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Pull Apart Bread with Cheese and Olives

Kristen — Tue, 27 Nov 2018 22:18:08 +0000

Pull Apart Bread with Cabot Creamery 5 Cheese Italian Shredded Cheese is a cheese and bread lovers dream! Create the dough in the bread machine to make this recipe extra simple.

I remember the very first time I tried pull apart bread. I was a freshman in college and our student union made the most amazing little fan bread loaves. Students would walk into the union and be overwhelmed with the aroma of fresh baked bread. To further entice us, the little “individual” loaves of homemade bread were packaged in see through plastic sleeves. The sleeves were steam filled, so you knew your little pull apart loaf of bread was hot and fresh.

I’ll admit to pretty much living off of homemade pull apart bread when I was in college. In fact, between these student union fan loaves and the buttery dinner rolls from the restaurant I worked at, I’m not sure I ate much else.

I visited my college campus many years later, highly anticipating the bakery science department was still serving fresh, dreamy fan loaves. My disappointment was evident when there were no fresh bread loaves to be found. Anywhere. What’s a foodie to do when she can’t buy what she wants? She heads home and makes it herself!…

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Greek Feta Chicken Appetizer for a Mamma Mia! Night In

Kristen — Fri, 12 Oct 2018 15:18:52 +0000

This Greek Feta Chicken Appetizer served with baked pita chips is an ideal way to celebrate the Digital and Blu-Ray/DVD release of Mamma Mia! Here We Go Again!

This post is in partnership with Universal Pictures Home Entertainment.

Friends, clear your calendars. Call up your favorite girlfriends. It’s time for a Mamma Mia! Movie Night In! That’s right. Mamma Mia! Here We Go Again is now available on digital and will be available on Blu-ray and DVD October 23rd! My girls and I have been anticipating this movie release since we saw it opening day in theaters this summer. Ella has been playing the soundtrack non-stop. To say this movie release was well anticipated in our house is an understatement. We are VERY excited!…

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Holiday Gifting – Cranberry Orange Butter Recipe

Kristen — Thu, 16 Nov 2017 18:35:11 +0000

Cranberry Orange Butter is a delicious simple appetizer and an awesome homemade holiday gift idea!

It’s that time of year where all across the blogosphere you start seeing holiday gift guides. Honestly, I always have the best intentions of writing up some holiday gift guides for you all. I really do. Then life gets in the way and I’m too busy looking at others holiday gift guides trying to figure out what the heck I’m going to buy everyone on my own list, and forget doing the blog gift guide. Oh well. It appears you all have survived the past 11 years without my holiday gift guide suggestions. What’s another year? …

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Greek Saganaki Appetizer Recipe {Fried Cheese}

Kristen — Fri, 11 Mar 2016 13:00:16 +0000

In anticipation of the March 25th release of My Big Fat Greek Wedding 2, I’m partnering with Universal Pictures to bring you a twist on a favorite Greek appetizer…Saganaki!

Friends, do you know what’s better than fried cheese? Fried cheese AND the long awaited follow ups to one of my all-time favorite movies, My Big Fat Greek Wedding.

If you’ve been to see a movie lately, I’m sure you’ve seen the previews for My Big Fat Greek Wedding 2. The entire cast is back to reveal a big secret and an even bigger Greek wedding! In anticipation of the movie, and because we know you can’t have any Greek event without food, I’ve created a delicious Greek Saganaki Appetizer. Saganaki is basically a slab of slightly breaded and fried, melty, cheese. Sounds great, right? This would be the perfect appetizer to snack on before you and your friends head out to see the movie on March 25th!…

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Whipped Goat Cheese and Honey Spread {Weekly Reads}

Kristen — Tue, 01 Mar 2016 18:50:45 +0000

A review of my most recent books read as well as a look at the Whipped Goat Cheese and Honey Spread Appetizer recipe from the Made In America cookbook.

My plea to my Facebook friends was real… “Will someone PLEASE, PLEASE, PLEASE come get this Whipped Goat Cheese and Honey Spread OUT of my house? I can’t be trusted around it any longer!”

Friends, I was first introduced to this amazing appetizer when my lunch bunch gals and I visited the world renowned Kansas City restaurant, Rye. I had one of the best lunches of my life at Rye, and this Whipped Goat Cheese spread was one of the reasons. It was so good! After my visit, when I received an email from a publisher asking if I’d be interested in receiving the cookbook Made In America, which features the recipes they use at Rye, I jumped at the chance! When the cookbook arrived, I flipped the pages to find out if my favorite new goat cheese appetizer was there, and it was! Naturally, I had to make it….

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Simple Beef and Swiss Roasted Asparagus Bundles

Kristen — Tue, 16 Feb 2016 19:06:35 +0000

Beef and Swiss Roasted Asparagus Bundles, featuring Oscar Mayer Select Naturals Slow Roasted Roast Beef, are a wonderful spring appetizer or simple lunch!

Oh friends, I am so itching for spring to get here, aren’t you? It’s starting to stay lighter, longer in the evening, the last couple of mornings birds have been chirping outside my window, and asparagus is starting to show up in our supermarkets again! I absolutely love that with the springtime season comes asparagus season! It’s one of my favorite vegetables.

Now, I may be jumping the gun on spring a little this year. The asparagus at the store is still pretty wimpy…not like the big, hearty stalks that will be here in the next month or two…but still. I just can’t resist it!…

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Cranberry Walnut Baked Brie Recipe

Kristen — Thu, 10 Dec 2015 18:24:06 +0000

This festive and flavorful baked brie recipe is topped with toasted Fisher Nut’s Walnuts, honey and dried cranberries!

This time of year, I begin to get frequent requests for party appetizer recipes. The truth is, the appetizer category here on Dine & Dish is a little sparse. It’s not that I don’t make appetizers… I guess I just don’t photograph them and post about them. I think it’s about time I beef up my appetizer section for you, so I’m going to start with one of my absolute favorite and oh so easy things to make…baked brie.

Go to any party where baked brie is being served, and you’ll probably notice that it’s one of the very first things to be devoured. People love hot and melty cheese, don’t they? What I love about most baked brie is that it is such a versatile thing to make. You can go savory, like I did with this Baked Brie and Caramelized Onions recipe or you can go sweet, like this Cranberry Walnut Baked Brie recipe I’m sharing today. Baked Brie is really such an easy food to get creative with based on your own flavor preferences….

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Pecan and Pretzel Crusted Baked Chicken Tenders

Kristen — Wed, 14 Oct 2015 19:21:33 +0000

Bored with plain old chicken? Give these simple Pecan and Pretzel Crusted Baked Chicken Tenders featuring Fisher® Nuts a try to switch things up at your dinner table!

I love cooking and baking with nuts. As an ingredient, nuts offer me a level of creativity in recipe development that other ingredients don’t. Nuts are great with chicken, fish, salads, soups, baked goods, ice cream and more! My love for cooking and baking with nuts is why I am so excited to share with you that over the next year I’ll be partnering with Fisher® Nuts to create unique and delicious family friendly recipes to share with you. …

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