We scoured the web for the best March Madness dips so you can spend more time watching the games. These are our final four picks….
Watch College Ball While Eating Exactly What You Did in College
We’ve all been there… the freshman fifteen. It wasn’t pretty, but it sure was tasty! We’ll make it easy for you to relive your glory days by eating all your delicious college faves. …
When I Dip, You Dip, We Dip
You didn’t know you were hosting a March Madness party, did you? Well you are, and you only have a few hours to prepare. Don’t worry! We’ve got easy dips you can make in 3 ingredients with staples you already have in your kitchen.
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Elegant Fruit Salads
Elegant Fruit Salads
With picnics, potluck dinners, and BBQs galore this summer, I usually bring a fruit salad.
Fruit salads are easy, healthy, and require no cooking at all (which is perfect when the weather outside is steamy!). You might think that a fruit salad is fairly plain, but when you mix fresh, seasonal fruit with complementary homemade dressings, they become an elegant dish.
I put together a couple of my favorite recipes below. Many of your favorite fruits will work in these recipes. The pièce de résistance is in the dressing….
Cinco de Mayo Cemitas Celebración!
Did you know that Cinco de Mayo is celebrated for 2 reasons? For those in the United States, it is a celebration of Mexican heritage and culture. In Mexico, it is the celebration of the victory at the Battle of Puebla. This year, I decided to have a celebración that high-lighted the best both worlds.
Non-Traditional Chicken Cemitas
For my fiesta I had a “Make Your Own Cemitas” bar! I prepared all the ingredients earlier (with a lot of help from the FreshDirect Heat & Eat Department), leaving me with plenty of time to enjoy the fiesta stress free. I gave my guests the option of creating a traditional cemitas (by leaving a recipe card on the table) or allowing them to go for something a little bit more inspirado….
One-Pan Recipe: Sausage and Potato Bake
Sausage and Potato Bake
While I enjoy sausage, I don’t cook it at home very often. So when our meat department revamped our FreshDirect sausage line, the sausage was so good that I wanted to find an easy way to rotate a new meal into my routine.
Personally, my favorite recipes can be cooked in one pan or pot. This sausage bake is no exception. I borrowed my dad’s recipe as a base and then added my own twists from there, which I encourage others to do with any easy recipe. Substitute in what you like, remove what you don’t!…
Game Day Guacamole
Game Day Guacamole
- I am a purist when it comes to guacamole, no fancy add-ins here. To make up for my lack of adventure in my guacamole recipe, I have a few non-traditional recipes to make easy game-day snacks to help feed those hungry fans.
Do You Remember Your 10th Birthday?
10th Birthday cupcakes
When I turned 10 years old my parents threw me a birthday party and one of the games was pin the tail on the donkey. Remember that game? One of my friends spun another around insisting she was right on track to the donkey poster plastered on the door: “There! There! Pin it there!” she screeched. And so, my trusting friend pinned me on the shoulder with a paper tail and tape – I stood very still, looked at my mom in horror, and my troublemaker friend laughed. When my blindfolded friend removed her mask she was fuming mad.
Ten was a good year – what I’d give for those types of problems. A few minutes later we were off to some other game and later to giant slices of cake. I think Care Bears were the thing that year.
Well, as FreshDirect marks its ten year anniversary making deliveries I got to thinking about turning ten. I turned to my colleagues to see what they remember about their tenth birthdays. It seems ten is a definite milestone:…
Fun Festive Ideas for July 4th Celebrations
Star Spangled Cupcakes are fun for Independence Day parties.
I love getting together with friends and family to celebrate the Fourth of July. Any excuse for good food and great company is fine by me!
Since the holiday occurs in the summer, there are so many fresh red, white, and blue fruits available to make easy, but beautiful and tasty, desserts.
So read on for a few ideas I gathered together to help you celebrate Independence Day in patriotic style!…
How to Prepare for Last-Minute Guests
Check your freezer for easy last minute appetizers like our Mini Empanadas
Last-minute, your husband calls to tell you he just invited his boss over for dinner. Or that time when your friend from out of town shows up unannounced, and of course hungry, at your door.
We’ve all been there… So, how do you make sure you can take the news in stride and have something worthwhile to serve your guest du jour?
Just follow these easy steps to feed your guests in no time!:…