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by Kelly J. Larson Chicken salad sandwiches on homemade dinner rolls were our Sunday night dinner a couple days ago. The rolls are gone but there’s a small amount of the chicken salad remaining. I whipped up this pregame snack before my son’s baseball game tonight and don’t want to forget it, so here’s what […]

by Kelly J. Larson These sliders are legendary at parties. I’ve made a similar version with a sweetened butter drizzle, but these are more savory and the sweet Hawaiian rolls do rest of the magic. I made a batch today and refrigerated the rest for our family’s in and out schedule for this Labor Day […]

by Kelly J. Larson My best friend from Southgate Elementary in Moore, Oklahoma, and I reconnected recently after three decades. Lisa brought an incredible artichoke dip over to my mom’s house while I was there visiting. Lisa’s wonderful appetizer was almost identical to THIS one. My newest, creamy artichoke dip creation is inspired by Lisa […]

by Kelly J. Larson With Valentine’s Day and prom season in a few months, this crispy baked coconut shrimp with spicy orange marmalade as a dipping sauce is an ideal appetizer. It’s a popular palate pleaser. The easiest way to make this is with peeled, deveined shrimp. If not, cleaning the shrimp takes at least […]

by Kelly J. Larson My friend, Judy, made a fantastic cheese ball recently and I was so surprised at how easy it was. I just have to share her simple recipe. One of these days, I will explore making it with my own ranch concoction, but for now, this time saver packet is perfect. Ranch […]

by Kelly J. Larson Pick one. Chips and salsa should be served in heaven, 24-7. Napoleon Dynamite’s cafeteria food movie credits are pretty sweet. Alphabet shaped cookie cutters are a lot more practical on tortillas than with cookie dough. Playing with food is more exciting than working on income taxes. All of the above. Seriously, […]

Update: This post is from March, 2018, and each time I have layered it differently. This illustrates my latest, although there’s one more layer of cheese as the last ingredient that I didn’t show in the collage. The pesto kind of hides it in the final flip. Today’s version is my favorite with one pasta […]

by Kelly J. Larson Crab Cakes are one of my favorite appetizers. I started making crab cakes a few years ago around St. Patrick’s Day as a way to convince my kids to eat what I called a Krabby Patty. They loved them! I’ve added two kids since then, so now three out of four […]

These little bites went over well at my Valentine’s farewell dinner with our friends, Alicia and Bruce, who are moving soon. Thinly sliced pieces of pork chop topped with a sweet and hot mayonnaise sauce arranged on a Carr peppery cracker, then garnished with cilantro and a Vietnamese or Thai pepper were the perfect introduction […]

Some day I will make this recipe with real crab meat, which will likely make an exceptional appetizer or snack taste a bajillion times better. Since I’ve always had it with imitation crab and it tastes good, I have not ventured out. (Note to self: Buy the real McCoy next time and just do it! […]