Appetizers

Snack and appetizer ideas

Eggy Bear’s Sweet Tea Brined Chicken Wings on the Big Green Egg

Eggy Bear’s Sweet Tea Brined Chicken Wings on the Big Green Egg

Denise has a friend, Eggy Bear, who is essentially one of the masters of the Big Green Egg cult.  He recently hooked Melissa up with her own BGE and she is quickly learning the ropes on this incredible smoking device and is hoping to be indoctrinated […]

Tomato Bacon Bites – Mini BLT Explosions

Tomato Bacon Bites – Mini BLT Explosions

For Baconfest The Sequel, Denise asked me to do some items on the ‘lighter’ side just in case everything was uber bacon heavy. I opted for a traditional spinach salad with hot bacon vinaigrette and these little tomato bacon bites. I don’t know what they […]

Bacon Cheese Ball

Bacon Cheese Ball

As much as I love cheese, I am typically not a huge fan of a cheese ball. However, since “everything tastes better with bacon, ” I thought I’d try this Bacon Cheese Ball to see if I could learn to love it. Yep! Everything really does […]

Double Bacon Meatballs

Double Bacon Meatballs

When I was looking through recipes for Baconfest – The Sequel, I came across Double Bacon Meatballs in the March 2014 edition of Food Network magazine. Of course, the name alone caught my eye. Bacon, Beef, Canadian Bacon…how could these possibly be bad? As I […]

Grilled Appetizers

Grilled Appetizers

Grilled appetizers are some of the best appetizers that we make…and we make some pretty good ones!! Not only do we love the taste of these appetizers, but we also love that there is no mess in the kitchen from having to cook them. By […]

Bruschetta and Goat Cheese Crostini

We’ve been making versions of bruschetta for nice and summer like appetizers for a long, long time. So, when we were asked to do a cooking demonstration at a local farmer’s market in Atlanta, this was a natural choice. We wanted to showcase local produce […]

Simple Mediterranean Appetizers

Simple Mediterranean Appetizers

Simple Mediterranean Appetizers. Melissa will have a field day with this one, just watch. “Does it really count if both dips are store bought?” Well, in my case…yes. Let me explain. First of all, I have a true authentic hummus recipe which was passed down […]