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Pesto and Sun-Dried Tomato Pinwheels

April 22, 2015 By Erin Skinner 3 Comments

Pesto and Sun-Dried Tomato Pinwheels | Looking for a party app that feeds a crowd and is delicious? These Pesto and Tomato Pinwheels, stuffed with pesto (homemade or store-bought!), sun-dried tomatoes and parmesan cheese, are the perfect starter! @speckledpalate fo

It’s been a while, but I absolutely love hosting a good party.

Whether it’s a dinner party, a sports-related party or a get-together with friends, I love them all. I love opening up my home to entertain, and I love spending time with people I care about and making fun food to go along with whatever event we’re celebrating.

However, I’m not the best when it comes to making party-friendly appetizers and finger foods.

Main dishes? I’ve got those in the bag.

Dessert? I could probably bake something up in my sleep.

But starters? Umm…

I generally either forget about apps until the hour before my guests arrive and then frantically have to throw something together or tap a friend to bring a starter because that’s not really my forte.

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Filed Under: Appetizers, Dinner Parties, Entertaining, Holidays Tagged With: easy appetizer, parmesan, party food, pesto, Puff Pastry, sun-dried tomatoes

Pink Marshmallow Pops!

April 7, 2015 By Erin Kennedy Leave a Comment

Pops!

This recipe is so fun, and so cute, it could be made for so many events. Brunch, baby showers, wedding showers, birthday parties, or so many other ideas!

They are so easy. I made these for Easter brunch, so I used pastel sprinkles. I found the dot sprinkles at Michael’s Craft store. I also grabbed some sucker sticks at Michaels, and some pink and white candy disks that melt.

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Filed Under: Birthday Parties, Brunch, Desserts, Entertaining, Holidays, Recipes, Showers, Theme Parties

Guinness and Chocolate Milkshakes with Jameson Cream

March 9, 2015 By Erin Skinner Leave a Comment

Chocolate and Guinness Milkshakes // @speckledpalate for @mycookingspot

Whenever I think of St. Patrick’s Day, I think of early morning parades — I did spend my college years in Louisiana, after all — and Irish drinks… namely Guinness and Jameson.

It’s a random combination, especially since I don’t particularly enjoy Guinness or Jameson on their own and never drank them at a parade.

However, I love using them in dishes.

And these milkshakes? Well, they’d make a spectacular St. Patrick’s Day dessert… or pick-me-up during the day, if you’re into that kind of thing.

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Filed Under: Cocktails, Desserts, Drinks & Smoothies, Featured, Holidays Tagged With: Dutch chocolate ice cream, granulated sugar, Guinness, Guinness beer, half-and-half, Jameson, st. Patrick's day

Mandarin Kale Salad

January 5, 2015 By Erin Skinner 2 Comments

Mandarin Kale Salad // Erin Skinner of The Speckled Palate for My Cooking Spot

Kale and I have a history of misunderstandings.

In fact, it wasn’t until we moved to Dallas that I cooked kale at home. I’d tried kale at restaurants, and it wasn’t my favorite, so I never attempted to make it on my own… and then we joined a CSA.

With our CSA that fall and winter, we received bunches upon bunches of collards, mustard greens and kale. I, obviously, had no idea what to do with them, but that quickly changed since we had so many that needed to be consumed.

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Filed Under: Entrees, Gluten Free, Holidays, Low-Carb, Paleo, Salads Tagged With: bacon, extra virgin olive oil, freshly ground black pepper, honey, kale, kosher salt, Mandarin Kale Salad, mandarin orange, orange juice, pecans

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