If you enjoy the fresh goodness of pesto, you’ll love this two ingredient recipe for Easy & Quick Pesto Palmier Appetizers from the folks at Eating Out Loud.

This recipe would work equally well as an appetizer or as part of an impromptu brunch.

Homemade pesto is very easy to make but store bought pesto will work for this too. There’s a simple recipe for classic basil pesto here, or you can see our own recipe for fresh garlic scape pesto for those who live in an area where garlic shoots are available.

Enjoy!

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Ingredients:
(Please see the below recipe link for suggested amounts)

pesto
puff pastry dough

How to Make Easy & Quick Pesto Palmier Appetizers.

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If you’re a fan of New Orleans cuisine, you won’t want to miss this terrific recipe for Muffuletta Olive Salad from the folks at NOLA Cuisine.

If you haven’t been to New Orleans (yet), the muffuletta sandwich may just be the best sandwich you’ve never had. This salad is inspired by the ingredients that make muffulettas so wonderful, refreshing, and so so good.

You’ll need to marinate the ingredients in this recipe for about a week in this make ahead olive salad, but believe me, the flavor is worth the wait!

Enjoy! (And congratulations to the Saints for winning the Super Bowl!)

Ingredients:

1 1/2 Cups Green Olives, Pitted
1/2 Cup Calamatta Olives (or Black) Pitted
1 Cup Gardiniera (Pickled Cauliflower, Carrots, Celery, Pepperoncini)
1 Tbsp. Capers
3 each Fresh Garlic cloves, thinly sliced
1/8 Cup Celery, thinly sliced
1 Tbsp. Italian Parsley, finely chopped
1 Tbsp. Fresh Oregano (When I have it in my garden) or 2 tsp. dried
1 tsp. Crushed red pepper flakes
3 Tbsp. Red Wine Vinegar
1/4 Cup Roasted red peppers (Recipe follows)
1 Tbsp. Green Onions, thinly sliced
Kosher Salt & Freshly Ground pepper To Taste (salt may not be necessary)

How to Make a Muffuletta Olive Salad.

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Valentines Day is the perfect excuse to spoil the one you love with something he or she will remember all year long.

This recipe for Lobster Tail With Lemon Curry Butter from the folks at Salt & Turmeric would be great as part of a romantic Valentine’s Day brunch or dinner.

For those that prefer less spice, just reduce the amount of hot chili powder when making the recipe (or omit it altogether).

Ingredients:

1 lobster tail, halved
2 garlic, minced
1 shallot, minced
1/4 tsp hot chili powder
1 tbs curry powder
1/2 stick unsalted butter -softened
1 tbs lemon juice
1/4 tsp salt

How to Make Lobster Tail With Lemon Curry Butter.

Thinking about cooking a whole lobster to celebrate Valentines Day? ZestyCook has some excellent tips to help things go much easier.

Enjoy!

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The Super Bowl is only a few days away and like many of you, I’ll be cooking up a mountain of food for my ravenously hungry guests. Below are 30 delicious Super Bowl recipes to help inspire you for your own parties and gatherings.

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If you’re looking for an easy and filling Super Bowl appetizer recipe that doesn’t use too many ingredients, it’s hard to beat these sausage rolls which were inspired by the Scotch rolls that food blogger Kevin Weeks of Seriously Good had at the Ben Reekie Highland Games in Gatlinburg, Tennessee.

Since it takes only two ingredients to make these, the quality of the sausage should be as high as possible for the best results since it’s the star of the show.

(I myself favor using a good sage sausage, but any flavorful country sausage will do.)

Enjoy!

Ingredients:

1 lb country sausage
1 pkg puff pastry (two sheets)

How to Make Super Bowl Sausage Rolls.

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