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Real Onion Dip with Spiced Chips

By Rob Carroll on July 24, 2017 in

Let’s talk dip! Summer brings pool parties, picnics, meet-ups, and potlucks, so there’s always an event or activity to look forward to on the calendar. Each one that asked for us to bring a dish would cause me to pour through cookbooks and recipes, looking for just the right appetizer for a crowd. Then a lightbulb went off in my head, and I never had a problem bringing a dish again.

Ever since I started making my own dips with baked flatbread chips, people ask me for the recipes all the time. And it’s just so easy! The beautiful thing about making your own chips and crackers using flatbread is that you can control the size, shape, flavor, and seasonings you use, if any. High quality crackers are all the rage at gourmet stores for upwards of $6/box, so making your own definitely pays off.

And the options are endless, in terms of flavor combinations. Got a jar of your favorite spicy hummus in the refrigerator? Kick it up a notch with Sriracha brushed chips, or take the heat down a bit with chips squeezed with lemon juice and chopped parsley. Flatbread can be savory, salty, spicy, or sweet.

It’s Vidalia onion season right now, so I bought a huge bag of fabulous onions for very little money at the market, and it’s got me thinking about…onion dip. Not the little packet you buy at the store, either. Real, honest homemade onion dip with smoky, spicy flatbread chips for this weekend’s summer block party. The chips bake up fast in the oven. The onion dip takes a little longer but the results are definitely worth it!

My only advice is to make more than you think you’ll need, because these babies go fast with a dip this good. The more caramelized onions the better, but if you made too many, use the rest on a burger or a pizza; it’d be a shame to let them go to waste.

Party on!

-Amy at Flatout

Pear, Walnut & Blue Cheese Pizza

By Rob Carroll on June 14, 2017 in

Abbey Sharp from Abbey’s Kitchen knows that healthy eating is all about making beautiful food with tons of colorful veggies and lean protein. Flatout flatbreads are the perfect thing for her trio of pizza recipes she makes outside on the grill. We love them all so much, there’s no way we can pick a favorite; it’s a win-win-win!

Abbey made three stellar flatbread pizzas for us, so be sure to get the recipes for her other flatbreads: the Corn Cilantro Pesto Pizza with Tomatoes and Avocado, and BBQ Chicken Pizza with Pineapples and Red Onion. They will not disappoint!

This lovely little flatbread uses juicy summer pears, walnuts, blue cheese and aromatic thyme with a delightful drizzle of honey at the very end. It would make a fabulous dessert on a hot summer night.

Thanks, Abbey!

Herbed Omelet Wrap

By Rob Carroll on July 19, 2010 in

Need a way to incorporate all those fresh, green summer herbs growing around you everywhere in the garden? Summer is the time to take advantage of all the wonderful flavor herbs can add to your favorite recipes, so grab some scissors and snip, snip, snip some savory greens to add to any meal you make.

If you have a window, you have space to grow even the smallest of kitchen herb gardens right outside on the window sill or ledge. Herbs like to grow packed together, and they all grow pretty harmoniously with one another, so all you have to do is pick your favorites and throw them in some good quality soil. They’ll do the rest and you’ll get to reap the rewards!

Last year, before I had a garden space, I grew all my herbs in window boxes and I loved being able to reach through my window for lemon thyme or fresh oregano when inspiration struck. Now that I have a little more garden space, I’ve added some flowers for the bees, and there’s a bit more balance to things.

Mostly, I’d much prefer to grow things to eat than flowers, but I usually add some color to my window boxes in the way of something effortless and self-maintaining like petunias. I always sneak in some nasturtiums (the flowers and the leaves are edible) and fresh basil in with everything so I can have something edible, too.

Fresh herbs at your beck and call makes me feel so lucky! I’m adding mint leaves to my ice water, fresh basil to my flatbread pizzas, and cilantro to my wraps. This flatbread recipe takes a classic two egg omelet, a smattering of goat cheese, and all the fresh herbs you like, and rolls it up into an easy to eat, delicious whole grain flatbread that you can take with you as a special, anything-but-ordinary breakfast. Feel free to use any herbs you like, get creative!

-Amy at Flatout

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Real Onion Dip with Spiced Chips

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