Last Minute Cheese Ball, Three Ways includes three quick ways to whip up a last minute dish. Combinations include CHeddar and Bacon, Blue Cheese and Cranberries and Lemon Rosemary Goat Cheese. Make one or make them all! I am the world’s most forgetful person. I often forget to buy gifts, groceries, or toothpaste. Doctor’s appointments and haircuts are nearly always ...
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One Pan Bacon Cheddar Hashbrown Flip
Bacon and cheddar come together with eggs and hashbrowns to create a memorable breakfast your whole family will flip for. Easy and delicious, this One Pan Bacon Cheddar Hashbrown Flip feeds a crowd. This time of the year is when life slows down for us, professionally. The vineyards are dormant, the tourist season has long ...
Roasted Poblano and Corn Chowder
Although driving into the city every day is now part of my life, I still do the majority of our grocery shopping in our small, local grocery stores. While I would love to say that I solely shop there because I want to make sure to support my community and its businesses, it’s mostly because I like the people at my tiny little grocery store so much more than any big ...
Baked BBQ Potato Wedges
Baked BBQ Potato Wedges are a hit that everyone will be talking about. Whip up a batch for your next tailgate party or cookout! They won't last long! These delicious baked BBQ potato wedges will be your new favorite. Simple and easy to prepare potato wedges that will please any crowd. Yummy wedged potatoes with cheese, bacon, seasonings, BBQ sauce a few other yummy ...
Maple Bacon Whiskey Wings
Fall is here and there are so many things to be thankful for; cooler weather, comfort food and football season are just a few. Although I look forward to the crisp fall air and the stews and braises of the season, I can’t say that I am a big football fanatic. It’s a shame really, being that I was raised in a football loving family. My family has season tickets to the ...
Breakfast Muffins
We have been having quite a few adventures over here in the middle of the country. School has started back, my catering side business has been picking up and my husband has taken up the accordion. Yep...the accordion. I'll just tell you right now it's hilarious. So, what's the first song he decided to learn on the weird mutt of an instrument? Moves Like Jagger. "An ...
Summer Dill Potato Salad
Summer Dill Potato Salad was inspired by a BLT with lots of bacon and tomatoes and peas instead of lettuce for little pops of sweetness. My husband and I have reached a new chapter in child rearing. We realized it while on vacation this past week. It came as an unexpected surprise and it made us maybe just a touch sad. We are no longer cool. It was bound to happen. I ...
Bacon Wrapped Jalapenos
Bacon Wrapped Jalapenos are the tailgate food that we all love and crave. Salty, cheesy and spicy these are the perfect appetizer to cheer on your team! Some recipes are just universal. Everyone has their own version. Like marinara sauce or biscuits. Who knows who came up with the idea first, but everyone has been putting their own spin on these recipes for as long as I can ...
Salmon & Potato Chowder
Is it crazy to be wishing for a really cold winter? I feel like we got so jipped on last year's unseasonably warm weather and this year I am craving cold followed by snow and joined by heaping bowls of soup. The last few mornings I have secretly enjoyed the sting of cold on my un-socked feet as I roll out of bed every morning. My morning cup of Joe ( or Johann - I love ...
Roasted Broccoli and Brussels Sprouts
Roasted Broccoli and Brussels Sprouts is a quick and easy addition to any meal. Covered in cheese and bacon and then roasted to perfection, these are not your grandmas Brussels sprouts. I'm a little late to the Brussels Sprouts train. They aren't really in season but they are in my grocery store and I couldn't pass them up. I love Brussels sprouts. I had my first one ...
Spicy Black Eye Pea Salad
I consider myself a good Southerner and I tend to stick to tradition as much as anyone when it comes to welcoming in a new year. I never hang up my new calendar for the new year until January 1st ( much to my daughter's chagrin) and I always eat my black eye peas on New Year's Eve and New Year's Day. That's not to say that I get up and particularly look forward to eating a big ...
The Difference a Year can Bring
Here we are at the end of another year and I have been thinking over the last few days about how far we have come since this time last year. 2011 started with some really tough decisions for us. We made one huge leap of faith at the beginning of the year when we decided to cut our losses and move back to Tennessee. It wasn't a decision we took lightly, but one that we felt like ...
A New Turn in the South – A Review
Besides just the fun of writing about whatever I want to write about, there are a few other perks to being a food blogger. No, I'm not talking about big advertising space checks, I don't know anything about those perks. I'm talking about the occasional opportunities that are delivered to my email from time to time asking me to review or promote an item. Sometimes I turn them ...
Tuna Tuesday: Tuna, Spinach and Bacon Penne
Whew! It's been a couple of weeks since I have done a Tuna Tuesday post. Tuesday keeps sneaking up on me! Anyway, I wanted to show you guys this quick and easy dinner dish. It is packed with a lot of flavor and is a perfect way to use some of the spinach that you can find everywhere right now. If you don't have fresh spinach, feel free to use frozen spinach that has been ...
Cheesy Tuna Corn Chowder
The ultimate pantry meal that also happens to be pretty delicious. Keep this one in your back pocket for those cold winter months when heading to the grocery is impossible and eating out of the pantry is a must. The South is completely frozen. We are all covered in at least a couple inches of ice. School is closed, the mail hasn't run, and we are all beginning to go a little ...