If you do some looking online about the best version of Reese’s candy, you’ll find quite a few articles that discuss the superiority of Reese’s eggs to the normal peanut butter cups. Yes, I know. I need to spend my time more wisely, but I ended up down a strange rabbit hole, and I figured …
Category: Snack
Recipes for snack foods, sweet and savory.
Dip into something awesome for game day
Until the Chiefs became a part of the post-season, the best part of Super Bowl Sunday for me over the years has been the snack table. From the days when our church youth group would watch the games while playing a football-themed bingo game to ones with friends gathered in our living room, there has …
This no-bake recipe is just ‘mint’ to be
I suspect that one of my New Year’s resolutions this year is not quite compatible with most everyone else’s, mostly because it involves some treat making. Joey pointed out that our freezer was starting to get a little ridiculously full of random ingredients I planned on using at a later date, so I started digging …
‘Hummus’ give a strange combination a try
When I’m searching for recipes, I sometimes stumble across ideas that seem so weird that I’m completely compelled to try them. This week’s recipe is one of those: banana bread hummus. I have made hummus quite a number of times, and it’s a favorite for us, especially when we’re setting up a snack table for …
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Cherry Garcia brownies makes friends ‘Grateful Fed’
Over the seven years since I started writing this column, my family has gotten very used to being guinea pigs for new recipes. So much so, that when I showed up with a dish of still-warm brownies for a board game night with my sister and brother-in-law last weekend, my sister looked at me and …
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A good dip recipe can go ‘onion’ and on
When I rented my first house after I graduated from college, I got the experience of regularly mowing my lawn—a chore my dad normally claimed when I was a child. My first lawnmower was electric, leading to me learning to wrangle an extension cord around the yard and moving it to various outlets as I …
Even granola bars can get into the mix
I made the cardinal sin of grocery shopping while hungry recently and came home with some awesome trail mix. It had raisins and craisins, pepitas, sunflower seeds, peanuts, etc. Joey saw it and commented that it looked like the perfect mixture to go into some granola bars. As always, he was right, and I started …
Pizza sticks will make you say, ‘Yes, cheese!’
While my sister was still pregnant with my now almost 1-1/2-year-old niece, I noticed my shopping habits change. I was constantly picking up this cute outfit or that cool toy even before our beautiful Emi graced us with her presence. My only problem has been patience, as I always seem to find toys or outfits …
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You can’t just wing crispy chicken
Although we had big crowds of folks in our house for the NFL playoff games this season, Super Bowl Sunday was a calm evening without company—something Joey and I were both very much in the mood for after a few busy weeks in a row. Despite the lack of a table full of food, I …
Don’t be a goober; make candied peanuts
We have a tradition of hosting a number of our friends on the first weekend of the NFL playoffs. We yell at the TV together, share snacks and always have a great time. This past weekend was especially fun as we watched the Chiefs advance to the next round, and we’re planning on repeating the …
