Makes 36 Mini-Quiches This is great on a brunch menu or accompanying an appetizer tray. You will need 3, 12 cup mini muffin tins or you can work in batches if you only have one. How to Make Ahead: Up to 1 day ahead, follow steps 2-4, keep the egg mixture covered and wrap the puff pastry lined muffin tins with plastic, keep everything in [...]

This recipe was featured on Jill's Father's Day segment on Fox Q13 Morning News which aired on Friday, June 18th, 2010. Click here to watch the video of Jill preparing this recipe and for the other Kabob recipes that went along with this one. Ingredients 2/3 cup pineapple juice 2 teaspoons lemon juice 1 teaspoon lime juice [...]

Serves 4   Ingredients 3 slices rye bread, toasted 2 oz smoked salmon 2 Tablespoons crème fraiche 1 Tablespoon Chives, minced Directions Slice the crust off the bread, then slice the bread into 4 rectangles. Top each rectangle of bread with a large quarter size of salmon, dollop ½ [...]

Apple Chips with Pork Tenderloin and Cherry Chutney Makes 22 Make Ahead Tip: Up to 3 days ahead, make chutney.  1 day ahead sear tenderloin.  Refrigerate both until ready to use, then allow to come to room temp. If you want to assemble ahead of time, rub the apples with a scant amount of lemon or orange juice so the apple doesn’t turn [...]

Serves 8 Ingredients 1 1/2 cup roasted red peppers 1 cup Feta 3/4 teaspoon garlic salt pinch cayenne 1/2 teaspoon oregano 1/2 teaspoon red wine vinegar 2 Tablespoons mascarpone cheese (you can sub cream cheese) pinch of sugar 4 pitas 2 Tablespoons olive [...]

Serves 8 Make Ahead Tip: You can make the butter mixture up to 2 days ahead and then keep in the fridge, covered.  The toast points can be sliced and baked 1 day ahead and kept unwrapped at room temp. You can make the butter mixture in a food processor and you don’t need to chop the ingredients. Follow along and make this recipe [...]

Makes 20 Mini Pita Pizzas These Pita Pizza Bites are simple yet delicious and will round out your Superbowl menu perfectly.  These bite size pizzas have prosciutto, fresh mozzarella and a homemade tomato sauce.  Enjoy! Ingredients 20 mini pitas about 4 large fresh mozzarella balls, sliced into 5 slices 1/2 cup Parmesan, [...]

Makes 16 Large or 32 Small Potato Skins Get ready for Kickoff with two varieties of my delicious potato skins, Chilli and Cheese and Bacon and Blue Cheese, two fun twists on the classic appetizer. Ingredients 8 large or 16 small russet potatoes, washed 7 slices of bacon 2 Tablespoons brown sugar pinch cayenne pepper 2 cups [...]

Makes 22 Sliders Sliders are the perfect appetizer for the Big Game, no matter what side your friends are rooting for, these sliders will be a winner!   Ingredients 1 pound ground beef 12 oz or 1 cup ground sausage 1/4 cup yellow onion, finely grated 1/2 teaspoon Worcestershire 1/4 teaspoon granulated garlic 1 [...]

In this healthy version of the classic appetizer, we are using frozen spinach and frozen artichokes.  Unless you harvest the spinach right out of your garden, frozen is a good way to go because spinach rapidly looses nutrients after it has been harvested.  Frozen spinach is harvested and frozen right away, locking in the nutrients. [...]