Spreads/15 recipes

This is a very fresh taste tomato salsa and also quick and easy, chopped some fresh tomatoes, sweet red bell pepper, tossed with freshly chopped cilantro and parsley leaves, serve with your favorite chips.

Enjoy this Portuguese favorite that can be served plain or with any type of spread.

South Carolina style pulled pork. Both grilling and finishing in the oven reduce the cooking time while the authentic mustard based rub and barbecue sauce deliver bright tangy tender pork.

This scrumptious shrimp dish tastes so good, it will make you completely forget about the overcooked breaded bits of what purports to be shrimp at Red Lobster.

This makes a spectacular breakfast jam spread on toast, or as a topping for ice cream or banana muffins.

This sweet marmalade is the perfect spread for toast, english muffins and pancakes.

Large, gooey and cheesy pot of chicken, rice and broccoli. Classic American comfort food that my family loves.

This 15 minute tomato soup was the first tomato soup we made, and it came out deliciously refreshing. Homegrown tomatoes and homemade vegetable stock certainly made the soup taste more flavorful.

I make this soup every Halloween and is the "signal" to the family that the cool weather has arrived. I've been making it for 15 years now and out of all the soups I make, it is still everyone's favorite. Enjoy!

Classic jam filled cookies perfect for Christmas. Fillings can range from various jams to hazelnut spreads only limited by your imagination.

A fresh homemade blender safflower mayonnaise.

This simple and quick spread is perfect to serve at any upcoming holiday party! It's chunk chicken, chopped apple, chutney and peanuts are bound with a curry-laced mayonnaise.

Surprise Grandma this Christmas with a jar of this tasty spread that can easily be made in your crockpot.

Tasty eggs for any party!

This cream cheese-based cracker spread is served free at a local pub. It was so delicious that I knew I had to try to duplicate it home after I first had it. At the pub, the spread is served with club-type crackers, but it goes well on any cracker or with crudites.

Quick, easy and tasty, we spread it over our sandwich bread when we make sandwiches, and it never lets us disappointed.