Party Foods – Living Tivalicious

No Boil Crockpot Mack and Cheese

Holiday parties mean easily yet delicious food! I wanted to do a crock pot recipe for work, so it can be as easy as possible. Mac and cheese was the selection! I have since made this again, and there are definitely some do’s and don’ts that I have learned. First spray your crock with nonstickContinue reading “No Boil Crockpot Mack and Cheese”

Broccoli Cheddar Spread

Whoops another recipe you need to use your imagination, because somehow, I forgot the pictures LOL. But here is another game day bite. It was meant to be a dip but it turned out to be more of a spread – still delicious! I started by steaming some broccoli; it was just a small head.Continue reading “Broccoli Cheddar Spread”

Elote Dip

Last time I made elote, I had leftovers. I decided to cut them off the cob and then enjoy them with tortilla chips. It was such a great idea, that I was like, “I need to do a hot elote dip for game day” – here it is! I had fresh corn, so I startedContinue reading “Elote Dip”

Bruschetta

Shout out to Casey for showing me how easy it is to make bruschetta lol. It is the perfect summer bite, specially when you have fresh tomatoes from local farms, like The Goat. It is so easy to make. I took about 5 Roma tomatoes and diced them, removing as must of the seeds asContinue reading “Bruschetta”

Layered Summer Treats

I was looking for a fun summer treat with a red white and blue theme. After researching and compiling ideas – I came up with this layered treat! First, I started with baking the puff pastry. I learned my lesson last time with the Danishes and I made sure to not let them defrost tooContinue reading “Layered Summer Treats”

Chocolate Peanut Butter Chex

I had some Chex left, the wheat ones (my least favorite lol). I decided to do a sweet treat of chocolate peanut butter. But I felt like were not as satisfying as corn or rice Chex would be LOL. It was a fairly easy recipe to put together. I preheated the oven to 275. IContinue reading “Chocolate Peanut Butter Chex”

Sour Cream and Chive Dip

Getting in the fresh herb game, but then not realizing how to use chives. Toppings are great, but I wanted to make it the star LOL. So, a chive dip was in store and looking in the fridge – a sour cream and chive dip came together. To a bowl, I added 2 parts sourContinue reading “Sour Cream and Chive Dip”

Potato Salad

Summer foods are so much fun. The obstacle is when you really want something but don’t have all the ingredients. The potato salad craving hit with limited ingredients – but we made it work! 1 rustic potato was cut up very chunky and then boiled for about 10 minutes. During this I chopped up someContinue reading “Potato Salad”

Scallion Dip

This time around it wasn’t a cottage cheese base dip, but sour cream. AKA it was a dip thrown together to use up ingredients before they go bad! I mixed together equal parts sour cream and mayo. I seasoned with salt, pepper, garlic and some paprika. I added finely chopped scallions and some lemon juice.Continue reading “Scallion Dip”

Elote

Cinco de Mayo means fun foods like Elote aka street corn. (Clearly I am still behind here catching up LOL). I venture to make it myself and it turned out soooo perfect! It was very easy as well. Cook the ears of corn as you normally would. In a shallow dish I mixed the following:Continue reading “Elote”