Feed The Resistance: Pizza-Spiced Nuts

This Sunday is the big Sips & Slices pizza party for The River Food Pantry.  Both Dee and I will be there with our pizza creations – and of course you are invited to come try all the pizzas and vote for your favorite.  A big thank you to Ian’s Pizza, who will be cooking up all the pizzas on Sunday, and to Vintage Brewing Company, who has produced a special  beer just for the occasion – “River Red Lager” is on sale now at all Vintage locations, with a buck from every pint going to The River Food Pantry!

With all that in mind, I wanted to do something pizza-related this week.  What I settled on was “Pizza-Spiced Nuts.”  Basically it’s nuts, with a bunch of pizza spices (Oregano, Garlic, Onion, Basil, Fennel, etc.) and some croutons thrown in to mimic the pizza crust.  The nuts really smelled like a fresh pizza coming out of the oven…and the taste was spot-on!

To pair with the nuts, Dee brought in “73 Kolsch” (named for Badger Football great – Joe Thomas) from Great Lakes Brewing Company, which worked perfectly to mellow out some of the spices in the nut mix.

Feed The Resistance is thanks to Brennan’s Market…Make your gatherings memorable with Brennan’s!