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Strawberry Avocado Mint Salad Spring Rolls // A Foodie Picnic

July 18, 2016 by Steph Powers Leave a Comment

Roll up your salad so you can eat it on the go! Strawberry Avocado Mint Salad Spring Rolls

These Strawberry Avocado Mint Salad Spring Rolls are great for serving a portable salad at a picnic or party! (Or just noshing on for lunch!) Last week I shared my Fig and Pig Flatbread and talked about the foodie picnic I put together with my friend Meghan from Cake n' Knife. This week I want to share my favorite new way to chow down on a salad - spring rolls! You may have seen these rice ...

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Filed Under: Appetizers, Gluten-Free, Party, Recipes, Salads, Sides, Simple Hospitality, Snacks, Vegetarian Tagged With: almonds, asian, avocado, goat cheese, healthy, Party, picnic, poppyseed dressing, salad, spinach, spring rolls, strawberry

Fig and Pig Flatbread // A Foodie Picnic

July 11, 2016 by Steph Powers Leave a Comment

The Ultimate foodie picnic food - Fig and Pig Flatbread

This Fig and Pig Flatbread is my quick and easy go-to for a foodie picnic or fancy appetizer.   Last week my friend Meghan from Cake n' Knife came over to have a picnic with me. And not just any picnic. This was a no holds barred food bloggers' foodie picnic which means we dreamed up the most delicious, fancy picnic foods we could think of and then spent a couple hours cooking up a storm, ...

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Filed Under: Appetizers, Bread, Gluten-Free, Meat, Party, Pizza, Recipes, Sides, Simple, Simple Hospitality, Snacks Tagged With: bacon, cakenkife collab, fig, flatbread, goat cheese, picnic

Bacon Marinated Pork Loin Stuffed with Fig, Sage, and Goat Cheese + Meal Plan Monday Week 29

July 20, 2015 by Steph Powers 19 Comments

Bacon Marinated Pork Loin Stuffed with Fig Sage and Goat Cheese - This is one of my favorite recipes for entertaining because it looks super fancy, but doesn't take much effort!

This post is part of a social shopper marketing insight campaign with Weave Made Media®, Smithfield®, but all my opinions are my own. #weavemade #SummerSizzling http://my-disclosur.es/RgFrEH This summer has been all about grilling. Aside from some crazy hail and flooding in May and early June, it's been a pretty mild summer in Denver, so we've been out in our backyard as much as possible. My ...

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Filed Under: Cooking Tips, Gluten-Free, Meal Plan Monday, Meat, Recipes, Simple, Sponsored Post Tagged With: bacon, figs, goat cheese, marinated pork, sage

Roasted Beet Salad With Goat Cheese and Beet Pesto Vinaigrette + Meal Plan Monday #2

January 12, 2015 by Steph Powers 25 Comments

Roasted Beet Salad with Beet Basil Pesto Vinaigrette

Roasted Beet Salad: Sweet Roasted Beets, Creamy Goat Cheese, Toasted Pine Nuts, and a Beet Basil Pesto Vinaigrette + Meal Plan Monday #2 You know how much I love recreating recipes I've tried in restaurants. This recipe comes at the request of my hubby. It's a recreation of a dish from an incredible local restaurant called Root Down that's in both the Denver Airport and downtown. There are ...

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Filed Under: Gluten-Free, Meal Plan Monday, Recipes, Salads, Simple, Vegetarian Tagged With: arugula, beets, goat cheese, Meal Plan Monday, pine nuts, roasted veggies, salad

Quick Cranberry Salsa and Goat Cheese Crostini

November 18, 2014 by Steph Powers 9 Comments

These Cranberry Salsa and Goat Cheese Crostini are the perfect quick appetizer for your next holiday party.

A quick appetizer of sweet and spicy cranberry salsa with creamy goat cheese on toasted baguette rounds.  If you're like me, you can always use some more shortcuts for entertaining over the holidays. I often put too much on my plate (pun intended) and end up hanging out in the kitchen cooking all day and miss out on quality time spent with friends and family. Do you do that too? My goal for ...

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Filed Under: Appetizers, Gluten-Free, Party, Recipes, Sides, Simple, Snacks, Vegetarian Tagged With: appetizer, baguette, cranberry, crostini, goat cheese, jalapeno, salsa

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