Simply Cookbooks

Halloween Appetizers

Nancy — Sat, 04 Sep 2010 15:30:22 +0000

Having a Halloween party for the adults? Here are some tasty appetizers that everyone will love. Red Eye Specials Ingredients * 30 small plum tomatoes (about 2 inches long) * 2/3 cup purchased pesto * 2 containers (6 oz. each) bocconcini (mini fresh mozzarella balls) * About 30 pitted black olives * 2 green onions [...]

CARDAMOM

Nancy — Sun, 29 Aug 2010 17:02:22 +0000

Cardamom is one of those spices that you receive when you get a gift box of spices. I have never been sure what to do with it, as it wasn’t something my mother or grandmother used on a regular basis. But I became curious as to what its uses were when I looked in [...]

How to Use and Keep Fresh Tomatoes

Cindi Overfield — Fri, 13 Aug 2010 15:44:14 +0000

My family loves tomatoes. Growing up in Kansas probably had something to do with it. My mother would plant row after row of tomato plants. We would eat them green-fried, sliced for sandwiches or as a side dish with just salt and pepper sprinkled on them. My mother made the best homemade tomato soup with [...]

Bruschetta…My Way

Nancy — Fri, 06 Aug 2010 22:45:37 +0000

Everyone has a recipe for Bruschetta, or you should. This is such an easy dish and there are so many varieties that I really believe you could make a different recipe everyday for a year and still have some leftover, recipes that is. We didn’t feel like eating a big meal tonite, it was just [...]