Sometimes you just need a little crunch.

Try Trader Joes for their always fresh veggies and spinach dip!

And try stopping by my office for some of PS260's daily snacks!

I'm kind of embarrassed about how these baked mozzarella sticks turned out.

They tasted delicious (we ate them all) but as you can see they left quite a bit to the imagination.

I froze the cheese sticks for about 36 hours, then did all the prep work, put them back in the fridge and then into the oven they went.

In the future, I will batter them and return them to the FREEZER for a few hours before baking them in the oven. Maybe that will help...

Note: To see how good these COULD look, check out the link above.

One of my favorite appetizers to serve are cheese puffs. Not only because they are delicious, but because they taste great served hot, and even better served room temperature.

A low maintenance appetizer? Why yes please.

For this particular batch I did not have Gruyere, so I used Jarlsberg.

Still delicious!

We had two veggies in the group, and although I wanted to wrap everything in bacon I held back and just roasted some asparagus.

Roasted Asparagus with Olive Vinaigrette

It was a huge success among herbivores and carnivores alike.