Food

Blueberries are my favorite fruit, and at least ONCE a summer, I have GOT to have a homemade blueberry pie, and nothing else will do! My mom made blackberry pies when I was a little girl that everyone else in the family loved…except for me! I just couldn’t handle the crunch of the blackberry seeds. …

Great ribs are easy to grill, once you know a tip or three. This post will provide you with all you need to know to produce a rack of juicy, succulent ribs, as well as a recipe for a SUPER EASY and DELICIOUS homemade Chipotle-Beer Barbecue Sauce. Step One to Grill Great Ribs: Season the …

For this post, I thought I’d throw together a roundup of several of my recipes, any of which would be great items to share at a Memorial Day get-together or pot luck. While I’m at it, I’ll tell you about a website where you can find MORE great recipes: a site called Yummly.  A Word …

Chicken Dukkah is a great main dish to build a weeknight meal around. Homemade weeknight dinners that are easy and quick to throw together, and also overflowing with wonderful flavors are tough to come by. I know cooking on weeknights, after a busy day, can be really tough to get motivated to do. I’ve been …

I first tasted this unbelievably easy recipe for Sour Cream and Green Chile Enchiladas when I was growing up in West Virginia. This recipe is pure easy, cheesy, creamy, comfort-food goodness! My sister learned it from her roommate, from her time at Abilene Christian University, in the 1970’s. And while we didn’t know it at …

Are you ready for that most luscious of Southern cakes? Caramel Cake? I whisper its very name, in reverence. Caramel Cake: heaven on a plate.     In the words of my dear friend Martha, who was an Episcopal priest, “Could a mere mortal make such a thing?” Yes, you CAN make a Caramel Cake.  …

This post shares Seven Steps to Grilling Great Ribs, as well as a recipe for Grilled Sweet & Spicy Ribs with Browned Butter Sauce.  This post was compensated by Collective Bias, Inc. and its advertiser. All opinions are mine alone.  Time for Grilling Great Ribs? Here in the MidSouth, every other day, we’re seeing *something* …

First off, before I give you my amazingly delicious recipe for Venison Shepherd’s Pie in a cast iron skillet, I want to make it clear that I actually really DO know the difference between Shepherd’s Pie, and Cottage Pie. The Difference Between Shepherd’s Pie and Cottage Pie According to Wikipedia, that fount of all knowledge, …

 This easy stovetop recipe explains how to brine your own corned beef. It also makes the very best Corned Beef and Cabbage recipe I’ve ever had. Kiss Me! I’m Irish! When I learned eight years ago that my ancestry was part Irish, I figured it was also time to learn how to brine corned beef. …

This recipe for Pasta with Roasted Parsnips, Leeks and Bacon is creamy, cozy, comfort food, at its apex. I’ll admit, the first time I heard Melissa Clark (a wonderful chef from the New York Times Food Section) begin describing a recipe for pasta with roasted parsnips, my head cocked like my dog’s head swivels when …

This recipe for Sesame Crusted Alaska Salmon is a delicious dish, made from sustainable wild-caught Alaska salmon, flavored with lime, ginger, and cilantro, and coated in crispy toasted sesame seeds. This post was sponsored by Alaska Seafood and was made with wild-caught Alaska salmon, as part of an Influencer Activation for Influence Central. All opinions …

These gorgeous chocolate cookies, Frosted Malt Chocolate Cookies with Sea Salt, are perfect for Christmas, or Valentine’s Day, or for anyone you know who loves chocolate, on any day at all.   My Husband Wanted These Chocolate Cookies My husband spotted a picture of these Frosted Malt Chocolate Cookies on the cover of the December issue …

Peppermint Bark Candy is my holiday guilty pleasure: so much so, that I finally felt like I had to nail down my own recipe for it! No matter where I go in the month of December, whether it’s holiday shopping, or to a party, rest assured, I’ve got one eye furtively peeled for a platter …

Wondering what to do with leftover turkey? Creamy Smoked Turkey and Wild Rice Soup is just the ticket. It will help you make good DELICIOUS use of that leftover turkey carcass! Every Thanksgiving weekend, on the first or second day after Thanksgiving, my husband makes us one of my most favorite recipes of the year: …

I was sent a Cosori Premium 6 quart Pressure Cooker to review, and compensated for my time, but all opinions in this piece are my own. THE WINNER HAS BEEN CHOSEN AND NOTIFIED! THANK YOU to EVERYONE WHO ENTERED!! I’m so excited to have this opportunity to not only review the Cosori Premium 6 Quart …