Secret Ingredient Paleo Delight If you love crab cakes at all, there is a pretty good chance that you order them when you go to any type of seafood restaurant. I know that you were expecting to be served golden-browned cakes, brimming with lumps of crab and delicately seasoned. Ah, perfection! But just how many [...]
Ole! Ole! Try This Salad Today! I am absolutely besotted with Mexican food! Not the kind you get at a fast food chain restaurant drive-through window, although that will do, in a pinch. We have been brainwashed by these chains into believing that Mexican people only cook and eat tacos and burritos. I am talking [...]
These Are The Bomb! I must have been living under a rock or in a cave for the past few years, because I had never heard of these clever little “bomb”-type appetizers. Apparently there is one made with pepperoni, resembling a pizza in flavor, that has been all the rage. These in this recipe are [...]
Delightfully Hot and Cold – All at the Same Time! Don’t be fooled by the picture, this is a chilled soup, not some fancy new drink! It is a fruit gazpacho, topped with a crab, lime and jalapeno relish. This light and elegant chilled soup could be served as a light lunch, maybe with a [...]
An Astonishing Approach to Grilled Cheese That Will Blow You Away! If you are anything like me, the thought of making a grilled cheese sandwich like this would never have occurred to you. But the creamy, sweet mascarpone cheese goes perfectly with bananas and the drizzle of honey pulls it all together. I loved the [...]
Let’s Have a Toast – Here’s to the French! Man, oh man! Do I ever love French toast! It is one of my most favorite breakfast foods, but I rarely make it because it is such a pain in the neck. Dredging, soaking, frying, and then trying to keep it warm if you are cooking [...]
A Whole Lotta Meat - Try This On For Size! There really isn’t that much to make a fuss about, because it is, essentially a ham and cheese sandwich, with the addition of roast pork, salami (if you like it), very thinly-sliced dill pickles and mustard (just the plain yellow variety, nothing fancy at all). [...]
Bunches of Crunches! This salad has been around for years and is a potluck and picnic staple. People love the crunchiness of the salad coupled with the tangy sweetness of the dressing. Some of the ingredients have changed a little over the past decades, to reflect our more health-conscious eating habits. Avocado, mango and edamame [...]
Just How “Southern” Are Y’all? Any Southerner worth their salt has some type of personal relationship with this humble, porridge-like foodstuff called grits. There seems to be a rather controversial divide when it comes to grits: either you absolutely love them, or you absolutely hate them. As a Southern gal myself, I was raised on [...]
Hot or Cold, This Flavor Is Bold! Have you ever felt a craving, but you couldn’t really identify exactly what it was you were craving? Me, too! In this situation, I often find myself grazing through the contents of my entire kitchen, trying this or that, in what usually turns out to be a vain [...]