These easy stuffed mushrooms with cream cheese and bacon are lovely for serving at a party. You can make the filling ahead of time and then stuff the mushroom caps and cook them just before serving. My friend Holly knew of my love for appetizers. For my fifteenth birthday, she surprised me by making stuffed […]
Bacon and Goat Cheese Stuffed Mini Peppers
These bacon and goat cheese stuffed mini peppers are a nice, fresh tasting appetizer. They bring a splash of colour to your food display at a party. These mini peppers are a surprising change from the usual appetizer offering of dips and rich cheesy dishes, so I make them fairly often. You can completely make […]
3 Ingredient Bacon Appetizer
If you’ve poked around this site before, you may have noticed that there are a good number of appetizers with bacon. The reason for this is simple. For 11 years, I didn’t eat bacon and ever since tasting it again, I’ve been trying to make up for lost time! I can’t believe all the delicious […]
Bacon Wrapped Buffalo Chicken Bites
My quest to wrap the world in bacon continues! These bacon wrapped buffalo chicken bites are the perfect game day snack. These little appetizers are a great combination of the currently popular taste of buffalo chicken with the classically popular taste of bacon. First you will want to cut the chicken into cubes. Season the […]
Mini Grilled Cheese Goodness
Grilled cheese is another of my comfort food favourites and although many don’t think of serving it as an appetizer, it is a real crowd pleaser. The trick is to grill them ahead of time and then pop them in the oven to warm just before guests arrive. Cook up some bacon. Everyone seems to […]
Bacon Jalapeño Pinwheels
These simple little pinwheels are quick to whip up. The sweetness of the cream cheese and sugar pair nicely with the spiciness of the jalapeños and saltiness of the bacon. Use one package of refrigerator croissant dough. Break it in two and place each rectangle down on a baking sheet. Press the seams together or […]
Bacon Wrapped Chili Chicken Bites with Asparagus
Apparently I am on a mission to see if I can bacon wrap the world! This particular recipe idea came about when I was thinking about the flavours of chili chicken and how well asparagus and chicken pair together. Wrapping it all in bacon was an easy thought since everything is better wrapped in bacon! […]
Bacon, Blue Cheese and Caramelized Onion Bites
These are better than bacon. You read that and now you’re skeptical, right? You’re thinking “what could be better than bacon?” and I’m with you. Believe me, after not having bacon for 11 years, once I tasted it again, it was love at second sight! I’ve been trying to make up for lost time. Of […]
Blue Cheese Stuffed Bacon Wrapped Dates
It’s hard to go wrong with bacon wrapped anything. It was my niece Amy who first introduced me to bacon wrapped dates and I was won over immediately, but I did find that they were a bit too sweet. The beauty of adding the blue cheese is that it cuts the sweetness and gives it […]