Appetizer Archives - Stacey Homemaker

Cheesy Veggie-Loaded Easy Vegan Quesadillas

August 22, 2017 by Stacey Homemaker 4 Comments

The BEST easy vegan quesadillas with loads of creamy cheese, zucchini slices, fresh spinach, and juicy artichoke hearts. These quesadillas will please everyone in the family! Vegan, dairy-free.

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Over the last year, Travis and I have been working really hard on cutting all dairy products out of our diets.

I would like to tell you that we gave up cheese overnight but it’s really hard to give up something that you’ve been eating for the last 28 years of your life.

I mean, my favorite food since I was a tiny tot was macaroni and cheese. I loved it!

Over the last year, I’ve been working on veganizing my favorite cheese recipes. This is my favorite vegan mac ‘n’ cheese recipe so far and these broccoli stuffed potatoes with cheese sauce are to die for!

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5-Minute 4th of July Appetizer: Star-Spangled Skewers

June 5, 2017 by Stacey Homemaker 10 Comments

Star-Spangled skewers are the easiest 4th of July appetizer that you’ll ever make! They only take 5 minutes to assemble and you can store them in the fridge until party time! Vegan and gluten-free.

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I can’t believe it’s already the first week of June!

Before you know it, it’s going to be the 4th of July. I’m trying to plan early this year so I’m already working on our 4th of July appetizer and dinner menu.

Our 4th of July Dinner Menu

For dinner, I’m throwing around the idea of making (red) beet burgers, (white) potato salad or cashew broccoli salad, and (blue) blueberry cobbler for dessert. Red, white and blue: everything has to match the holiday theme!

My mom always makes a big deal about the 4th of July, she goes all out! I won’t be going as hardcore as she does but we will probably hang out by the pool, make some drinks (I’m working on a killer watermelon Moscow Mule recipe to share soon!) and watch the fireworks on TV.

Since we’re most likely going to be hanging outside by the pool, I wanted to have an easy finger food 4th of July appetizer that we could munch on. Travis loves vegan feta cheese and I’ve been craving watermelon like crazy, so this app is perfect for both of us. I just picked up a gorgeous watermelon from Costco too, so I’m, going to have lots of watermelon inspired recipes coming your way soon!

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Rainbow Cherry Tomato Stuffed Portobello Mushroom Recipes

September 20, 2016 by Stacey Homemaker 3 Comments

Stuffed portobello mushrooms loaded with pesto cashew cream filling, juicy rainbow cherry tomatoes, and so much flavor! Vegan, dairy-free, gluten-free.

I’m celebrating the end of summer with one of my favorite rainbow cherry tomato stuffed portobello mushroom recipes!

Fall officially starts this Thursday and I’m so ready!

It’s been getting harder and harder to find all of my favorite fruits and veggies like blueberries, blackberries, strawberries, and these lovely rainbow cherry tomatoes. Don’t you just love all the bright colors? I love looking at them, taking pictures of them, and especially eating them!

I got my mom hooked on the rainbow cherry tomatoes too after I shared my recipe for rainbow cherry tomato balsamic avocado toast a few months ago. I know this because she likes to send me pictures of her breakfast every morning. In case you didn’t know, my mom was the original food blogger! At least, that’s what we like to say! =)

My mom has been taking pictures of her food ever since I can I remember. When I was little, people would come up to us in restaurants and ask. “Do you work for a cooking magazine or the Food Network, why are you taking pictures of your food?” At the time, I was embarrassed and never wanted to take or pose for pictures but I guess it runs in my blood because I do the same thing now!

My mom always told me that if you take a picture first then you can remember it forever, otherwise, the details are forgotten as soon as you eat it. Before it was cool to Instagram your food pics, my mom was taking her roll of film to Eckerd Drugs, developing her pictures and scrapbooking them to show to her friends.

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Watermelon Kiwi Mango Fruit Salsa

July 24, 2016 by Stacey Homemaker 6 Comments

Watermelon kiwi mango fruit salsa is light and sweet with a tangy bite from the red onions. It’s perfect for summertime! We love it with crackers or you could serve it on top of fish or chicken for a healthy dinner! Vegan + dairy-free + gluten-free.

Watermelon is my all-time favorite summer fruit!

It might be in my mind but I think it tastes sweeter and juicier during the summer.

Last week, I bought this ginormous watermelon and we’ve been eating it all week! I cubed it, sliced it, we blended some into watermelon margaritas, I added chunks to my salad, yet we still have a huge bowl full leftover!

I also had a bag of kiwis that I picked up at Trader Joes last week and few mangos that my mother in law gave us.

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