I love a nice creamy chicken salad sandwich. I decided to take my traditional chicken salad and kick it up! My Bacon Chicken Salad Sandwich with Pecans is delicious! I started by roasting my chicken in a bunch of spices. BTW, you can easily substitute turkey for the chicken or even ham. Next, I baked…
Appetizers
Jalapeno Popper Stuffed Pretzels with Chicken
Spicy, Buttery, Goodness! I love spicy food, I love spicy food, I love spicy food! Yes, it deserves three praises…lol…but really I do love spicy food. When I say spicy, I mean spicy in two ways. I want it flavored with lots of great spices but I also want some heat. My Jalapeno Popper Stuffed…
Bacon and Cheese Deviled Eggs
Blame IT On the Eggs! An egg is not just an egg people! Believe me when I tell you, these are some of the best Deviled Eggs you will ever eat! First off, THE BACON, yes, bacon, not only bacon, but bacon plus bacon grease…shh…don’t tell anyone…OK, I give in, tell everyone! I took hard…
Tomato Tarts with Bacon and Cheese
Flaky Good Eats! I love a savory tart, actually I just love tarts, sweet or savory! When you take some crispy bacon, combine that with vine-ripen tomatoes, and mozzarella cheese, you already have a winner on your hands. My Tomato Tart with Bacon and Cheese is the perfect flaky snack! I took my basic tart…
Mini Salmon Croquettes with Creamy Avocado Sauce
Crispy Bites of JOY! These are Big Goo approved. And he doesn’t like salmon as I have mentioned in the past. He described them as crispy bites of spicy joy! Yep, his words, not mine! If you’re not a big fan of salmon you can use white fish, shrimp, tuna, or crab. These will turn…
Grilled Chipotle Steak Kabobs with Chimichurri Sauce
Tender-licious! If these kabobs don’t come out tender then you need to check your meat, and/or check your olive oil, because something is seriously wrong! These Grilled Chipotle Steak Kabobs with Chimichurri Sauce are so moist they are falling off the skewer. You can’t ever go wrong with marinating steak in extra virgin olive oil…
Hot Spicy BBQ Shrimp
I LUV BIG SHRIMP! Happy Memorial Day People! Yes, once again, I am grilling. I love being outside and I love the sun and that means I love a good barbeque. Today is all about my Hot Spicy BBQ Shrimp. You all know Big Goo by now, but what you don’t know is Big Goo…
Confetti Cheese Dip
Dip TIME! My favorite time of the day is when I can eat a big bowl of hot, cheesy, dip! This dip is not only hot and cheesy but it’s just plain, dreamy. Yes, I said dreamy. After you eat it I promise you will dream about it! I started with a whole bunch of…
Grilled Chicken Cobb Salad with Strawberry Vinaigrette
If you have been following my site, you already know, I love salads. I know from the appearance of my blog you would think I only eat bacon, butter, more bacon. Not true! Now, although I do love those things, let’s be a little realistic, we can’t eat bacon everyday. I know, sad, huh?…
Mexican Fiesta Fries
I really don’t know what to say about these fries. OK I feel like I have a few words, lol. These fries are delicious! I was at home and looking in the pantry and I saw four potatoes and figured it was fry time. Fry time is when you take some homemade, hand cut fries…
Italian Scallion Cheese Bread
Mama Mia! You all know the story, I love cheese, I love bread, I love food. But, yes, but, more than anything I love homemade Italian Cheese Bread. This bread is a winner, and you can’t beat the taste of fresh, cheesy, ooey (new word), gooey, hot bread, right out the oven! The key, fresh…
Applewood Smoked Chicken Kabobs
Grilling Time! Grilling Time! I have put my Mother’s Day present to great use. I have grilled everyday and I just love it! I decided that I wanted to grill some Kabobs today. I just bought some new Applewood Smoked Salt and it smells delicious. If you have never used smoked salt, it’s a must…
Spicy Pork Tamales
Goodness! Yes, I know Cinco De Mayo ended two days ago. Hey, I can eat Mexican food everyday, and that is why I made these Spicy Pork Tamales. I was going to make them for Cinco De Mayo, but I had cooked so much food, I decided to hold off for a couple of days…
Spicy Rooster Wings
Chicken Feast! It’s chicken time again!I love chicken wings, as you can tell, I made my Cholula Wings just a few days ago. But today, it’s Asian wings, a Big Goo request. These wings are SPICY! I can’t even tell you they’re mild because they‘re not. They are pure-d-hot! I made some cripsy fried chicken,…
Hot 7 Layer Bean Dip, My WAY!
It’s less than 24 hours until Cinco De Mayo, and I can‘t wait to eat! I’ve been cooking my favorite Mexican foods all week, and today I decided I needed a bean dip. Yes, one can’t have a true Cinco De Mayo party without a good bean dip! I created my 7 layer bean dip…
Cholula Wings
Crispy Chicken! It’s Basketball time in my house, we are all into the NBA playoffs, and when we watch sports, I must make hot wings. I have been making hot wings since I was a teenager and I must say I make the crispiest wings around! Big Goo loves hot wings but he will only…
Andouille Bread with Artichokes
BreadTastic! I love bread, yep, I love bread a lot…I love bread so much, sometimes for dinner, I just eat bread, with some grapes, a little cheese spread, and a few slices of Genoa Salami…that’s it, and it’s my favorite quick food to eat. I went to the store yesterday and saw this bread, and…
Turkey Taquitos
The Crunch Factor! It’s almost Cinco De Mayo, I am already planning for all the festive eats I am cooking. I decided to make some Turkey Taquitos because I love taquitos and I also love anything that is crunchy. This is such a simple recipe. You brown up some ground turkey with a little onion,…
Shrimp Quesadillas
Quick and Yummy Eats! One of the quickest, easiest, and yummiest foods to make is Quesadillas. When I am in a rush, and I don’t want to hit up a drive thru fast food joint, I always turn to my trusted Quesadilla. Today I decided to add shrimp, but this is just as good with…
Creole Hush Puppies with Jalapenos
Shhh….!! Hush Puppies are as southern as fried fish and gumbo. I have yet to meet a southerner who does not have a hush puppies recipe, usually passed down from generations. You can make Creole hush puppies a variety of ways, spicy and more spicy, or sweet with a only a tad bit of heat….
