presso Sometimes you make a pie because you have a good reason and sometimes the good reason is that your sweet tooth will soon devour your tongue if you don’t feed it. Who needs an excuse to eat pie, anyway? No one we want to be friends with, right? That is especially true with Chocolate …
Holiday Recipes
Hello sweet smell of summer! Do you smell it too? Fresh green grass. Summer rain in the air. The green smell of tomato plants heavy with fruit. Round full beautiful peaches at the fruit stand? But wait till you smell this Peach Pie with a Pecan Brown Sugar Crumble. Seriously.
Admit it. You haven’t heard about coffee cake since around about 1978, right? But why? It’s so delicious with fluffy cinnamon cake, gooey sticky syrup and a creamy luscious icing? Where did the coffee cake go? I don’t know, but I promise, one taste of Orange Cinnamon Roll Coffee Cake and you will be hooked …
Always say yes to the Fried Green Tomatoes – that is a RULE for life so write it down! But… what about the Eggplant? Ummmmm. Well…… no. Not a fan. So, how about we substitute Fried Green Tomatoes for the Eggplant in a simple but OH SO DELICIOUS Fried Green Tomato Parmigiana? YES!
When life gives you lemons don’t make lemonade! Be happy and make an old fashioned lemon chess pie! Then just say, “Thanks life!”
Old Fashioned Chess pie is one of the most delicious and simplest pies on the planet enjoyed by absolutely EVERYONE! Try it and see! (BESIDES, IT’S EASY!)
Some things that you see here are just absolutely sinful, and this is one of them. Sorry. Not Sorry. I mean, come on, I’m the one sitting here with a full pan of these chocolate, peanut butter, marshmallow, crispy treats right in front of me smelling like pure HEAVEN. Chocolate Nutter Butter Crispy Treats are ready in …
The name is a mouthful but the bite is delicious! Blueberry Balsamic Chicken Salad is the bodacious creation that happened when trying to figure out what to do with the leftovers from Blueberry Balsamic Chicken! And now you know the rest of the story.
Need a GOURMET recipe for date night? Something restaurant quality, tasty and beautiful? How about if that dish was also EASY and even a little healthy? Beyond that, what if you could have the whole thing ready in 30 minutes start to finish? Yeah – I’ve got exactly that recipe today, Blueberry Balsamic Chicken.
There are a few great mysteries in the world. How did they make the pyramids? Is there a Loch Ness Monster? How do you make perfect, ‘best of summer’, squeezed, healthy, FRESH HOMEMADE LEMONADE CONCENTRATE? I can only help with the last answer. The others? We will just have to wonder.
Were you ever glad you took a picture of something because it was so fleeting that it was gone before you knew it? Yeah, me too. It applies RIGHT NOW! Because I am polishing off the rest of these CARAMEL M&M’S KICKING BROWN SUGAR COOKIES as I type this. THEY ARE THAT GOOD! I mean, …
Since the snow hit two weeks ago, I’ve totally been in the mood for winter. Except, of course, the last 3 days where the air feels bitter and biting and I have to actually wear a heavy coat when I go outside. I much prefer the type of winter where snow lingers, the sun is …
The BIG game day is coming soon! I know you need the PERFECT and easy dish to share! I have it and you’ll love it and you WILL BE THE STAR OF THE PARTY with Tennessee Whiskey Meatball Sliders! Promise!
My 15 month old grandson is teetering around my home office with a smear of dark chocolate on his chin and a big toothy grin on his face. It’s not appropriate to give chocolate to a baby, so don’t do it. I shouldn’t have admitted this to you. Besides, what if his mother reads this …
Why does Kentucky get to claim the easiest, tastiest, fluffiest, butteriest, simplest, richest, dog gone BEST pound cake everrrrrr? Isn’t Kentucky known for wildcats, NOT cakes! Might be, but This Easy Kentucky Pound Cake Proves that Butter has Never Looked Better and will have your grandma saying, “Well Smack My Mouth! I have to have …
Ever wonder why some baked beans are rich, thick, smoky, sweet, barbecuey (is that even a word?) and deeply delicious while yours are flavorless and pale? You’ve tried adding some molasses, ketchup, weenies, ground beef or maybe brown sugar to the store bought baked beans but…… nope. No use. Great news! I’m sharing my 7 …
It is an itch you just HAVE to scratch. No, It’s not a skin fungus – silly. It is a metaphorical itch. An itch to do something memorable and spectacular. Perhaps your itch is to do something you never did before. You want to complete a “bucket list” item? Conceivably, you might need to figure …
Amidst the festivities I know it seems a little difficult to know exactly what to do when someone says, “Hey, why don’t ya’ll come over for dinner on Friday?” or “Hey, let’s have a potluck for work – everyone bring something”. As for me, I work from home and my coworker is Pete. Pete never …
Here is my one sentence commercial for these classic Irresistible Peanut Butter Cookies: A tasty crunchy and yet chewy classic peanut butter cookie that is super simple and uses what you probably already have in your pantry!
Old Time Broccoli Opposite Salad The smell is UNGODLY (not this salad! the smell in my car!!) I am pretty sure we will have to sell my car because that smell will NEVER come out. My experience with car smells is, a bad smell happens, there is no getting it out, you must sell the car. …