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Super Simple Pizza Dip

November 8, 2018 By Erica 2 Comments

Super Simple Pizza Dip

This ridiculously simple pizza dip is a party-perfect go-to for entertaining or just watching all the game-day fun. With creamy cheese, marinara, pepperoni, and more cheese, this recipe comes together in a snap. If you love easy football food recipes, this is a must add to your game watching plan. And this recipe is gluten-free, so you can… 

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Filed Under: Appetizers, Recipes Tagged With: appetizer, football food, party dip, pepperoni

Buffalo Bacon Chicken Dip

September 9, 2018 By Erica 1 Comment

Buffalo Bacon Chicken Dip

Traditional cream cheese chicken dip brought to a whole new level with bacon! Buffalo Bacon Chicken Dip is a game-day perfect, crowd pleasing favorite. Easy to make and bring to all the parties.

Filed Under: Appetizers, Poultry, Recipes Tagged With: appetizer, bacon, buffalo chicken, Buffalo Chicken Dip, cream cheese chicken dip, cream cheese ranch dip, football food

Mini Sausage Party Tarts with Cranberry Mango Compote

June 24, 2018 By Erica 10 Comments

Mini Sausage Party Tarts with Cranberry Mango Compote

Savory sausage and creamy cheese baked in little party bites. Topped with a sweet and tangy cranberry mango compote and fresh thyme for a little hit of herb, these Mini Sausage Party Tarts are a savory tasty and beautifully elegant appetizer. I received a complementary bag of Cape Cod Select Cranberries as incentive to enter… 

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Filed Under: Appetizers, Beef and Pork, Recipes Tagged With: appetizer, compote, cranberry, hors d'oeuvre, mini tarts, party food, sausage, tartlets

Beer-Battered Mushrooms with Poblano & Beer Queso

June 9, 2017 By Erica 6 Comments

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Succulent beer-battered mushrooms seasoned with flavors like chipotle and smoked paprika. Served up with a slow cooker queso cheese sauce with beer and roasted poblano pepper, these bites take summer party grub to a whole new level. This post was sponsored. #SummertimeCerveza #CollectiveBias It is SUMMER! I so love it here. We had the most gorgeous… 

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Filed Under: Appetizers, Recipes, Vegetarian & Vegan Tagged With: appetizer, Beer, Corona, entertaining, party food, queso, summer

Red Cabbage and Raddish Spring Rolls

February 5, 2017 By Erica 21 Comments

Red Cabbage and Raddish Spring Rolls http://wp.me/p4qC4h-3vj

Crispy spring rolls filled with the most DELICIOUS red cabbage, mushroom, and radish filling you could ever hope for in your life. Uncomplicated, beautiful, impressive, and party perfect. This Red Cabbage and Raddish Spring Rolls recipe is for those that want easily-obtainable, restaurant quality food at home. And pretty too. Spring rolls! Yummmmayyy! So this is… 

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Filed Under: Appetizers, Recipes, Vegetarian & Vegan Tagged With: appetizer, Chinese, entertaining, hors d'oeuvre, party food, radish, red cabbage, spring rolls, vegetarian

Mini Bruschetta Tarts with Dijon Cashew Cream

January 24, 2017 By Erica 7 Comments

Mini Bruschetta Tarts with Dijon Cashew Cream http://wp.me/p4qC4h-3yQ

Dainty, pretty little party bites, so perfect in every way. Flaky fillo cups filled with a luscious Dijon Cashew Cream and topped with fresh, herbed bruschetta. This easy Mini Bruschetta Tarts recipe for entertaining is dairy-free, guilt-free, stress-free, and cruelty-free. But full of love and all the good things. So this here recipe is one… 

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Filed Under: Appetizers, Recipes, Vegetarian & Vegan Tagged With: appetizer, bruschetta, cashew cream, easy recipe, entertaining, fillo, healthy, hors d'oeuvre, party food, phyllo, vegan, vegetarian

Pizza Spanikopita

March 25, 2015 By Erica 31 Comments

Pizza Spanikopita

Bits of pepperoni in a creamy, garlicky spinach filling, wrapped a flaky fillo crust. With warm marinara for dunking, this Pizza Spanikopita appetizer twist on the classic spanakopita recipe will wow them all. This post was sponsored. So this spanakopita recipe is different, right? And fun. And yummy. When I found I had an opportunity to… 

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Filed Under: Appetizers, Pizza, Recipes Tagged With: appetizer, Collective Bias, entertaining, Hormel, hors d'oeuvre, party food, PepItUp, pepperoni, pizza, spanikopita

