5 Star Makeover Tea Party: Salmon Duo Napoleon with Crême Fraiche

Appetizer Recipes, Exotic World Recipes

This month’s 5 Star Makeover, hosted by the amazing 5 Star Foodie and Lazaro Cooks is another brilliant group presentation: A tea party. Each member was asked to prepare a nibble such as the ones you would find in a tea service. The variant name of Napoléon...

Shrimp Saganaki as a classic Greek Meze

Appetizer Recipes, Exotic World Recipes

Oh so looking forward to what everyone will make for this 5 Star Makeover. Our theme this month is Greek Meze, or appetizers. We all checked in to make sure no recipe will be made twice so watch out for the round up for amazing Greek fare inspiration. I chose a...

Home Cured Pork Tenderloin

Appetizer Recipes, Events

Hello everyone! Today is my 5th Blogiversary! Wow 5 years. And today is my 690th post. Double Wow! This blog saw a different kind of birth compared to most other food blogs. In the beginning it was only restaurant reviews, bad ones when I look back. I started this...

5 Star Makeover: Apples With Beet Hummus and Mint Yogurt Sauce

Fruit Recipes, Appetizer Recipes

OK you caught me, I lied! In my last post I said the next thing I would publish would be the raclette dinner party but, oops, I did not realize it was 5 Star Makeover time. So here is my February entry with BEETS as the theme. Raclette coming up next post! Beets are...

Baked Almond Feta

Appetizer Recipes, Vegan Recipes, Vegetarian Recipes

I came across this recipe quite some time ago and I made it shortly thereafter. Time flies, I am only writing about it now. What got my attention in the first place was the word “feta”, a cheese I really enjoy. Upon further reading I realized there was not...

The Secret Recipe Club: Bloody Mary of the Sea Verrine

Appetizer Recipes, Drink recipes

This is so exciting, it is my first time participating in the Secret Recipe Club. I came across this monthly club while visiting one of my favorite bloggers. I just had to look into it and joined right away. Basically you are assigned by the organizer a fellow club...