Leftover Hot Crab Dip Usages

I made a hot crab dip to use up the lump crab meat, sour cream, and cream cheese from Thanksgiving. Cheddar cheese, mayonnaise, grated onion, Zatarain’s Shrimp & Crab Boil, dash of liquid smoke, and smoked paprika were also used in the Hot Crab Dip. I sliced some of the leftover dinner rolls and toasted […]

Fried Manchego Cheese

This recipe is a modification of Bobby Flay’s Baked Manchego with Yellow Pepper Romesco. Bobby didn’t bake the cheese, he fried it. I don’t know why the recipe had baked in the name. I wish I had taken a picture, as it was a beautiful dish, but with Bruce ready to eat it as soon […]

Lebanese Lamb Pies (Lamb Fatayar)

This recipe is a slight modification of the meat fatayar recipe by Maureen Abood from Rose Water & Orange Blossoms. Serves 12 to 24 Makes 24 to 30

Baked Ground Beef Sambusas

Bruce and I had Jeanne (from ajeanneinthekitchen.com) and her husband Larry over for dinner on Saturday for an Ethiopian dinner. I made these and Jeanne was very interested in the recipe, so I am reposting it. I do wish I had taken some time to take some pictures. After reading several recipes, I came up […]

Vegan Stuffed Mushrooms

These are a nice appetizer for vegetarians or vegans. They are also dairy free. Serves 12

Shrimp and Cream Cheese Stuffed Mushrooms

This recipe starts from a modified version of the Shrimp and Green Onion Spread from Williams-Sonoma’s “Easy Entertaining” by George Dolese. I made these stuffed mushrooms for a dinner party and the mushrooms disappeared, with many complements. Serves 12 (2 per person)

Refrigerator Quick and Spicy Pickles

I grew dill this summer so I could make pickles. Heinie’s Market had pickling cucumbers and my dill was ready, so I knew the time was right to make pickles. Serves 32

Malaysian Chicken Satay

This is based on a “Cook’s Illustrated” recipe. I didn’t have several of the ingredients on hand, so this is what I used. It came out beautifully and so good. Bruce did the actual skewering and grilling. This meant dinner was ready when I finished work. Serves 4 to 6

Guacamole

This is my go to guacamole recipe. I don’t recall where I read about grating the onion. Since I don’t care for biting into chucks of onion in my guacamole, I love how grating the onion distributes the onion flavor and I don’t have to worry about a chunk of onion overwhelming the rest of […]

Baked Ground Beef Sambusas

After reading several recipes, I came up with my take on sambusas for an appetizer. Serves 6-8