We all love pound cake here at our house. This is an old recipe and I have seen many versions of this recipe each just a little different in some way. This is a great one, easy, turns out each and every time. One trick I have learned is to heat the oven to 300 and once you put the cake in the oven … [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...]
Creamed Spinach
We at our house love creamed spinach. But, leave it to me to make spinach unhealthily hee hee oh well da gum it is really good any one would eat it this way. Believe me!! It is so, so good. This is a great make ahead dish for a dinner party too as a side dish. It comes out every time and holds … [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...]
Meringue Cookies
These cookies are so very pretty and make such a beautiful presentation. They are great for a special party, shower or tea party. These are great to make a head. You can make them any color to match your party theme... … [Read more...]
Creamy Key Lime Pie
I was never a great big fan of key lime pie.....I don't know WHY? But, I have come to my senses and well I do really like them now. Since, I did not care for them, I did not have many recipes for key lime so here we go. I love the one at BrickTops, they have a macadamia nut cookie crust so that was … [Read more...]
The Masters Egg Salad and Pimento Cheese
Oh Goodness....We had the opportunity to go to the Masters Golf Tournament last week. Saturday was simply the prettiest day ever for me at the Masters. The grass was so vividly green, with all the azaleas in bloom in such wide arrays of colors. They had wisteria blooms hanging from the trees. It was … [Read more...]
Grady’s Restaurant House Salad
This is a great salad has a wonderful combination of ingredients in it. We would go to Grady's every week to get this salad and the grilled salmon oh goodness was so good. But, they got bought out by a big chain restaurant. Don't just hate that...I do? They did not have the level of service or food … [Read more...]
Roast Beef Sandwiches
Oh goodness these are so yumo. I will make a pot roast just to have these babies! Oh goodness they are deelightful! I take left over pot roast and the home made school rolls. This is a winning combo! I take the rolls butter them on both sides and place them on a hot griddle and toast them just … [Read more...]
Kale, Navy Beans and Sausage Soup
This is a wonderful soup and it is rather healthy too. But, believe me it is wonderful. Many times when something is healthy well let's face it....it just isn't any good "a`tall" well it isn't. Well, it is the truth. I made this soup just to write my post and so funny at my house wait.... wait, let … [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...]
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...]
Glazed Pecans
Oh goodness this is one of those things that are oh so easy yet oh so wonderful. Please try them and you will agree they are wonderful. I had a customer bring them in to us with the recipe and we all went NUTS over them....heeee heeee. I have made them every year since. They are additive so be … [Read more...]
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