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Apple Sweet Potato Toast is the perfect crunchy and sweet snack. Enjoy it any time of day or serve it as an appetizer at your next party. The sweet potato toast trend has taken root, and now I understand why. If you haven’t heard, sweet potato toast is a toasted (or baked) sweet potato slice…
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| Wondering how to make glazed nuts? These Gingerbread Glazed Almonds are a little sweet and a little spicy. Snack on them at home or share them as a DIY gift this Christmas! I’ve been craving gingerbread since October. No kidding. I just want one delicious square – perfectly spiced with just the right amount…
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These Pesto Roasted Almonds are the perfect snack or crunchy addition to salad or pasta! Disclosure: California Almonds paid my expenses to attend the 2016 Almond Harvest Experience, but I was not compensated to write this post. I just wanted to share this delicious recipe and a little of what I learned on the trip! Last…
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These easy, cheesy corn cakes with sharp cheddar and scallions are the perfect whole grain appetizer, snack or base to hold more food! This month’s recipe redux challenge was to recall our earliest culinary memories. I immediately thought about summers spent shelling butterbeans and shucking fresh corn on the porch with my Grandma, then packing…
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These easy blistered shishito peppers will be your new favorite summer snack. The peppers are sautéed in toasted sesame oil for a nutty, sometimes spicy appetizer. | I gave you a refreshingly cool recipe last time. This one brings the heat! Sometimes. With a heat index several times lower than a jalapeno pepper, shishito peppers…
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This easy homemade pecan butter sweetened with maple syrup and finished with a sprinkle of kosher salt comes together in just a few minutes. Made with only 4 ingredients, this nut butter is perfect spread on toast, as a dip for fruit, and wrapped up with a bow for an easy homemade Christmas gift! October…
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This easy grilled cantaloupe recipe combines two of my summer favorites: sweet, juicy fruit and smoky flavor from the grill. | I’m back with a new Try it Tuesday post. And this one is super simple. Grilled Cantaloupe. I’ve had grilled peaches, grilled pineapple, and even grilled watermelon but until this week, I had not tried grilled…
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This vegan Smoked Sea Salt Popcorn recipe was inspired by the bacon-flavored popcorn at one of my favorite Atlanta restaurants. In the spirit of Halloween, this month’s recipe redux theme is spooky spices. You know – the herbs you bought and used once or those jars of obscure spices you somehow acquired but just can’t seem to…
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These easy carrot straws are sweet with a hint of heat, crunchy and slightly addictive. This month’s recipe redux challenge is to dehydrate or otherwise dry the season’s best fruit and vegetables for later use. When I saw the theme, I was a little concerned as I don’t have a dehydrator… yet. I worked with the…
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These rosemary parmesan cheese crisps are the perfect crunchy, low carb snack or appetizer! Do you love toasted cheese? Strange question? Maybe. But think back to your last grilled cheese sandwich. Remember the little crispy cheese parts – the orphaned pieces of cheese that accidentally got a little too toasty on the grill? Well, I…
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This two ingredient slow cooker applesauce makes a healthy snack or sweet topper for oatmeal or yogurt. This has to be the easiest, most versatile dish I’ve ever made via the slow cooker. You simply combine apples with cinnamon and turn on the slow cooker. I actually wanted to make this with pears but the…
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