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Cranberry Pomegranate Goat Cheese Poppers

Cranberry Pomegranate Goat Cheese Poppers This is the best season. The BEST. It’s just a continuous stream of holidays, parties, gatherings, and desserts (wonderful desserts!) And plenty of amazing appetizers. Plenty of pomegranate. Plenty of cinnamon. Plenty of awesome. These little “poppers” are perfect appetizers. They’re very quick to prepare, and you can even set […]

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Low-carb Smoked Salmon and Avocado Roll-ups

Low-carb Smoked Salmon and Avocado Roll-ups. OK, Daylight Savings Time, you’ve tricked me again! My iPhone changes times automatically… Or at least it did on Sunday! Then yesterday morning, for no reason at all, it switched back to the wrong time, sending me into a whirlwind of confusion! Luckily for me, this is the time […]

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Pumpkin Dip and the Gotye Concert

Tah-dah!!! It’s pumpkin time! I find it amazing how many pumpkin recipes we all have to share, and all of them quite different from each other. I only have 2 or 3 to share with you this year, so I promise not drown you in pumpkin– This particular “recipe”, however, is the easiest freakin’ appetizer […]

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Crispy Kale Chips

Kale chips are my thighs’ best friend. They have saved me from so many nights of craving tortilla chips and popcorn. They love to be put in a big bowl and be eaten like popcorn while I watch a movie. They also really like to accompany mouth-watering dishes like Black Pepper Sesame Sea ScallopsĀ . And […]

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Roasted Vegetable Nachos

For some reason, nachos have been my craving for months now. Literally months. And now, with the Superbowl coming up (can you believe it’s almost February?) I had the perfect excuse to make a heaping dish of hot, cheesy tortilla chips smothered in piles of roasted vegetables and Greek yogurt… Just so I could share […]

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Habanero Shrimp and Jicama Salsa

Alright, before we get to this awesome blend of spicy, zesty, juicy, and sweet shrimpy deliciousness, I have to point out this incredible gem of cinematic genius: I just can’t get over how funny this scheme is. All the effort to turn him into a flea, put him in a box, in yet another box, […]

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Spicy Vegan Quinoa Stuffed Mushrooms

Man oh man oh man I love Quinoa! Man oh man oh man I love Mushrooms! Man oh man oh man I love this combination! These stuffed mushrooms work great as an appetizer, a side dish, or a very tasty and healthy snack! Quinoa (keen-wah) is rich in protein and has perfectly balanced amino acids, […]

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Shrimp and Grouper Fiesta Ceviche

Ceviche, for those who are unfamiliar, is a dish consisting of seafood that has been marinated in lime juice. The seafood is put in the lime juice raw, and the acids in the citrus actually cook it! The first time I remember ever having great ceviche was in Puerto Vallarta, Mexico, in a boat in […]

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