Recipes that are simply delicious!
This strawberry and peach crumble is proof that sometimes you just have to follow your nose! The other day I walked into my local grocery store and smelled peaches. The sweet smell of peaches brought to mind so many decadent desserts that I just had to buy a few. I […]
Have you ever gotten something in your head that you just can’t get out? Well, one o’clock in the morning and I am wide awake thinking about chicken parmesan! Yes – that is right, a recipe! I am not thinking about how to pay the bills, the argument I may […]
CUT – REDUCE – AVOID – LOSE -DENY… I feel like these are such negative words! STOP using them! RE-BALANCE – MODIFY – SIMPLIFY- ALLOW… These are so much nicer! One thing I have definitely figured out, it is much simpler to achieve a balanced breakfast plate than a balanced […]
This easy butter cake is the cake I use when I want to have a beautiful cake for a party. I used it for all the birthday parties I hosted in the restaurant, and now I make it for all the family special occasions. Recently, Raychel, my beautiful (not that […]
NEW RECIPE ALERT! Sometimes the cooking juices get to flowing and you come up with a recipe that you will definitely put on repeat. This is one of those recipes! It turned out so good that it is going to be made over and over again in my home. Easy […]
You may have figured out I love taking really old recipes and revising them. This was something I started doing when I had the restaurant and since then it has turned into a passion. Hell, I even revise my own recipes over and over! So, when my Aunt, my Mother-in-Law, […]
When the garden starts to produce and the sun starts to become a little warmer outside I start searching for some Southern Comfort food. I grew up on a farm, in a little bitty town called Fred, just a spit’n distance from Louisiana, where pick’n peas and shuck’n corn were […]
As the mom of three kids, I understand that often you really want to make something awesome for your kids but you just don’t have the time or the energy to make something awesome and complicated every single day! When I owned a restaurant, the kids were very accustomed to […]
Easter time every year is a time for everyone to get together and celebrate beginnings. This year (2020) was a little different for us. With COVID-19 hanging around we decided to not get together. We did have a family zoom meeting and I made all the traditional foods for my […]
The inspiration for my apple pie comes from a recipe written in 1916. It is full of fresh sliced apples, sugar, and cinnamon. I cheat on this recipe with the crust because when I get a craving for some apple pie, I don’t want to waste my time making a […]
