We’re still getting lots of small tomatoes from the garden, and we’ve made a lot of roasted tomato sauce, but we wanted a change. This recipe was a pretty fun and delicious way to make Caprese salad for a summer appetizer. You wrap the ingredients like you would for Spring Rolls. PrintCaprese Wrap IngredientsRice paper…
Category: Appetizers
Margarita Shrimp
My brother came to help me cook for a few days at the lodge. One evening, he made these scrumptious shrimp as an appetizer. We decided it would be a good dinner, at home, this weekend. PrintMargarita Shrimp Total Time: 20 minutes Serving Size: Serves 4 Ingredients1 lb cleaned raw shrimp (about 21-25 count) Grapeseed…
Dove Season at the Lodge
It’s the beginning of dove season at the lodge, so I’m cooking for a week. My brother is helping, because I managed to cramp my back on that 3 day drive home from California. For the first night, we made garlic mashed potatoes, Cream Spinach, Oven Steak, and garlic bread. I’ve started using frozen whole leaf…
Spanish Cheese Spread
This is such a versatile and scrumptious spread. We put it on toast that was smeared with olive oil, garlic, and tomato (tostadas de ajo), and had it with paella, but it’s great on fried polenta, spread in banana peppers, on salad……. The bread was from Andrea’s Strudel Shop at the Gatesville Farmer’s Market (or…
Jalapeno Tart
Spice up your summer entertaining with this scrumptious treat. And wash it down with a Moscow Mule, our new summer drink of choice (you can find ginger beer at large grocers, like HEB). I used a polenta crust in this version, but you could just as easily make a nut crust instead. Process nuts, like…