Veggies and Dip in Wine Glasses

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Please do not go searching for a recipe.  I'm just posting this as an idea.  I tried it for the first time on Christmas Eve...lots of good feedback.  Who wouldn't love individual servings of veggies and dip?  You don't have to worry about double dipping, you don't have to worry about cold dip running into your other warm appies on the plate...it's really just a win win.

I bought veggie dip because I had so much other things to do, making dip from scratch wasn't my concern.  Put it in wine glasses and added the cut up veggies.  I did celery sticks, carrot sticks and red peppers....nice colour variety.

Boom.  Done.  

And so pretty looking on your buffet table...who doesn't love pretty?

Grilled Avocado with Salsa

Oh my goodness...this was soooo good.  It was a huge hit and got eaten up by everyone pretty quickly.


It was too easy to make!  I made the salsa before hand, so the day of our Mexican fiesta, it was just a matter of grilling the avocados.

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Go check out Meatless Monday for the recipe.


I only made one change...


To make the salsa, the recipe calls for a can of fire roasted tomatoes...I could not find fire roasted tomatoes. I ended up just buying a jar of pasta sauce that said "fire roasted tomato".  And who knows...maybe that's what they meant?  Either way...delicious!

Black Bean and Rice Stuffed Peppers

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I recently had a girl's night at my house.  I was craving a Mexican fiesta, but didn't want to make something I always make...I wanted to try something new.

Enter...stuffed peppers.

Okay...these were so good and you know what....they were even better heated up as left overs for lunch a couple of days later.

When I made mine, I made way too much filling, so guess what us ladies made for breakfast the next morning...

That's right!  Breakfast burritos.  We put the filling in a large skillet and cracked in a bunch of eggs.  Then we heated up corn tortillas and cheese in another skillet, added the filling, some fresh salsa and guacamole...DELICIOUS!  

So you get two meals out of one...who doesn't love that?

Go visit Simply Life for the recipe.

I did make some changes...of course, right?

- I used white basmati rice and cooked it in my rice cooker.

- I forgot to add the corn and lime juice

- I did broil step in the oven earlier in the day and when I went to take the skin off, it wasn't coming off as easy as it normally does, so I left it on.  Next time, I would skip this entire step

- Instead of doing mine in the oven, I bbq'd them....who doesn't love a good char?

That's it!

Enjoy!

Asparagus with Tomatoes and Feta

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I saw this picture on Pinterest and didn't even look at the recipe, I just went home and made my own version.


I will link up a recipe for you reciper lovers (Tracey...)


I tossed my asparagus with olive oil, sea salt and pepper and grilled it on heat...just enough to cook it slightly and char it up a bit.


In a bowl I mixed chopped tomatoes, feta, green onions, garlic, and balsamic vinegar.


Topped the asparagus and served.  The next day, I had just put the mixture over my asparagus before heating it all up in the microwave...still delicious!


For You Recipe Lovin People

Cauliflower and Ham in Cheese

In keeping it real...I'll show you how mine turned out...

I even thought maybe I could "hide" liquid....

With that being said....it was really good! 


I served it with chicken, but that made for a boring colour palette so I would add some green next time.


Next time I would omit the salt...it was way too salty.  I should have known better since I do know that ham is salty.  I also would probably just omit the ham and keep it as a veggie only side.  I used half cheddar and half mozza for the cheese.  I also would add more flour or play around with it to make sure it was more of a cheese sauce....not cheese soup.


Tasty Kitchen has the recipe.


Let me know if you try it.


I'm in charge of veggies for Easter dinner, so I might retry this one without the ham.  I'll let you know how it turns out after a second attempt.


Now I just want to find a good "green" veggie recipe for this weekend.

Sweet and Sour Red Cabbage

My kitchen has the worst lighting, so I had a hard time trying to take a good picture of it.  I couldn't.  All my pictures make it look horrible, you would never want to eat it, if you saw my pictures.


They have a picture posted up here along with the recipe you can print off.


I remember hating this as a kid, now I love it.  I followed the recipe and found it actually tasted better the next day as leftovers.