Pork Egg Rolls YUM!!!!!!

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SUPERBOWL IDEAS: Spiced Kettle Corn

With the Superbowl coming up this weekend, all week I will be highlighting some ideas for your game day eats, here’s one: SPICED KETTLE CORN Yesterday when I was watching the Food Network they were making Spiced Kettle Corn in a dutch oven on the stove. It looked easy and as I drooled at the tv I could […]

MOINK BALLS – NC STATE/ BC GAME

When I moved to the Raleigh-Durham-Chapel Hill Triangle, I was happy about the wealth of division I football in the area. Sure, none of the teams in the area are national powerhouses (although UNC and NC State both broke into the top 25 rankings before slipping out) but they are big universities with big university […]

Empanadas

The last few months I have become obsessed with empanadas. I have been filling them with various combinations of meats, cheeses and veggies. I have used store bought dough(Goya / frozen) and carried out experiments with my own dough. I have fried them, I have baked them and best of all I have eaten a […]

Tostones

Tostones – from the Spanish verb tostar which means “to toast, also called Patacones, are a side dish that is popular in many Latin American countries. 3 green plantains oil for  frying 3 cups of warm salted water salt     Slice the peeled plantains diagonally into 1″ slices. Fry the slices over medium heat until […]

Creamy Cheese Pickle Wontons

Last week I made this recipe up for a Foodnetwork Magazine contest. I had to submit an original recipe using pickles. I have tasted cream cheese wontons before but always felt they were missing a lot of something. These things are packing more flavor then Hubba Bubba, give them a shout and let me know […]

Tortilla Chips

Eating warm homemade tortilla  chips beats a bag of  that has sat on the shelf at Piggly Wiggly any day. It’s easy and if you have the time and motivation it will impress your guest. All you need is oil, corn tortillas and seasoning. The best type of oil to use is corn or canola oil but you can experiment with […]