Gluten Free Spinach & Artichoke Dip

Rich and flavorful, this restaurant-quality baked spinach & artichoke dip is a simple to make crowd pleaser !

Serves 4 to 6

Baked Spinach & Artichoke Dip

This delicious warm, cheesy, creamy and tasty baked spinach and artichoke dip is flavorful and easy to make! Today I'm welcoming Rebecca from Living Better Together to the blog to share one of my personal favorite appetizers with you!

Rebecca says that whether you're getting together for the holidays or the big game, this is a must-have appetizer! Serve this delicious dip with toasted focaccia bread or tortilla chips! This makes a pretty large serving, so it's perfect for a large group of friends and family.

Tasty Tuesdays #43: Welcome to 2014!

 

Each week, our team of 10 amazing bloggers hosts this fabulous party! We're so glad that you've stopped by to party with us!

We blog: Anyonita Nibbles | Craft Dictator | Detours in Life | Lori's Culinary Creations | Red Cottage Chronicles | Three in Three | Mom on the Run x2 | West Street Story | I'm Not a Trophy Wife | Ma Niche

Without you, we wouldn't have a party at all. So we think you're pretty special and deserve to benefit from linking up with us each week. Here's how:

Gluten Free Grilled Tilapia Fish Tacos with Quick Pickled Salsa

Fish tacos recipe prepared with grilled tilapia and homemade quick pickled salsa for a perfect taste of Baja!

Serves 5

Grilled Tilapia Fish Tacos with Quick Pickled Salsa

Everything about fish tacos has to be fresh. From the chunks of fish to the veggies and the tortillas. This recipe makes the perfect, Baja-inspired fish tacos! To keep with the freshness, I've swapped the heavy, beer battered fried fish for lemony tilapia, prepared on the grill. I've also replaced the classic avocado and tomato with a quick pickled salsa so you can rustle up this dish in just minutes!

I've been making the pickled salsa in this recipe for years, changing up the ingredients and using different types of vinegars and the result is always the same: it tastes so good. You can add tomatoes, use red onions or sweet onions, use less cucumbers, add chile peppers or sweet corn--anything, really. 

Any firm flesh fish would do, too--try cod or haddock or even salmon, if you'd like. I prefer tilapia, though, because it has a great naturally lemony taste that makes the coriander and the cumin sing. If you find yourself pressed for time, you can make the salsa a day or two beforehand--the longer you leave it to marinate in the fridge, the better it'll taste. It doesn't really matter what you do to these fish tacos, they always taste delicious.

My 2014 Blog Resolutions

Resolutions are the hot topic this time of year. Each year, I outline at least 10 things I'd like to achieve throughout the year and this year, I wanted to do the same with blogging.

Blogging for pay means you have to take blogging seriously and sometimes, it's easy to get swept up in going through the motions or posting just to post.

If you read Anyonita Nibbles regularly (and I hope you do!), you may have noticed that I've been MIA. Partly because of a big computer issue and partly because I needed a break. 

Well I'm back & I'm back with some resolutions or blogolutions that I'd like to implement this year. I encourage you to develop your own blog resolutions, too!

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Peppermint Marshmallow Rice Cake Treats (Guest Post)

A festive twist on marshmallow treats made with rice cakes and peppermint!

How to Code a Grab Button for your Blog

How to Code a Grab Button for Blog Posts

Written by: Anyonita Green on 12/19/2013

One of the things I get asked to help out with most is creating grab buttons for my fellow bloggers. For some reason this necessary blog item seems shrouded in mystery and approached tentatively.

But there's no need, guys. Creating a grab button is easy peasy! By the end of this tutorial, you'll be a dab hand at it, too! I'm going to show you how to code a grab button for your blog or website.

This code should work with Blogger, Wordpress and any website where you have access to the HTML. 

In terms of location, you can put the code anywhere you have access to the HTML: in blog posts, footers and sidebars or even in the body of your marketing emails. Let's get on it!

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Gluten Free Boxing Day Jewelled Rice

This delicious rice dish is perfect for using up leftover turkey! Serve it as a hot main course or a cold salad.

Serves 8

Boxing Day Jewelled Rice 

Turkey is the best thing about Christmas. Hands down, no question. But by the third day or so, I get a bit turkeyed out. This easy rice dish is a delicious and versatile way to use up leftover turkey this holiday season! It echoes the flavors of a traditional Christmas meal with cranberries, orange juice and zest. The flaked almonds add a nice crunch, as does the delicate bite of wild rice.

In all honesty, we made this dish using leftover Thanksgiving turkey, but will most likely recreate it in the days after Christmas, too. You can plan to serve this dish cold as a salad or hot as a main or side dish. It was so hearty and filing that we ate it as a main course.If you want to serve it cold, make it with olive oil instead of butter.
This recipe was adapted from Good Food magazine.

Tasty Tuesdays #41 + Call for Your Best Posts from the Year

 

Each week, our team of 10 amazing bloggers hosts this fabulous party! We're so glad that you've stopped by to party with us!

We blog: Anyonita Nibbles | Craft Dictator | Detours in Life | Lori's Culinary Creations | Red Cottage Chronicles | Three in Three | Mom on the Run x2 | West Street Story | I'm Not a Trophy Wife | Ma Niche

Without you, we wouldn't have a party at all. So we think you're pretty special and deserve to benefit from linking up with us each week. Here's how:

Gluten Free Brown Sugar Baked Wings with Red Pepper Ricotta Sauce Recipe

These brown sugar wings are baked to perfection and served with slightly spicy red pepper ricotta dip!  Perfect for tailgating or parties!

Serves at least 4

Sweet Brown Sugar Baked Wings with Red Pepper Ricotta Sauce 

It's not a party until someone pulls out the wings! And these sweet baked wings are delicious! They're crispy and crunchy and they've got a lovely sweetness to them. Paired with the red pepper ricotta sauce, these are the ultimate party snack!

This recipe was inspired by a popular Pinterest wings dish that calls for goat cheese instead of ricotta. I'm not a fan of goat's cheese but I really wanted to make try the red pepper sauce so, out came the ricotta! It works beautifully, I think. These wings have a secret ingredient in them that will have everyone coming back for me: smoked paprika. If you've not discovered the amazing umami powers of smoked paprika, be prepared for an amazing explosion of flavor.

Making Truffles with a Nokia Lumia 925

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Nokia Lumia 925 Product Review

Photos are a big part of having a food blog. Not only do they make your blog look interesting but they also encourage your readers to try your recipes. After all, we do eat with our eyes.