I would like to report a robbery!
Someone stole my éclair.
It was last seen in a bakery box sitting in Mama’s refrigerator.
It is light brown with a chocolate icing.
Here’s a picture of it:
Seriously, I had an éclair stolen from me. It was a case of theft by taking.
My client, Jane, brought me an individually boxed [...]
We call preserving food, Putting Food By. Don’t ask me why. I know not. Below is a snapshot of the results of those labors. (Yes. The honey was put by too.)
I had some folks request my recipe for Pineapple Banana Pudding. Let me warn you, I made up this recipe. While my family seems to like it, you might just hate it. It hasn’t been tested outside my immediate family.
Ingredients:
1 large box of COOK & Serve Jello Brand Vanilla Pudding. (Do [...]
For Father’s Day this year, I invited the family over to Mama’s house to celebrate. (Daddy won’t drive all the way to my house.) Although the event was held at Mama’s, my sister in law and I prepared the feast!
I made Daddy’s favorite meat, pork. I used The Pioneer Woman’s Spicy Shredded [...]
Remember the Chocolate Feather Cake I raved about recently?
Sure you do!
Remember? It made your mouth water and your hand itch to grab your car keys and drive over to Mama’s house to have a slice? Or thirty?
Yes! THAT Chocolate Feather Cake. Or should I say, THIS Chocolate Feather Cake?
Yep! This [...]
Mama has a million raspberry bushes. Like. Seriously. She has too many raspberry bushes to count.
Raspberries are in season right now.
Mama got up in the wee hours to pick this bucket full.
Delicious looking huh? Feel free to click on these pictures for a closer look. Go ahead. [...]
Yesterday morning Mama made me a Southern Breakfast. It’s my favorite meal. Nothing is better than my mama’s Southern Breakfast.
First she fried up sausage patties. Now. This sausage is super fresh. It was a gift from my cousins Becky and her husband Wesley. They just sent the hog to [...]
My Aunt Bobbie and I were really close. She taught me a lot of things about life. She also taught me to make icebox pickles. It’s not THE most important thing she taught me (she taught me about men, money and men and money) but it is one of the top 10.
Aunt [...]
I’m going to tell you something that will shock some of you. It will upset some of you. Many of you will shake your heads in disbelief.
Here goes.
I don’t really love chocolate.
I never crave chocolate. I crave sweets, oh yes! Chocolate? Not so much.
The one chocolate dessert that [...]
I am gonna share with you my recipe for black bean salad. It is superb. I am immodest. You knew that. Seriously, my black bean salad is so good…even my mama who hates black beans loves it.
This is what you need for the salad:
2 cans of Black Beans
Chopped Cilantro
Grape Tomatoes
Frozen Silver [...]