This delicious Loaded Hummus Board is packed with grilled Greek chicken skewers, homemade hummus, peppers, veggies, pita bread, olives and more! Woo hoo! Healthy snacking made easy and SO tasty. This Loaded Hummus Board is full of delicious appetizer type snacks that are on the lighter and healthier side for a snacking that tastes delicious. This board is perfect for the Super Bowl as a healthier appetizer platter.
Super easy homemade Chex Mix that is made gluten-free! Makes the best snack mix and trust me, it is a crowd pleaser! Isn't Chex Mix so tasty? The homemade version is so easy and tastier than store-bought. It is gluten-free by using gluten-free corn and rice Chex, gluten-free pretzels and gluten-free Worcestershire sauce.
Christmas Tree Pizza makes the perfect easy holiday appetizer! Loaded with pizza sauce, cheese, pepperoni and topped with seasoned garlic butter! The holiday bug has bit and we are enjoying all things Christmas in the Hernandez home! To get my kids in the holiday spirit, I made this Christmas tree pizza and they loved it. I wanted to practice some Christmas party appetizers ahead of time because I know that the holiday season gets extremely busy and having a tried and true recipe ready to go is a lifesaver. This Christmas tree pizza is easy to make despite looking really fun and festive.
Movie Night Snack Board is loaded with popcorn, fruit, veggies, pretzels, candy and more for a better for you snack board that the whole family will love! We have been doing so many family movie nights lately with the freezing weather and with it getting dark so early. The most important part of movie night is obviously the snacks and drinks so I wanted to share with you a better for you movie night snack board that we love making for the family. We all know that movie night snacks are the most important part about movie night! We make it different each and every time depending on what we have on hand. Feel free to load this board with whatever foods you like!
Texas Caviar (also known as black bean salad) is loaded with black beans, rainbow bell peppers, corn, tomatoes, onions and more for the best appetizer and is served with homemade baked tortilla chips! I'm so excited to share the recipe with you that I am most known for: Texas Caviar. It is also known as black bean salad and in this case, can be called rainbow black bean salad. I decided to take it to the next level and make homemade baked tortilla chips to go with it and yes, that was a wonderful decision! This black bean salad can be enjoyed an an appetizer with chips, eaten as a salad on its own or put into tacos or on nachos. So many great ways to enjoy it!
Crispy Baked Sweet Potato Fries are super easy to make, healthy and flavorful with chili, garlic and onion powder! One benefit of the colder weather is that it is finally acceptable to turn the oven on! On a 90 degree day, there was no way that I wanted our oven heating up our house but with the fall weather, it's actually nice to have the oven warming up our home. We recently bought a ton of sweet potatoes in our Hungry Harvest box (not sponsored) so I decided to make these Crispy Baked Sweet Potato Fries. They are one of our favorites so I thought I would share the recipe.
Bacon Walnut Cheese Ball features a cheese ball made with sharp cheddar cheese, fresh green onion, crispy bacon and bacon toasted walnuts. Served with garlic crostini for an indulgent, creamy and rich dip! I have the most indulgent delicious holiday appetizer you're ever going to have! Woah, that's a strong statement. But it's true! My husband said this is the best dip ever so I'm going to claim it as that. This bacon walnut cheese ball is so delicious that it will quickly become everyone's favorite appetizer at any party you go to.
Healthy Halloween Snack Tray is so fun to put together with creepy Halloween foods like banana ghosts, spider pizzas, pumpkin clementines, candy corn yogurt bar and pretzels with cobwebs! My kids have gotten me really into Halloween. Our house is decorated, we are reading Halloween books daily and we are making all of the Halloween snacks! I wanted to blow my kid's minds by making an all out snack tray (or lunch) for them for Halloween. Let's just say mission accomplished with this healthy Halloween snack tray, they were thrilled.
Mexican Street Corn Nachos are loaded with grilled corn, melted muenster cheese, a creamy lime Mexican street corn sauce, chicken and veggies! I have heard of Mexican street corn for a really long time but had never tried it until earlier this summer. My sister Natalie came up north to my parent's farm and made Mexican street corn and it was so delicious that I had to ask her for the recipe right away. I have since made Mexican street corn for my family quite a few times all summer long and also love taking the Mexican street corn sauce and making it into Mexican street corn nachos for an easy but super delicious dinner that my entire family loves!
Breaded Zucchini Fries with Creamy Dijon Dipping Sauce are baked and super crispy, coated in a Parmesan garlic breading that can be enjoyed as an appetizer or side dish! Growing up, my parents always grew a ton of zucchini on their farm and our very favorite way to eat it was as breaded zucchini fries. My siblings and I didn't use to like zucchini at all until my parents started making it this way and it has become a family favorite for about 20 years now! Breaded zucchini fries are delicious served with a creamy dijon dipping sauce and are perfectly crispy. I hope you love them like we do.
Reuben Sushi Roll is a different take on sushi that is simple to make with 5-ingredients and super delicious with pastrami, Swiss cheese, sauerkraut, sushi rice and Thousand Island dressing for an appetizer that you don't even have to cook! Do you love sushi? I love the idea of sushi but have never actually liked eating sushi. Until now! I recently learned about the Beefshi trend which uses the sushi concept but instead of using fish, it uses beef. I am all about eating anything with Reuben ingredients and these Reuben Sushi Rolls are so delicious. Finally, a sushi that I can enjoy!
