We love rice pudding at our house and we also love eggnog. We decided to combine the 2 and here is our version of two old favorites. This is a great make ahead festive Christmas dessert. Eggnog Rice Pudding 3/4 cup arborio rice or mahatma jasmine rice 2 cups water 1 teaspoon fresh orange … [Read more...]
Grilled Polenta with Spicy Marinara and Sausage
This is such a wonderful recipe to make for entertaining. Make everything ahead, heat and then assemble after your quest arrive. This is an appetizer, I have made for years. I will use the grilled polenta with other recipes. I do hope you enjoy this recipe. I had SunSet Farm Brand out of Valdosta, … [Read more...]
Creamy Peanut Butter Pie
We had a guest coming to spend the night and I was told they really liked peanut butter. Yea! See, Mr. Fix it does not like peanut butter so I never get the chance to make any thing with peanut butter. I wanted to make an ole fashioned peanut butter pie. This is an ole version of the cream cheese … [Read more...]
Magic Cake Layer Bars
This is a layer cake I made for our coffee hour this week. I have had this cake recipe a really long time. Did not plan to post but had several request so here is the recipe. This cake recipe and similar ones are all over Pinterest. It really does as the title says it is like magic. This cake is … [Read more...]
Layered Orange Congealed Salad
This is a dish we call church ladie food...yep have you ever heard that term before? Well, it is a country term for a dish you would get at a church pot luck dinner or funeral food. I went to an funeral last week and they had some of the best food. We all loved the congealed orange salad which in … [Read more...]
Strawberry Rhubarb Cobbler…..yum!
Oh my you will love this recipe, I hope you will try it. I have never been a real big consumer of cobbler...until the other day. A friend and I went to lunch together and we had a version very similar to this one. I came home and got busy, remember that pavlova from a few days ago with the same … [Read more...]
School Cafeteria Yeast Rolls
I had a sweet reader contact me and share a wonderful recipe with me.....Thank you, Barbara Wright!! Barbara says, this recipe came from the high school where her mother taught Home Economics. This is the first yeast bread recipe she ever used. Makes great yeast rolls or cinnamon rolls. So, I had … [Read more...]
Buttermilk Waffles
<br< Well....When we go to my mom and dad's house you can bet we will have blue berry waffles at least once while we are there. This is my favorite recipe for waffles, this recipe is a keeper. The waffles always come out crispy on the out side, soft and fluffy on the inside. The buttermilk … [Read more...]
Strawberry Rhubarb Pavlova
Oh how I love pavlovas! Have you ever had one? Oh Goodness, you are surely missing out if you haven't ? This is one I made for a wedding shoot last week. Pavlovas are light yet crunchy, creamy with that little bit of whipped cream and then the fruit element just puts it over the top. I do love the … [Read more...]
Southern Creamy Pralines
These are so amazing and believe it or not they are pretty easy to make....really! I grew up 90 minutes from New Orleans. I have tried many and I mean many different pralines. Some yum ~ O and some not ~ O, I have tried many countless recipes as well. Some are great if the weather is cool and it has … [Read more...]
Son Graduated Today……Fly little birdie
Today at our house it is a big day….Son is graduating from High School. Soon things will change here for ever. He will leave for college over 6 hours away. Some friends and I were sitting around discussing why is it such a big deal made over kids graduating from high school ~ Really ? Well, the … [Read more...]
Crawfish Pot Pie
I do love crawfish...being from Mississippi can't really help it...Well I do! I can remember many times as a kid getting a bag of 5 lbs and eating them all by my self. I do love them...I do! But, the thought of a crawfish pie never really occurred to me. Well, I was visiting down at Watercolor last … [Read more...]
Green Egg Smoked Salmon Salad
We love, love smoked salmon at our house. The other day I was in Costco and they had some great looking salmon so I picked up a whole fish. My plan was to smoke it and serve it for dinner with a beurre blanc sauce and take the lefts over and make a smoke salmon salad. Lets just say I had one whole … [Read more...]
The Culinary Institute Of America
My son is a senior this year.....oh goodness what will I do next year with him a way at school. Who will I cook for? We are in the process of looking for a college for him to attend and guess what he wanted to go see The Culinary Institute Of America in New York? Can you believe that? So, we … [Read more...]
Creamy Roasted Pepper Risotto
I found something new at the store today an impulse buy...these little tiny sweet peppers and they are simply beautiful...have you seen them in the stores? Well, I tossed them in the cart and said I am going to make something with these cute little things. I love the colors just oh so pretty. I am … [Read more...]
Beef Short Ribs
Have you ever made short ribs before? Well, they are amazing and really very easy to make. They make a wonderful meal for company or just a family night dinner. Short ribs are an inexpensive cut of meat and after cooking for a while they are so incredibly tender and just fall a part. They will just … [Read more...]
Creamy Risotto with Mushrooms and Parmesan
We all love risotto and I do make it many different ways. I will add what ever we are in the mood for....like tomato and basil or lemony asparagus or maybe a mixture of sweet peppers or a variety of mushrooms which is our favorite of all. This is a great dish when it is cold out. I am so ready for … [Read more...]
Chicken Tortilla Soup
We all love this soup. It is rather easy to make you can add or take away the ingredients you do not like. But, I think it is best with all of them. I looked for a long time for a recipe I had over 20 something years ago in California for a soup like this and never could find one as good as I … [Read more...]
The Great Cookie Swap 2012
I am participating in a blog cookie swap. I bake 3 dozen cookies and send one dozen to three different bloggers in different parts of the country. They do not know who has their name and I do not know who has my name. The best part of all is I get cookies from 3 different bloggers. It is like secret … [Read more...]
Christmas Gingerbread House
I wish you could be here, stop on by the house smells so wonderful the christmas music is playing loudly in the back ground...lovely. I love gingerbread houses....why it brings back such sweet memories. My sweet little granny would make one each year for Christmas. After lunch on Christmas Day we … [Read more...]
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