(party-perfect!) deviled cheese crisps + farewell 2014

Super simple cheese crisps made with crisped rice cereal!! Great for cheese plates or party trays. Full recipe at www.thepigandquill.com. #partyfood #NYE #recipe #cheese #snacks

Crumbly. Spicy. Almost-shortbready-but-they’re-made-with-rice-crispies-whaaaaaaa…CHEESE CRISPS!!!!! Yes. But first. There’s but a single day left in 2014 (or two? do I count today?) and I’m trapped somewhere between having too many words to share and not a clue what to write. Which, if you blog or journal or have even ever tried to write a particularly clever email to your boss, is something you’ve all experienced. (Side note: that clever email thing = really hard to pull off. And not for lack of trying, trust me…) Generic as it may sound, 2014 was a year of substantial changes in our little abode. There … Read More

Vegan Black Bean & Sweet Potato Sliders with Sweet-Tart Tzatziki

A couple of years ago, My Vegan Friend Mike turned me onto this recipe for black bean burgers from Emily Malone over at Daily Garnish, effectively setting into motion two things: 1) my unhealthy hatred-via-jealously obsession with this decidedly superior Emily, who I had determined was put on this planet solely for my misery, and 2) my love of homemade black bean burgers. Clearly, I have issues. Happily, Emily and I have since resolved things in our relationship (if you count a long-winded email in which I confess to her by just how much she’s kicking my ass at Emilyness … Read More