Category: Appetizers/Snacks

The Best Baked Crab Cakes

Hi Friends! I figured I owed you a REALLY good recipe since I’ve been absent from Idiot’s Kitchen these past few months so get ready for a doozy! The Best Baked Crab Cakes! And to

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What to Cook for Easter

What to cook for Easter? If you’re hosting Easter dinner this Sunday or looking for a dish to bring along to celebrate with family & friends, we’ve got some suggestions that will put a spring

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Deviled Eggs

Deviled Eggs were the highlight of any family potluck when I was a kid. My cousin Ray used to clean my plate for me so I could go back for seconds of Deviled Eggs. Probably

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The Best Buffalo Chicken Dip

The Best Buffalo Chicken Dip. Just in time for the Superbowl or any serious snacking occasion. Or even dinner…because once you have this warm, gooey dip sitting on your counter, you’re going to want to

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Brown Butter Granola

Brown Butter Granola! I was never a big granola fan until I started making my own. Store bought granola is always so hard and crunchy, way too sweet, and suffering from raisin overload. With homemade

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Last Minute Thanksgiving Suggestions

I’ve done a few of these Thanksgiving round up posts in the past and was going to skip it this year until I found myself googling “slow cooker Thanksgiving side dishes” last night. Jim has

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Quick Spiced Shrimp

Quick Spiced Shrimp is a new recipe that resulted from writing this website and my love of (addiction to) cookbooks. Obviously to keep a cooking website going, I have to try new recipes several days

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Cream Cheese Bacon Poppers

Cream Cheese Bacon Poppers! Easy appetizer. Perfect tailgating treat. Tapas night tidbit. Saturday afternoon snack! These little nuggets of goodness have it ALL going on. I have never been one to deep fry things at

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Shrimp with Green Herbs

Shrimp with Green Herbs is a great weeknight meal.  Shrimp are often my go to ingredient on weeknights because they cook so quickly.  This recipe is even easier than most because once you’ve combined the

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Roasted Beets

Before you say, “EWWW! Gross, beets” and click away, allow me to try to convince you… My theory is that most people who hate beets have never had fresh from the garden, into the oven, lightly

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Pretty in Pink Smoothie

Showing my age with this one… The Pretty in Pink Smoothie! This movie actually showed up on my TV a couple of days after I made this smoothie so the name stuck. I also got

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Ultimate Mango Lassi

I’m just going to go ahead and brag and say that I make a damn good smoothie. It’s not like smoothies are rocket science, but it is fairly easy to go wrong if you’re just

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Tuna & White Bean Salad

Time for another funky salad addiction – Tuna & White Bean Salad! You might be thinking, beans & tuna? Together? The answer is a resounding YES! This was SOOOOO good. Rather than the traditional mayonnaise laden

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Purple Power Smoothie

Purple Power Smoothie! Otherwise known as Blueberry Banana with a few extras thrown in. I used to think I was having a healthy breakfast by eating a cup of store bought yogurt and a banana

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Roasted Strawberries

Roasted Strawberries! The person who thought of this has my undying gratitude. Strawberries are plenty good all on their own but when you roast them, magical things happen. Just like roasting vegetables, heat from the

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