I love October. Here in the Lowcountry, the weather is just about as perfect as you can get (provided we don’t get a hurricane . . . again). Not too hot, not too cold, not too buggy (if you don’t know this “weather” term, you haven’t spent much time down here battling noseeums). Since The… Read More Walking Frito Pie
The Boy started high school recently. I know, right? When I first started this blog, he was still in elementary school! Where does the time go?! So anyway, it’s only been a few weeks and he’s doing fine so far, but the biggest change for us (other than the huge student body and the block… Read More Getting Ahead for Football Season – Freezer Lasagna
There are a few food things in this life that make me unreasonably happy. Most are simple foods. I just mentioned to Chef J this morning, how much I love toast with a little smear of salted butter. Sad, but truly one of my comfort foods. Another slightly (and really only JUST slightly) more advanced… Read More Guilty Pleasures – Bacon and Blue Cheese Wedge Salad
So I’m not really sure where the idea came from, but a few years ago, I started making braciole (pronounced brah-JOH-leh) for our Christmas Eve dinner. This was when it was just the three of us down here in the Lowcountry and we didn’t get to be with family during the holidays. Christmas Eve dinner… Read More Prepare to Impress: Braciole
Yeah, I know. Cheese toast. We all make it. It’s comforting and quick in the morning. But my family (immediate and extended) tell me I make the BEST cheese toast ever. My husband, the actual chef, gets all glazed eyed and practically turns into Homer Simpson when I say I’m making cheese toast. “Mmmmmmmm, cheeeeeeeese… Read More The Stupid Post – Cheese Toast
As you know from a prior post, I am not a huge fan of processed food, particularly foods that have the word “processed” right on the label. But sometimes, there’s an ingredient that just makes something right. I grew up with a lot of home cooking. But with a working mom, we also had some… Read More Creamy Macaroni and Cheese
I try to cook from scratch most nights at our house but there are nights when convenience just takes over. We’ve been known to purchase a bright yellow taco kit about every other week now and again at our house. But a few years ago, a dear friend and neighbor turned us on to something magical.… Read More Guilty Pleasures – Taco Pie
