A light and fresh appetizer for your next holiday get together! Belgian Endive leaves Smoked salmon (Costco has a great peppery one) Creme Fraiche Capers Top with a little lemon zest After a lot of indulging, your friends and family will love these easy light appetizers.
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My idea of the perfect salad comes in 3’s. You don’t have to have specific ingredients and you can be creative with it! 1. Toss in your favorite kind of cheese. What do you have on hand? Goat cheese, feta, or parmesan..are all great ideas. 2. Add fruit or veggies. Pear, apple, leftover asparagus? They all work! Cut them into different shapes and sizes for look and variety. 3. Add any nuts or seeds that you have in your freezer or cabinet. Cashews, pecans, or pistachios are all great ideas (make sure to toast them). Nuts keep great in the freezer so I always have at least four varieties on hand (same with cheeses). Finally, I always use at least 2 kinds of lettuce. I love the different texture and flavors it gives to the salad. In this case I used 3; spinach, arugula, and baby bibb lettuce. Your perfect salad can be done in 1,2,3!
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I stole this idea from one of my favorite caterers. It is one of my favorite light, EASY appetizers that has great flavors but won’t fill you up. Layer- Dried apricots Cinnamon cranberry goat cheese (or your favorite flavor) Almond (I used honey roasted vanilla but salty/smokehouse would be good too) Honey (I’m lucky and my fabulous neighbors are beekeepers so we have real “local” honey!) Bon appetite!
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Who feels like cooking tonight? Not me, we’re doing takeout. If you’re home for the night preparing for Christmas, my favorite clean out the fridge/no hassle cooking is “fancy” scrambled eggs. I add leftovers, lunch meat, produce, whatever I can find to make it healthy, filling, and pretty darn tasty! I started with sautéing ham, leftover asparagus, tomatoes, fresh spinach, and green onions. I then added the eggs and topped with parmesan. Dinner and done!
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