Healthy Copycat Chicken Lettuce Wraps are a take on your favorite P.F. Chang's lettuce wraps, but made healthier with more veggies and less calories and sodium. Troy and I finally tried P.F. Chang's for my 30th birthday a couple of months ago after hearing about it for years. Did the P.F. Chang's Chicken Lettuce Wraps live up to the hype? They sure did! In fact, we fell so in love with them that we went back to have them again a month later which is just unheard of for us- we don't go out to eat often and when we do, it typically is not to the same restaurant. Troy and I both got it in our heads that we wanted to make copycat chicken lettuce wraps at home. I got busy in the kitchen and made these Healthy Copycat Chicken Lettuce Wraps and am so excited that we can get one of our favorite restaurant dishes right at home!
Game Day Appetizer Board is loaded with barbecue ribs, cheese, nuts, chips, veggies and more for an easy snack platter that comes together in no time that everyone will love! Who loves to watch sports? Not me! But I do love to eat while we watch a big game. The Big Game is coming up soon and I am excited to put together some fun appetizers. I came up with this Game Day Appetizer Board as a fun and easy Big Game appetizer idea. I loaded this easy appetizer tray up with already fully cooked ribs, cheese, nuts, corn chips, veggies and dip and more. It came together really quickly and disappeared just as fast by everyone enjoying it.
Vegetable Cream Cheese Tea Sandwiches makes the perfect tea party snack with a mix of rainbow vegetables and veggie cream cheese on whole-grain bread! Isn't it so much fun to have a tea party? Whether you are an adult or a kid, tea parties are tons of fun! With the release of the new Downton Abbey DVD , I wanted to throw a little tea party with lots of tea of course, vegetable tea sandwiches, cute teacups and for us to watch the Downtown Abbey DVD.
Cheesy Garlic Pull-Apart Bread makes a super delicious and very easy appetizer! Made with crusty sourdough bread, melted cheddar cheese, butter, garlic and green onions, it is a crowd pleaser. One of the appetizers that I remember my mom making a lot growing up was this pull apart bread also known as checkerboard bread. It is totally addictive and every time she makes it, I can't stop eating it! She uses a mixture of cheese, butter, garlic and green onions in her pull apart bread so I decided to do the same. This Cheesy Garlic Pull Apart Bread is perfect for a Christmas party, for a New Year's Eve party or of course, for anytime.
Sheet Pan Chicken Nachos are super loaded with chicken, lots of veggies, melted cheddar cheese, salsa, plain Greek yogurt and more for a healthier take on your favorite nachos! If you follow me on Instagram stories, you know that I have a nacho addiction. I share all the time how I have different veggie loaded nachos for snacks or meals. The most common meal that I make for my family is loaded nachos and today, I want to share our Sheet Pan Chicken Nacho recipe with you. It is so easy to make and actually quite healthy.
Loaded Nacho Fries feature crispy steak fries topped with melted cheddar cheese, black beans, bell peppers, tomatoes, red onion, lettuce, ranch and salsa for a super delicious and easy appetizer! Are they nachos or are they fries? They're both! We love making loaded nachos for dinner and today, I decided to switch up the tortilla chips for crispy steak fries and they turned out awesome. I love making loaded fries like these Loaded Greek Fries for a fun appetizer or even a meal. I was brainstorming fun variations of fries and came up with these Loaded Nacho Fries. You're going to love them!
Loaded Greek Nachos are loaded with melted mozzarella and feta cheeses, creamy hummus, tomato, cucumber, olives and more for a flavor-packed, crowd pleasing appetizer! My favorite kinds of food to make are anything Greek or Mediterranean. I am always trying to come up with new, interesting and healthy spins on Greek food that my family loves. I love making Loaded Greek Fries so I decided to come up with Loaded Greek Nachos. This would be an awesome appetizer for a Friendsgiving gathering.
Bruschetta Hummus Toast feature crispy garlic toasts topped with creamy hummus and bruschetta made with ripe tomatoes, fresh basil and garlic and Parmesan cheese! We still have tomatoes from the garden and I couldn't be more excited about it! It took forever for them to be ready to eat thanks to a cold start to summer and now, our plants are producing more than we know what to do with. My go-to recipe this year to eat a bunch of tomatoes is bruschetta! To make it a heartier side dish or appetizer, I added a spread of hummus which adds protein and makes it perfectly creamy. These Italian Bruschetta Hummus Toasts are easy to make and full of flavor.
Loaded BBQ Pulled Pork Nachos are loaded with shredded pork, melted cheese, sauteed corn, bell peppers and onions and crunchy apples with a homemade drizzled smoky barbecue sauce! A couple months ago, I made a bunch of grilled pork loin and we had it for dinner one night. The next day, I asked Troy if he could put together dinner with the leftover pork loin. He absolutely blew my mind with a homemade BBQ sauce that was the best BBQ sauce that I had ever had. He made it again for this pulled pork nachos and let me tell you, you're in luck with a winner of a recipe!!
