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Like most, come January I am ready to get back to healthier eating. I have had my fill of treats and sweets and loaded up on carbs through the holidays. I refuse, however, to fall into the trap of lettuce and chicken and crazy restrictive …
Bourbon is a new love here in my house. Sounds kind of crazy since I live in Kentucky, right? Since my BIL introduced us to some killer varieties over Thanksgiving, it has become a “thing” here. So for New Year’s I decided to try out …
I love kale. I grow it in my garden in the summer, eat it in my omelets, salads and smoothies. But this Lemony Kale Salad is the best kale recipe in my opinion. You can eat this as a side dish, on its own or …
Although I did not grow up in the South, I not only live in Kentucky now but I am married to a born and raised Southerner. And not only does he not really love healthy food, he loves his sweets. So even though I may …
Most of my go meals aren’t what most would have recipes. Most can be thrown together pretty quickly and don’t need any ingredients that I don’t typically already have on hand. Since they typically are a protein and veggie they qualify as easily qualify as …
Is there anything more christmas-y than gingerbread? When we were kids we always made gingerbread cookies. In fact, we still have the original cookie cutter from when we were kids. The recipe my mom had made 4 dozen cookies! So by the time we were …
We didn’t grow up with these Southern Classics. Our mom’s family was from New York. We did, however, beg for them when we visited Savannah on vacation. The recipe is actually pretty easy. It does require a candy thermometer but it is not a super …
I love to bake. Candy making however, has always intimidated me. This recipe is a good one to start with. It only requires 3 ingredients and doesn’t require a candy thermometer. Literally if you can make frosting and mashed potatoes, you can make this candy!
I recently started going through my husband’s grandmother’s recipe box. It is chalk full of Old Fashion Cookies, Cakes and Candy’s. Her Fried Chicken recipe was also in there… All of the recipes were written more like reminders to herself vs actual recipes someone else …
Eggs are the perfect food. I eat them almost anyway that they can be fixed – fried, scrambled, poached and of course, hard boiled. However, nothing is more frustrating that losing half the eggs when you try to peel them! I have tried every recipe …