cannot tell you how many people when doing Weight Watchers would get mad that no one was noticing they were losing weight. They would tell me this while standing in baggy jeans and baggy sweatshirts. I would point out that they needed to buy clothing in the size they were now and everyone would protest. Protest because … [Read more...]

Filed Under: appetizer, Northwest Noshings, Savory ·

You are excused….

April 16, 2013 by Peabody · 15 Comments

1. Stayed up until 1 something in the morning Saturday night doing my taxes. I think I invented new swear words. The IRS says food bloggers are a business yet sadly I don’t get any of the benefits of having a home office as it gets used for other things like paying my bills on line. So I get to owe them money. Sigh. 2. Jury duty. Got out of it! Yay! Well didn’t get out of it they just never got to my group number and I was therefore released as of this afternoon! 3. After nine seasons of going to the championship and losing to the same team time in and time out my hockey team finally won in sudden death shoot out. Normally I don’t actually care about winning but darn that felt good. Especially because those guys HATE to lose. 4. People keep asking how the wedding planning is coming along. It’s not. :S See number one. Keep owing people money so can’t save to have one. And while MDP is all about us just going and getting hitched so I can be his wife he didn’t get a … [Read more...]

Filed Under: appetizer, Savory · Tagged With: Gouda, Gruyere, Ham, Pear, Pizza

Dip it good…

March 25, 2013 by Peabody · 16 Comments

I’m not sure if my mom is weird (well actually I know she is) but growing up every holiday came with the full meal but she always made appetizers as well. I am learning that most people don’t do this. I think it started because us kids would get hungry smelling the food cooking and then annoy the crap out of my mom asking when we would be eating…enter appetizers. It’s smart if you think about it…the food smells really good if you are cooking it right. :) So everyone is hungry and sometimes you aren’t moving quickly as the hungry peeps would like (my mom always tells us 20 minutes…that turns into 2 hours). It’s a tradition that has just carried over to me and so I am always on the lookout for new appetizers and dips to serve. The first time I served this I came back to check on it after 15 minutes and it was completely gone. It gets requested A LOT around these parts. It’s a shrimp dip but I have tried it with crab as well and have had equal success. And the one … [Read more...]

Filed Under: appetizer, Dip Me, Savory, Snack Food · Tagged With: appetizer, Dip, Dip Me, Shrimp

Apple of my eye….

March 19, 2013 by Peabody · 7 Comments

Not around much in the food blogging world this week….crazy busy week but crazy good. Don’t worry next week I have nothing and can sit around and talk food…and make food. These are a great appetizer that is a spinoff of my Blue Cheese Cheesecake with Pear Onion Jam I made years ago. If you are saying ewww gross…I can assure you that savory cheesecake is wonderful. And when spread on crackers it’s a fun way to serve a cheese spread. And it classes things up. :D This recipe originally was for a magazine article that ran the story but never paid me. So thanks for that. It’s my fault because they stiffed me before and asked me to do another story telling me check was in the mail. So I figure I will put the recipe up for you all to enjoy since I never got compensated!!! … [Read more...]