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If Gravy Runs In Your Veins, You’ll Love This! The American South runs on biscuits and gravy! Nobody even has to ask what is meant by “gravy,” because everyone there grew up eating this same dish of savory sausage, bathed in velvety gravy and served over flaky biscuits. This dish is the rib-sticking breakfast of [...]
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 [...]