Archive for the ‘Snacks’ Category

Some of What We’ve Been Eating This Weekend

Sunday, July 25th, 2010

Beef and Bean Burritos Spicy Popcorn (air popped popcorn drizzled with equal parts butter and Frank's Red Hot and a light sprinkle of salt) Pan Seared Lamb Chops

Baked Tortilla Crisps

Wednesday, April 28th, 2010

These are an easy and tasty way to use up some extra tortillas. I had a few of my favorite Tortillaland tortillas that needed to be used today. I cooked them up to go with beef and bean burritos and had a couple left over. I cut ...

Chex Mix

Saturday, December 12th, 2009

The holidays mean a lot of rich meals, baking, and fun snacks that just don't often get made other times of the year. Tonight I made up a batch of Chex Mix, just following the original official recipe. I used all cashews instead of mixed nuts, and used ...

Gorp (aka Trail Mix)

Friday, January 30th, 2009

This is a high energy, filling snack, good for hiking, or morning snacks in the office ;-) This particular mix combines my favorite variations on the traditional mix of nuts, dried fruit, and chocolate. I split it up into 1 ounce portions in ...

Happy Halloween!

Friday, October 31st, 2008

I hope that everyone has a nice Halloween! We're planning on spending the evening at home with a big pot of chili, an even bigger bowl of candy to pass out to little goblins and ghosts, and a bunch of monster movies on the tv. We carved a ...

Snack-y Sort of Weekend

Monday, September 15th, 2008

This weekend was a snack-y sort. We went to Red Robin for lunch on Saturday and to Qdoba on Sunday, so dinner ended up being a very informal light grazing both nights. Saturday we enjoyed some gorgeous Cherokee Purple heirloom tomatoes: ...and we made some popcorn. I always ...