Hello Friends! Looking for easy, beautiful appetizers for the holidays or for a cocktail party? This is one of my go-to appetizers for dinner parties and holiday gatherings. It’s fast, easy, delicious, and so pretty surrounded with star shaped crackers, fresh fruit, sprigs of fresh herbs and a variety of jams and fruit compotes. Another…
This is one of my favorite recipes for tea bread. The flavors are the perfect accompaniment to almost any black tea or fruit tea. I make this for our Valentine’s Day breakfast every year, but it’s awesome any time. If you’d like to make a loaf you’ll need : 1/2 cup butter, softened (plus a…
Tonight we’re having buttery garlic rotisserie chicken, brown basmati rice and this simple Asian apple pear salad with homemade ginger pear vinaigrette for dinner. You could easily make this salad more substantial and serve it as a main course by adding a little smoked turkey, bleu cheese and pecans or walnuts. throw in some red…
I’ve been playing with twists on the traditional holiday fare…potatoes, cranberries, sweet potatoes/squash, pork/beef/turkey and veggie side dishes. We’re actually going out to a fancy Thanksgiving dinner at the St. James Hotel this year, so all I really have to do for that is get dressed up…but I’m thinking outside the box for our Christmas…
“It’s a cuppa flour, a cuppa sugar, a cuppa fruit cocktail with the juice. Mix it and bake it till brown and bubbly. Serve it with ice cream to cut the sweetness.” ~ Truvy (played by Dolly Parton in the movie ‘Steel Magnolias’) I watched Steel Magnolias a few nights ago and was intrigued by…
Who loves chocolate? Mug cake recipes are floating around on the internet like mad, but I was reminded that I wanted to try this little dish of decadence when I saw THIS POST by my friend Ann at Sumptuous Spoonfuls. She adds red wine to hers, which I just love…and it got me thinking about…
It’s Friday night! We love making little appetizers for our Friday night “happy hour” and these tasty chicken wings are just the ticket. The ingredient that really puts this appetizer over the top is Lyle’s Golden Syrup. If you don’t have access to this syrup, feel free to substitute honey or dark corn syrup. They’re…
It’s simply gorgeous outside today! Just took a little stroll downtown to pick up a few fresh ingredients for our dinner…stopped in at the farmer’s market for a huge Hubbard squash on the way home…and decided to do a little antiquing at the antique mall that is only a block away from my house. Of…
With all of the rain, the gunmetal grey sky, and the blustery winds coming through bluff country, you can tell that winter is on it’s way. I’m tempted to make nothing but soup and not leave the house, but I’ve made myself go out for a walk every day to soak in as much sunshine…
What could be more quintessentially autumn than the classic Apple Pandowdy? The name alone makes me think of farm kitchens, old school houses, red barns, changing leaves and pretty ladies cooking for their families wearing aprons made of floral, flour sack fabric and feeding a nearby stone fireplace with pine logs. This is classic, simple,…