Buffalo Shrimp Bites

February 2, 2014 By Erica 14 Comments

Buffalo Shrimp Bites EricasRecipes

Buffalo Shrimp Bites are tasty party nibbles, that are as good to eat as they are pretty to look at. Top with crusted nacho chops for extra crunch! Planning for Superbowl food, my family requested “the usual”….Crack Bread, Queso, and L’il Smokies. Well, that’s no fun…I wanted to make up something, try something new! So… 

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Filed Under: Appetizers, Recipes, Seafood Tagged With: appetizer, buffalo shrimp, buffalo wings, entertaining, fillo, football food, hors d'oeuvre, party food, phyllo, superbowl

Cranberries ‘N Cream Bacon Bites

November 23, 2013 By Erica 9 Comments

Cranberries 'N Cream Bacon Bites

Cranberries ‘N Cream Bacon Bites are a salty-sweet, crispy-creamy nibble, PERFECT for holiday parties. Cranberries ‘N Cream Bacon Bites So my obsession with cranberries continues….These little bites are divine – sweet, tart, salty, crispy, creamy. …Absolutely divine. Print Cranberries ‘N Cream Bacon Bites Author Erica Schwarz Ingredients 4 slices thick-sliced white bread such as Pepperidge… 

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Filed Under: Appetizers, Beef and Pork, Recipes Tagged With: appetizer, bacon, bread, brown sugar, cranberry, cream cheese, Holiday, hors d'oeuvre

Posh Pigs in Blankets with Cranberry BBQ Sauce

November 17, 2013 By Erica 4 Comments

Posh Pigs in Blankets

Take the traditional pigs in blanket fun to the next level with these Posh Pigs in Blankets with Cranberry BBQ Sauce. The idea for this appetizer was to take something homely and humble, like a little pig in a blanket (as a perfect example, see my L’il Smokies), and recreate it to something worthy of a… 

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Filed Under: Appetizers, Beef and Pork, Recipes Tagged With: appetizer, chicken sausage, Cranberry BBQ Sauce, Dijon, fillo, hors d'oeuvre, phyllo dough, pigs in blankets

Shrimpy Stuffed Jalapenos

August 24, 2013 By Erica Leave a Comment

Shrimpy Stuffed Jalapenos

It’s the height of summer here in Florida and my garden is paying the price. However, one thing that is happening despite my neglect – jalapenos. And lots of them. I’ve lost track of how many times I’ve made various species of stuffed jalapenos this summer, but it’s the easiest way to burn through a… 

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Filed Under: Appetizers, Recipes, Seafood Tagged With: appetizer, cheddar, cream cheese, finger food, hors d'oeuvre, jalapeno, Neufchatel, Old Bay, party, shrimp

Artichoke Dip

August 23, 2013 By Erica 6 Comments

Artichoke Dip

For years, I was on a mission to make a good artichoke dip. And this was back in my early 20s, in graduate school, when I was just starting to cook. Every time I went to someone’s house, I would bring a new version (I have always had zero problem using friends, family, and co-workers… 

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Filed Under: Appetizers, Recipes, Vegetarian & Vegan Tagged With: appetizer, Artichoke Dip, green chili, hors d'oeuvre, lemon, Mayonnaise, Parmigiano-Reggiano, tomato

Warm Crab Dip

August 10, 2013 By Erica 6 Comments

Warm Crab Dip from EricasRecipes.com

Mmmmmm. Warm Crab Dip. Is there anything better? I was once at someone’s house and they refused to share their crap dip recipe with me, so I surreptitiously procured it from their recipe file. That is how seriously I take crab dip. Ten years later, this is my own recipe, and it is sized for… 

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Filed Under: Appetizers, Recipes, Seafood Tagged With: appetizer, cheddar, crab dip, easy, entertaining, hors d'oeuvre, horseradish, quick, seafood

Spicy Smoky Jalapeno Hummus with Grilled Pita

July 23, 2013 By Erica Leave a Comment

Spicy Smoky Jalapeno Hummus with Grilled Pita

When I try a dish made by anyone else and love it, I will get that recipe – or at least the gist of it. I am not shy about asking either. I once talked the chef at Morton’s Steakhouse into telling me how he prepared the bacon-wrapped scallops in brandy cream (that took some… 

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Filed Under: Appetizers, Recipes, Vegetarian & Vegan Tagged With: appetizer, cilantro, garlic, hors d'oeuvre, hummus, jalapeno, lemon, pita, sea salt, smoked paprika, tahini

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Welcome! I'm Erica ...wife, mother, and scientist, passionate about triathlons and pizza. Join me on my quest to enjoy all things food - both healthy and indulgent. After all, life is about balance right?
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