Dips and Dressing
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Trashy Queso with Sausage and Green Chiles
Queso is the first food I ever learned to cook myself.聽 A bowl full of Velteeta cubes and several spoonfuls of Rotel tomatoes zapped in the microwave is a dish even 9-year old Katie could master.聽 Variations of this basic cheese sauce got me through my tiny-bank-account 20s, and with a side of bean dip,…
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5-Minute Restaurant Style Salsa
We have a whole shelf in our spice cabinet just for hot sauces. Frank鈥檚 Wing Sauce, Green Tabasco, Red Tabasco, Valentina, Cholula. And then there are my sauces . . . Extra Hot Cholula, Texas Pete鈥檚 Hotter Hot, Maria Lee鈥檚 Orange Habanero Sauce. The spicier, the better for me! We put hot sauces and salsas…
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Mixed Olive Tapenade with Capers and Garlic
Every once in a while, a little kitchen magic happens: something takes five minutes to make and becomes exactly what I want for lunch or a light dinner. Mixed olive tapenade is one of those magical concoctions. Olives are basically meat in my book. They鈥檙e plump, fleshy and filling. And full of health benefits, I…
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Hot Spinach-Artichoke Dip
Hot spinach-artichoke dip was the rage in the 80s and I loved it. Thick with spinach, salty from parmesan and ooooh so cheesy from loads of mozzarella. And then all that changed. The spinach-artichoke dip I find at most sports bars and family restaurants is thick with mayonnaise and all artichoke, no spinach. And in…
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